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# Autonomous Intake

> Procurement-embedded intake that classifies requests, triggers the right risk path, and orchestrates downstream work.

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Autonomous Intake removes the manual routing layer between procurement and risk teams. It classifies incoming third-party requests, triggers the appropriate risk path, and orchestrates downstream assessment work so every engagement enters the TPRM program at the correct depth.

## What it does

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  <Card title="Free-form submission parsing" icon="message-lines">
    Accept intake submissions in their natural form, requester context, vendor identity, intended use, data types, without forcing rigid form structure.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Risk stripe classification" icon="layer-group">
    Classify each request into a risk tier based on data sensitivity, criticality, and engagement type. Drives which controls apply.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Control set selection" icon="folder-tree">
    Map the classified request to the required control set, including any custom controls layered on top of your baseline standard.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Workflow sequencing" icon="diagram-project">
    Return a sequenced workflow that drives downstream Copilot assessments, Inspect runs, and contract review through Guardian.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## How to integrate

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  <Card title="Intake submission" icon="paper-plane">
    POST a free-form intake payload to receive a classification, control set, and workflow plan back.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Workflow state" icon="list-tree">
    Track the orchestrated workflow as it executes across Copilot, Inspect, and Guardian.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Common workflows

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  <Accordion title="Procurement system embedding" defaultOpen icon="puzzle-piece">
    Embed Autonomous Intake directly into your procurement tool (Coupa, Ariba, ServiceNow). When a requester opens a new vendor request, Intake classifies it and pre-fills the risk path before the request leaves procurement.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Risk-aware approval routing" icon="route">
    Use the classification to drive approval routing. Tier 1 vendors loop in CISO and Legal; Tier 4 SaaS tools follow a lightweight path. The same intake form, different downstream depth.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Self-service intake" icon="person">
    Let requesters submit through a simple form (or even free-form email). Intake handles classification, owner assignment, and follow-up question routing so risk teams aren't the bottleneck.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

<Note>
  Autonomous Intake is configured in the dashboard and exposed programmatically through the platform API — see the [Intake API reference](/api-reference/intake) for creating intake requests with free-form context. Talk to your account manager about API access if it's not yet enabled on your plan.
</Note>