Project Proposal  ·  QT/ THE EVENT STUDIO

Provider
Intelligence
Engine

An AI-powered sourcing layer that gives QT/ THE EVENT STUDIO a permanent competitive edge — finding the venues competitors miss, grounded in the agency's own institutional knowledge.

QT/ THE EVENT STUDIO Client
Internal coordinators Primary users
Venues · Hotels · Restaurants Core v1 scope
Jul → Nov 2026 Delivery horizon

The Problem

Today, knowledge lives nowhere.
Potential provider coverage is a guess.

QT/ THE EVENT STUDIO coordinators spend 2–3 hours per brief manually searching Google and relying on personal memory. There is no structured knowledge base — everything lives in email threads and PDF decks. At times, competitors win pitches not because they are better, but because they stumble onto venues QT/ hasn't uncovered yet.

Current workflow

  • Brief arrives by email — capacity, dates, city, vibe, sometimes budget
  • Coordinator spends 2–3 hours on Google + personal memory
  • Shortlist compiled manually → Canva deck → PDF to client
  • No record of what worked, what was rejected, or why
  • Every coordinator kind of reinvents the wheel on every brief

What this project delivers

  • An AI agent that reads a brief and returns a structured, vetted shortlist in minutes
  • A proprietary knowledge layer that compounds with every search
  • Coverage of venues that aren't as straightforward to find
  • Institutional memory: the agency's past experience, finally structured
  • Works across all destinations from day one, gets smarter with time

The core asset: Provider Intelligence Layer (PIL)

The PIL is not a venue database. It is a compounding intelligence layer — every search, every coordinator note, every completed event makes it smarter. It stores not just facts (capacity, location, type) but context: what makes a venue special, what event types it suits, what happened the last time QT/ used it.
This is the intellectual property that no competitor can copy by scraping the same web results.

System Architecture

EVENT BRIEF Budget · Dates · City · Category RANKING + SCORING Confidence · Fit Score · Exclusivity AI LAYER Match & prioritisation LIVE SEARCH Google Places · Linkup · Reddit · Newsletters DATA LAYER Real-time enrichment PROVIDER INTELLIGENCE LAYER Venues · Hotels · Restaurants · RAG · Case Library CORE ASSET Curated DB + RAG BRIEF INTELLIGENCE Parsing · Confirmation · Guardrails AI PARSING Structure & confirm SHORTLIST OUTPUT Ranked · Scored · Exportable Provider Intelligence Engine — System Architecture

Capabilities

Features & effort

Each feature is scored by implementation effort on a 1–5 scale. Effort reflects engineering complexity — not importance. Low-effort features can still deliver high-value.

Effort scale
1 — Straightforward
3 — Moderate
5 — Complex

Brief Intelligence

Email brief parsing

Reads a coordinator's incoming brief email and extracts structured requirements: capacity, city, dates, event type, vibe, and budget signals — no manual form to fill in.

Brief confirmation checkpoint

Before searching, the agent recaps its understanding in plain language. The coordinator confirms or adjusts with a single click — "Confirmed / Let me adjust / Search anyway." No free-text required.

Smart clarification

When the brief is ambiguous, the agent asks targeted questions — then proceeds. It states its remaining assumptions explicitly so coordinators can override if needed.

Provider Intelligence Layer (PIL)

PIL database schema & seed

Design and population of the proprietary provider database for multiple cities and types of providers — including vibe taxonomy, capacity ranges, event type suitability, and agency history fields. At first the attention will be on hotels, restaurants and event venues.

Semantic vibe matching

Matches brief vibes ("industrial loft", "elegant rooftop", "modern and understated") against provider profiles using vector embeddings — beyond simple keyword search.

Venue detail card

One-click drill-down on any shortlist result: full profile, capacity breakdown, photos, coordinator notes from past events, and source metadata. Basically everything you need to know about each venue that you can use in your proposal.

Google Places integration

Pulls structured data — photos, ratings, opening hours, address — from Google Places API as the backbone for any provider in the database.

Salesforce integration

Integrates with Salesforce CRM to sync customer/provider data, opportunities, and sales activities.



Scope TBD

Background Enrichment

Outlook archive mining

Reads QT/'s existing Outlook email archive via Microsoft Graph API — extracts provider mentions, past RFP data, and coordinator notes from years of institutional memory that currently lives nowhere structured.

To be properly scoped in order to identify the restraints of the mining.



Scope TBD
Industry portals scraping

Scrapes industry portals for provider information, updates, and news — ensuring the PIL has the latest data on available services and offerings. Think of portals like CVent Sourcing Network, Event Inc, fiylo, meeting e congressi, etc.



Scope TBD
Newsletter ingestion pipeline

The agent subscribes to industry newsletters via a dedicated mailbox. On schedule, it reads new issues, extracts provider mentions, and ingests them into the PIL.

Reddit discovery layer

Monitors relevant Reddit communities for venue recommendations and event reports — capturing "hidden gem" discoveries that event planners share publicly but don't appear in any commercial database.

Scheduled enrichment agent

Runs continuously in the background — detects venue closures, discovers new providers, refreshes stale data. The PIL stays current without coordinator effort.

Social media monitoring

Monitors social media platforms for venue recommendations and event reports.

To be properly scoped in order to identify the limitations and their workarounds.



Scope TBD

Historical Intelligence

Historical case library

Structures QT/'s past RFPs as a searchable library: what was shortlisted, what the client chose, what was rejected, what was won, what was lost. Built from Outlook archive mining (TBC), manually compiled structured data and voluntary coordinator curation.

RAG over past cases

On every new brief, the agent retrieves semantically similar past cases and uses them as ranking context. "When QT/ last organised a gala dinner for 80 in Munich, these venues won and here's why" — fed directly into the shortlist reasoning.

Evaluation harness

Uses the historical case library as a golden test set — automatically runs the agent against known-good past briefs to measure quality and catch regressions as the system evolves.

Coordinator Experience

HITL review interface

A clean internal web interface where coordinators receive shortlists, review venue cards, and take action — no email back-and-forth, no switching tools. Built for speed and simplicity.

Zero-friction feedback loop

After reviewing a shortlist, coordinators can mark results as "selected / rejected" and add a note — under 30 seconds per provider. This is what makes the PIL compound in value over time.

Confidence score display

Every shortlist shows a clear breakdown of how results were sourced: "7 from QT/'s knowledge base · 3 from live search." Coordinators always know how much to trust the output — no hidden uncertainty.

Domain guardrails

The agent only responds to provider sourcing requests. Off-topic inputs are refused cleanly. It never fabricates a venue — thin coverage is surfaced explicitly rather than filled with confident-sounding guesses.

Administration

Admin dashboard

A clean internal web interface for administrators to manage and monitor the agent's performance with metrics like usage statistics and costs.

RBAC Role Based Access Control

Role-based access control ensures that only authorised users can access specific features and data within the admin dashboard.

User Management

Admins can create, edit, and delete user accounts, as well as assign roles and permissions.

Delivery Plan

Four milestones

Delivery is milestone-based. After the discovery phase, each milestone is a working, usable system — not a design document or a demo. QT/ controls the pace, considering that feedback is a integral part of the development process.

Tentative delivery timeline

START
Jul 1
M1
Foundation Design DNA Jul 21
M2
Core Product Working Agent Sep 14
M3
Intelligence Layer Institutional Memory Oct 26
M4
Full Engine + Hypercare Complete System Nov 30
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

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M1

Foundation

Design DNA

  • Structured interviews with coordinators — how they think about vibes, what makes a venue right or wrong
  • Vibe taxonomy definition — the controlled vocabulary the entire system will use
  • PIL schema design — what data the agency will own about every provider
  • Historical case library structure — how past RFPs will be organised
  • Coordinator workflow mapping — where the agent fits into the real daily process
This first milestone produces no working product. It produces the shared understanding that makes all subsequent steps correct.
Effort
Low
M2

Core Product

Working Agent

  • PIL seeded for Berlin as pilot city (Google Places backbone + manual curation)
  • On-demand search agent: brief parsing → confirmation → hard filter → vibe match → shortlist
  • Brief confirmation checkpoint with quick-reply buttons
  • As extended test: live search fallback for cities outside PIL coverage
  • Coordinator review interface — shortlist display, venue cards, quick-reject
  • Domain guardrails and confidence score display
At the end of M2, coordinators can submit a brief and receive a reviewed shortlist. This is the core loop — everything else makes it smarter.
The milestone date is just an indication, most likely an MVP could be available even before.
Effort
High
M3

Intelligence Layer

Institutional Memory

  • Outlook archive mining via Microsoft Graph API — past RFPs extracted and structured (mining scope TBC)
  • Historical case library built and curated (coordinator validation pass)
  • RAG over historical cases — past wins and losses inform every new shortlist
  • Coordinator feedback loop — zero-friction post-search annotation
  • Evaluation harness — agent quality measured against historical golden set
  • PIL seed completion for a selection of main cities (Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, Milan, New York, etc.)
M3 is where the system starts learning from QT/'s own experience rather than starting from zero on every brief.
Effort
High
M4

Full Engine + Hypercare

Complete System

  • Newsletter ingestion pipeline — industry publications automatically scanned for new providers
  • Reddit/social media discovery layer — hidden gems from community discussions captured and ingested
  • Scheduled background enrichment agent — PIL stays current automatically
  • Cross-source deduplication and freshness logic
  • Admin dashboard for monitoring and management
  • Hypercare window — dedicated support period with SLA
M4 closes the loop: the PIL grows on its own, without coordinator effort. QT/'s competitive advantage compounds automatically.
Effort
Medium

Investment

A fixed package, clearly scoped.

A price range estimate covering all four milestones — no hourly billing, no day rates, no surprises. The choice of a fix price is not about how much time is spent — as it's still difficult to precisely estimate — but about the value we create together and the closeness of the collaboration.

Indicative range
17.000 € 19.000 €

+ applicable taxes
final amount subject to scope

Included in this price

  • All four milestone deliverables — from Design DNA to Complete System
  • Production-grade system, not a demo or prototype
  • Multi-region coverage from day one
  • Hypercare window with defined SLA
  • Handover documentation and coordinator onboarding session
M1

Foundation

Design DNA

Jul 21, 2026

M2

Core Product

Working Agent

Sep 14, 2026

M3

Intelligence Layer

Institutional Memory

Oct 26, 2026

M4

Full Engine + Hypercare

Complete System

Nov 30, 2026

The estimate above reflects the scope described in this document. Any expansion — additional feature categories, deeper integrations such as Salesforce, social media monitoring, or features currently marked "Scope TBD" — will be assessed and agreed in writing before work begins. No surprises.

Terms & Conditions

Payment schedule, invoicing structure, and all contractual terms will be defined and agreed separately prior to project kick-off.

Running infrastructure Not included

~150 – 200 € / month

Cloud hosting, database, and API costs are billed directly to QT/'s own accounts — never marked up. This loose estimation covers infrastructure tools and AI tokens, estimated at current search volumes; scales proportionally with usage.

Post-delivery retainer Optional

TBD / month

After hypercare closes, an optional ongoing retainer covers system monitoring, model updates, PIL quality reviews, and incremental feature work as QT/'s needs evolve. Scope and SLA defined at contract signing.

Not included in this proposal  ·  Ideas for future development

On the Horizon

Where the system could go next.

These capabilities are outside the current scope but represent natural extensions of the platform. They are listed here to show the broader vision — any of them can be scoped and priced separately.

Salesforce Pipeline Sync

Full CRM integration — opportunities, contacts, and provider records stay in sync automatically between the agent and Salesforce.

Client Presentation Generator

Turn a reviewed shortlist into a formatted, branded client deck in one click — receive a semi-final draft, finish it up in your preferred editor.

Venue Outreach Automation

Draft and send availability request emails to shortlisted venues directly from the platform, with tracked responses.

Provider Offer Digest

Parse multiple incoming provider proposals into a structured, scannable overview — no more reading 10-page PDFs to extract the essentials.

Cost Extraction from Offers

Automatically pull pricing, minimums, and fee structures from venue proposals for instant side-by-side cost comparison.

Map View

Visualise shortlisted venues geographically — distances, neighbourhood clusters, and logistics context at a glance.

Shortlist Comparison

Compare multiple agent runs for the same brief side by side — useful when refining constraints or presenting alternatives to a client.

Full Proposal Studio

Build complete event proposals from A to Z and share them with clients via a hosted, branded link — similar in spirit to this very document.

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