Autonomous purchasing
Autonomous procurement that still respects budget and vendor policy
Let agents buy inventory, services, software, or repairs on demand without giving up purchasing control. The agent can source and transact on its own, but only inside the vendors, categories, and budgets you approve.
Industries
Supply chain · Travel & events · Agentic commerce · Property management
Best for
Supply chain, travel, commerce
Controls
Supplier policy, PO caps, approvals
Outcome
Repeatable buying without spend drift
How an order clears vendor policy
Agent scopes the order
Inventory or service demand, with a category attached.
Compare suppliers
allowlist · lowest approved
Draft the PO
Supplier, cap, category
PO clears, logged
vendor · PO · policy · receipt
New vendor or over the cap? The order routes to a buyer before any funds move. Approved suppliers under threshold never stop.
Repeatable buying runs at agent speed. Vendor introduction and order size stay a deliberate, auditable decision.
How agent purchases stay inside vendor policy
Agents can source and transact on their own, but Conto checks supplier, category, amount, and approval rules before the purchase clears.
Step 1
The agent selects what to buy
A procurement or commerce workflow identifies the need, compares vendors, and assembles the purchase request.
Step 2
Conto validates the spend path
Conto confirms the supplier and spend category are approved and the order fits its budget before the payment clears.
Step 3
Approved buying stays autonomous
Repeat purchases from known vendors move quickly. New vendors or larger orders route to the right approver first.
Purchase, vendor, and approval context in one view
Procurement leaders can review vendor usage, PO amounts, and approval escalations without leaving the same system that enforced the payment policy.
Payment request
Rules evaluated
Routed to review
1 of 4 rules needs a human before settlement.
Controls that keep autonomous buying disciplined
Purchasing policy sits in the transaction path, so known vendors can move quickly and new or oversized orders pause for review.
Supplier allowlists
Ensure that autonomous buying stays inside approved vendors unless someone explicitly signs off on a new counterparty.
Category restrictions
Limit the agent to the types of goods or services it should actually be able to buy.
Per-order spend caps
Put a hard ceiling on how much a single purchase or PO can commit without escalation.
Approval-backed exceptions
Keep a manual gate for large orders, unusual suppliers, or purchases that do not match the normal operating pattern.
Demo
Supply chain in action
Supply chain applies this solution to a realistic agent payment workflow, with approved payments, review paths, and blocked requests visible from request to settlement.
Conto products behind governed purchasing
Runtime controls
Policy Engine
Define the rules for how agents spend, then evaluate every payment request before funds move. Conto keeps limits, categories, trust requirements, and approval rules in the transaction path.
Explore productHuman review
Approvals
Route only the payment requests that need judgment to a human reviewer, with the triggering policy, recipient, amount, and agent context already attached.
Explore productCounterparty trust
Network Intelligence
Use transaction history, relationship data, and shared risk signals to understand who agents are paying before the payment clears.
Explore productProcurement that runs itself, safely
Agents can handle replenishment and routine sourcing without waiting on human intervention.
Procurement keeps control over vendor introduction and order size.
The transition from approved automation to human review is visible and auditable.
Demos with procurement-style spend
Procurement Agent
Supply chain
Autonomous procurement with bidding and approval workflows.
ExploreTravel Booking Agent
Travel & events
Delegated booking agents with hard mandate and price-drift controls.
ExploreShopping Agent
Agentic commerce
An AI shopper that can only spend where you let it.
ExploreMaintenance Agent
Property management
Maintenance agents can dispatch vendors fast without drifting into off-policy spend.
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