> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.civicmarketplace.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Example Prompts

> Things you can ask once the CivicMarketplace AI Connector is connected

Once you've [connected your assistant](/ai-connector/overview), you can ask questions in plain English. Here are prompts that map to what the connector can do.

<Tip>
  If your assistant doesn't reach for CivicMarketplace automatically, name it explicitly — e.g.
  *"Using CivicMarketplace, find…"*.
</Tip>

## Finding contracts

* "Search CivicMarketplace for janitorial services contracts."
* "Find cooperative contracts for water treatment chemicals."
* "What IT consulting contracts are available through Sourcewell?"
* "Show me contracts related to fleet vehicles and summarize each in one line."
* "If CivicMarketplace has no fleet-management contract, search the approved external procurement sources."
* "Search outside CivicMarketplace for a cooperative agreement covering public-safety radios."
* "Open the NPPGov agreement from those external results, summarize its parties, term, and scope, and cite the physical PDF page for each claim."

When a keyword search finds no CivicMarketplace contract, the connector can continue across 101 approved public procurement sources. It can read supported PDF, HTML, and plain-text documents linked by those results. External results and extracted text are labeled as public evidence and are not verified CivicMarketplace records.

## Contract detail and documents

* "Give me the full details of the office supplies contract — value, term, and status."
* "Who are the awarded suppliers on contract 63?"
* "Open the pricing sheet on that contract and tell me the unit prices for copy paper."
* "Summarize the master service agreement attached to this contract."
* "Does this contract's RFP mention cybersecurity requirements?"

## Discovering suppliers

* "Find cybersecurity suppliers based in or serving Texas." (free-text + state filter)
* "Which suppliers are DBE-certified?" (SBE certification filter)
* "Show me MBE and WOSB suppliers in California." (multiple certifications + state)
* "List suppliers with an ISO 37001 certification." (technical certification filter)
* "What certifications can I filter suppliers by?" (lists the available certifications)
* "Look up Acme Tech Solutions and show me their certifications and contact info."
* "List suppliers offering IT services." (filter by service category)

<Note>
  Certification filtering covers **both** families the directory tracks: **SBE/diversity**
  certifications (DBE, MBE, HUB, WOSB, SMBR…) and **technical** certifications (ISO 37001, AZ-104,
  A+…). Ask the assistant to list certifications if you're unsure of the exact name.
</Note>

## Counts and summaries

* "How many active contracts does my agency have access to?"
* "How many suppliers offer IT services?"
* "Compare the suppliers on these two contracts."

## Agency workflows

* "Using CivicMarketplace, what quote request actions can I take?"
* "Create a quick quote request for computer software suppliers with a deadline of 2026-07-31."
* "Show my waiting quick quote requests and summarize supplier response counts."
* "Archive quick quote request 42."
* "How many unread CivicMarketplace inbox conversations do I have?"
* "Read the latest messages in inbox conversation 91 and draft a short reply."

## Supplier workflows

* "Using CivicMarketplace, what can I do as this supplier account?"
* "Show me quick quote and cooperative quote requests sent to my supplier account."
* "Pull the details for supplier coop quote request 21."
* "Submit a response to quick quote request 56 with an estimate of \$12,500."
* "Decline coop quote request 21 because we cannot meet the deadline."
* "Show my supplier inbox conversations with unread messages."
* "Reply to conversation 91 and thank the agency for the clarification."
* "Update my supplier availability to available."
* "Show my supplier dashboard keywords, certifications, and NIGP capacity categories."
* "Find available supplier keywords matching cybersecurity, then add the best matches to my profile."
* "Add NIGP capacity codes for software and IT services to my supplier profile."
* "Remove Budget Systems from my supplier dashboard keywords."
* "List my supplier references and reference requests."
* "Send a reference request to [procurement@example.com](mailto:procurement@example.com)."
* "Show solicitations available to my supplier account and register intent to bid on solicitation 12."
* "Who is on my supplier team?"

## Admin workflows

* "Search admin suppliers for Acme and show the matching record IDs."
* "Create a supplier profile for this company metadata."
* "Add NIGP codes 208 and 209 to supplier 123."
* "Update contract 63 to published."
* "Replace the city services on contract 63 with these IDs."

## Refining with reference data

* "What service categories are available in CivicMarketplace?"
* "List the cooperatives I can filter by."
* "Show me lead entities so I can narrow my search."

## Good to know

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Permissions vary" icon="user-shield">
    The connector exposes only the tools your account type and approved OAuth scopes allow.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Scoped to you" icon="lock">
    You only ever see data your own CivicMarketplace account is allowed to access.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Documents must be public" icon="file-shield">
    Document reading works on contracts whose documentation is marked public and that you're
    authorized to view. External reading is limited to approved public procurement domains.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Writes may need confirmation" icon="triangle-exclamation">
    Some assistant clients ask before write tools create records, send messages, archive requests,
    or update admin data.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Cite the source" icon="link">
    Results include direct links back to CivicMarketplace so you can verify and dig deeper.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>