We've got 8 clients spanning forestry, clean energy, ESG, aviation, agriculture, and conservation. We're tracking SEC climate disclosures, EPA methane standards, IRA tax credits, and CBAM in Finance Committee — too many moving pieces. I need a single platform that monitors all of it, maps regulatory changes to client portfolios, flags cross-client conflicts, and delivers actionable intelligence daily
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Got it, Tim. Let me make sure I scope this right — a few questions before I start building:
1. Client data source — how should I load your 8 client profiles?
A
Upload a spreadsheet with client names, sectors, and policy priorities✓
Connect to your existing Salesforce CRM and pull client records directlyC
Describe each client in chat and I'll build the profilesD
Start with 3 key clients, add the rest later2. Regulatory sources — what should I monitor for each client?
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Just EPA rulemaking and SEC climate disclosureB
EPA + SEC + congressional hearings across energy and environment committees✓
Everything — EPA rules, SEC disclosure, IRA tax credits, CBAM, USDA forestry, FAA SAF, and Federal Register entries3. Client-regulation mapping — how should I connect clients to relevant regulatory events?
A
Manual tagging — you assign each client to their relevant regulations✓
Smart matching — I analyze each client's sector, carbon exposure, and priorities to auto-detect relevant regulationsC
Hybrid — I auto-detect and you review before alerts go out4. Output format — how do you want intelligence delivered?
A
Dashboard only — you check it when you want✓
Daily brief — one email each morning with everything that mattersC
Real-time alerts for urgent items plus a daily digestD
All of the above5. Actionability — how detailed should recommendations be?
A
Informational — "Here's what changed and why it matters"B
Directional — "This affects Client X, consider engaging Sen. Y's office"✓
Full action items — specific talking points, draft legislative language, Hill meeting prep, coalition outreach drafts, and conflict flags1. B — Salesforce has everything
2. C — I want the full picture, especially the IRA credits and CBAM
3. B — smart matching, I trust the auto-detection
4. B — daily brief is the killer feature
5. C — full action items with draft language, that's the whole point
D
Two more quick ones before I build the spec:
6. Delivery time — when do you want the daily brief?
✓
7:00 AM email — before your first meetingB
9:00 AM email — when you're at your deskC
Slack message so it's in your workflowD
Different preference7. Conflict tracking — should I flag when two of your clients have opposing positions on the same regulation?
✓
Yes, this is critical — we can't have two clients on opposite sides without knowingB
Only for direct conflicts on the same regulation or tax credit provisionC
No — I manage inter-client dynamics myself1. A — 7 AM, I read it with my coffee before the day starts
2. A — absolutely critical. With Bloom and Pacific Clean Energy both touching hydrogen credits, and Weyerhaeuser and Northwest Conservation on opposite sides of forest carbon standards, this keeps me up at night
D
Perfect, Tim. Here's the spec I've drafted — it covers client ingestion from Salesforce, EPA/SEC regulatory monitoring, congressional hearing tracking across energy and environment committees, IRA clean energy tax credit intelligence, daily briefs at 7 AM, full action items with draft legislative language, and inter-client conflict detection. Take a look and let me know if there's anything you'd change.
9:06 AMThis is exactly what I need. Build it.
