Strutter AI Assistant
Use Strutter, your AI-powered procurement assistant, to search RFPs, manage vendors, create RFPs, and take actions from any page using natural language.
Strutter is your AI-powered procurement assistant, available from every page in the platform. Type naturally in the prompt bar to search your data, take actions, and get things done without navigating through menus.
What Strutter can do
Strutter handles two categories of tasks: research (looking things up) and actions (making changes). Research happens instantly. Actions always ask for your confirmation before proceeding.
Research
Ask Strutter to find information across your entire organization:
- Search RFPs. Find RFPs by name, status, or keywords. "Show me all open RFPs" or "Find the cloud migration RFP."
- Search vendors. Look up vendors in your directory by name, email, or company. "Look up Acme Corp" or "Find vendors with a .gov email."
- Vendor history. See which RFPs a vendor has been invited to and their response status. "What RFPs has Acme responded to?"
- Score comparisons. Compare vendor scores across all questions in an RFP. "Compare scores on the security audit RFP."
- Vendor details. Pull up a specific vendor's scores, strengths, and weaknesses for any RFP. "How did CloudFirst do on the cloud migration RFP?"
- Help articles. Get answers to platform questions. "How do I close an RFP?" or "What's the scoring formula?"
Actions
Ask Strutter to take actions on your behalf:
- Create RFPs. Start the AI-powered RFP generation wizard with a description. "Create an RFP for security auditing services."
- Invite vendors. Invite a vendor to respond to an RFP. "Invite Acme Corp to the cloud migration RFP."
- Send messages. Send a message to vendors on an RFP. "Tell all vendors on the security audit that the deadline moved to March 15."
- Change RFP status. Publish, close, reopen, or award an RFP. "Publish the cloud migration RFP" or "Award the security audit to Acme Corp."
- Manage question library. Add, edit, or organize questions in your library. "Add 5 security compliance questions to my library."
How to use it
The prompt bar appears at the bottom of your screen on every page. Click it or press Cmd+K (Mac) / Ctrl+K (Windows) to focus it. Type your request in plain language and press Enter.
Strutter understands context. If you're on an RFP's review page, it already knows which RFP you're looking at. If you're on a different page, just mention the RFP or vendor by name and Strutter will find it.
Click the expand icon on the prompt bar to open the full conversation panel. Your conversation history is preserved as you navigate between pages.
Example prompts
Here are some things you can try:
| What you want to do | Example prompt |
|---|---|
| Find RFPs | "Find all open RFPs" or "Show me RFPs in draft status" |
| Create an RFP | "Create an RFP for cloud migration services" |
| Look up a vendor | "What do you know about Acme Corp?" |
| Invite a vendor | "Invite Acme Corp to the cloud migration RFP" |
| Compare scores | "What's the score comparison for the security audit RFP?" |
| Check vendor history | "How many RFPs has CloudFirst responded to?" |
| Send a message | "Send Acme a message that the deadline is extended to April 1" |
| Publish an RFP | "Publish the cloud migration RFP" |
| Award an RFP | "Award the security audit to Acme Corp" |
| Get help | "How do I add questions to an RFP?" |
| Navigate | "Take me to the review dashboard for the cloud migration RFP" |
Confirmation flows
Strutter never makes changes without your approval. When you ask it to take an action (publishing an RFP, inviting a vendor, sending a message), it confirms the details with you first.
For example:
You: Publish the cloud migration RFP
Strutter: Ready to take "Cloud Migration RFP" live? 8 sections, 32 questions. Once it's out there, vendors can start responding. Say the word, Boss.
You: Do it
Strutter: Done! Your RFP is live. Want me to suggest some vendors to invite?
After completing an action, Strutter may suggest a logical next step. These suggestions are optional. You can follow up, ask something new, or close the prompt bar.
Disambiguation
When your request matches multiple items, Strutter asks you to clarify instead of guessing:
You: Send Acme a message about the deadline
Strutter: I found Acme Corp on two active RFPs:
- Cloud Migration RFP (Open, 3 vendors)
- Security Audit RFP (Open, 5 vendors)
Which one are we talking about?
This applies to vendor names, RFP titles, and any other ambiguous references. Strutter always confirms before acting.
Tips
- Be specific when needed. "Invite Acme Corp to the cloud migration RFP" is clearer than "invite them." Strutter will ask for clarification if it needs to, but specific requests are faster.
- Use it from any page. You don't need to navigate to the right page first. Ask Strutter to find what you need and it will look it up.
- Chain requests. After one action completes, you can ask for the next thing right away. "Now invite CloudFirst too."
- Press Cmd+K to focus. Quick keyboard access from anywhere in the app.
Credits
Each prompt bar message uses 1 AI credit from your plan's allocation. See plans and pricing for credit details.
Next steps
- AI features. Full guide to all AI-powered features in Strutter.
- RFP management. Create and manage RFPs, including the conversational AI wizard.
- Vendor management. Invite vendors and manage your directory.