CLU is The Agent Factory — a company that builds and deploys AI agents on demand. Describe your operation or pain point and CLU designs, deploys, and runs AI agents that do the work. 85.3% cost reduction and 37x faster resolution verified in production.

What is the difference between a SmartAgent and a Skill in CLU?

A SmartAgent is an autonomous multi-step reasoning process that uses LLM reasoning, decision branching, and human-in-the-loop gates — suited for complex workflows. A Skill is a pre-defined execution pattern that runs in under 50ms with zero LLM tokens — suited for deterministic, event-triggered tasks. CLU Skills are compatible with Claude's CLAUDE.md format.

How does CLU reduce operational costs by 80%?

CLU automates end-to-end business processes with autonomous SmartAgents and Skills. Tasks that required multiple people over days — like regulatory filings, claims processing, or post-consultation coordination — are completed automatically in minutes. Human involvement is limited to decisions that genuinely require it.

What integrations does CLU support?

CLU provides 30+ production-grade connectors including Google Sheets, SAP RFC, HubSpot, Salesforce, SendGrid, WhatsApp, Slack, Shopify, MercadoLibre, BigQuery, and more. All connectors are available via the CLU API at api.clu.lat.

What industries does CLU serve?

CLU serves consulting, e-commerce, healthcare, finance, SaaS, and manufacturing/mining enterprises. Use cases include meeting summary automation, dynamic pricing, appointment coordination, regulatory filing, usage-based upsell flows, and SAP supply chain orchestration.

How does CLU handle security and credentials?

CLU includes a Vault module with AES-256 encryption for all credentials. No API key or secret is ever exposed in code, logs, or responses. Access is scoped per agent and per skill, with a full immutable audit trail of every credential access.

🚚 Logistics & Distribution · Freight Quoting

Freight Broker Quoting Automated: Carrier Rates to Quote in Under 15 Minutes

Autonomous Freight Quoting & Pipeline Orchestration

Quote turnaround under 15 minutes. $15K/month in pipeline value captured. 60% reduction in quote-to-close cycle.

Solution design · numbers modeled on the operation described

<15 min

Quote turnaround (was hours)

$15K

Monthly pipeline value captured

-60%

Quote-to-close cycle reduction

Freight brokers were losing deals because quote turnaround took hours. Carriers change rates daily. By the time a human pulled rates from 5 portals, built the quote, and sent it — the shipper had already moved on. CLU responds in under 15 minutes.

// the problem

Freight quoting is a time-critical process: shippers request quotes from multiple brokers simultaneously and award to whoever responds first with a competitive rate. Brokers must query carrier rate databases, check lane availability, calculate margins, and build a formatted quote — manually, across multiple portals. This process takes hours. Carrier rates change daily, making cached rates unreliable. The result: lost deals to faster competitors, inconsistent margins, and sales teams buried in quote administration instead of relationship building.

// what CLU does

CLU deploys a quoting agent that monitors the inbox for RFQs, automatically queries live carrier rate databases across the load type and lane, calculates optimal margin, builds a formatted quote, and sends it — all in under 15 minutes. Won quotes trigger automatic CRM pipeline entries and carrier booking. Lost quotes are logged with competitive context for pricing intelligence. Sales reps focus on relationships, not rate lookups.

// the agents, in order

1
RFQ Monitor Agent
Monitors email inbox for incoming quote requests in real time — parses load details, origin/destination, equipment type, and delivery window automatically
2
Rate Query Agent
Queries live carrier rate databases across multiple sources simultaneously — DAT, carrier portals, contract rates — returns best available rate for the specific lane
3
Margin Calculator Agent
Applies current margin rules and account-level pricing agreements to calculate the competitive quote — within policy, automatically, no manual override needed
4
Quote Generation Agent
Builds formatted quote document with carrier options, transit times, and terms — sends to shipper in under 15 minutes from RFQ receipt
5
CRM Pipeline Agent
Won quotes automatically create CRM opportunities with carrier booking details; lost quotes log competitive data for pricing intelligence — pipeline always current

// systems it talks to

Rate Databases (DAT)
Email API
CRM API
Carrier Portals
Margin Rules Engine

// the economics

$15K/month pipeline value captured · Sales team freed from quote admin · Pricing intelligence built automatically

// CLU · the agent factory

Is your operation like this one?

Describe it in your own words on the home page. CLU draws your process as an operation map, with the agents, the systems and an estimate for your volume.

Draw it for my operation ▶or book 20 min

// more cases in Logistics & Distribution

Closed-Won Deal to Field Service Installation Ticket in Under 60 SecondsClient onboarding orchestration that eliminates 1-3 days of manual coordination delay.
Post-Installation Sync from TopDesk to Salesforce Without Manual Data EntryPost-sale cycle closure that eliminates hours-to-days of CRM sync delay.
Port Drayage Orchestration from Vessel Arrival to Delivery: Zero DemurrageDashboards show you a container is late. CLU reassigns the truck before you even open the dashboard.
Freight Document Processing Automated: Bills of Lading, Customs and POD Without Manual HandlingFrom 2–3 hours of manual document handling to fully automated. $15K–$20K monthly savings.

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