Predictika · Cabinet orders for builders and remodelers
An AI sales agent prepares a cabinet order for a builder: door style and finish, wall, base, tall and vanity cabinets, hardware, fillers and the manufacturing option. Before it goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika, which checks it against a declarative model of the rules in the public specification guide and returns a verdict, every reason and the figures it computed.
This validator models Simply Woodmark PRO cabinet orders, not just the scenarios shown below.
Any Simply Woodmark PRO order that touches these rules is in scope — not only the scenarios pictured here. Not covered: prices (the guide carries none, so this validator produces no price build-up or line-item quote), moldings, panels, roll-out trays, decorative doors and other accessories, the American Woodmark PRO, Hampton Bay and ProFolio lines, and the number of hardware pieces per door (the guide does not state one). A check covers up to three cabinet lines per request, and a filler requirement is met by ordering at least one filler piece.
7 scenarios in 3 groups · each group runs from the agent’s first attempt to the outcome · click one to switch
Illustrative agent statement. The validator receives the structured request below.
Proposing agent: AI sales agent (scripted)
Before sending, the agent must call Recorded run
What this means
Our assessment of what a typical rules-based CPQ (product rules, price rules and validation rules, as in Salesforce CPQ) does with the same cases. It is a judgment about effort and reliability, not a claim that nothing can be built.
| What the validator caught | Typical rules-based CPQ | Predictika |
|---|---|---|
| Parts that must be ordered separately (decorative hardware on full overlay, a filler with a blind corner base) | Only with care Each is a separate line that has to be present when another line is; a validation rule can check it, but every such pairing is another rule to write and maintain. | The door style, the cabinet lines, the hardware and the fillers travel in one request and every pairing is checked together. |
| A condition of the site rather than the product (a full overlay door that hinges next to a deeper object) | Only with workarounds The catalog has no field for the neighbor of a door, so a custom question and a rule on top of it have to be added. | The condition is one more choice in the request and its rule is checked with the rest. |
| An option needed only for a combination (express manufacturing on blended lines needs PRO XPRESS) | Only with care A rule has to combine three choices: the shipping speed, the blending and the option. It can be written, but it is easy to miss when a new option is added. | All three choices are in one request and the combination is checked on every call. |
| Every problem returned in one answer | Only with workarounds Rules tend to fire as the order is saved or a step is completed, so a rep often fixes one error and meets the next. | All findings come back together, whatever order the choices arrived in. |
Every rule is checked on every call, in any order the choices arrive; one problem never hides another. Blocking findings stop the quote; approval findings need a person to sign off; everything else is computed.
| 1 | The Shaker partial overlay door is available only in Painted Linen; Painted Stone comes only with the full overlay door. |
| 2 | A full overlay door style requires decorative hardware and the order has none. |
| 3 | A full overlay door that hinges next to a deeper cabinet, wall, appliance or countertop needs at least a 1 inch filler on that side and the order has no filler. |
| 4 | The order has 1 blind base cabinet and no filler; the filler must be ordered separately. |
| 5 | Line 3 is 40 inches wide, which is not an available width for that cabinet type. |
| 6 | Express (quick ship) on an order that blends Simply Woodmark PRO with American Woodmark PRO SKUs needs the PRO XPRESS manufacturing option, which is not on the order. |
| 7 | Line 1 is 33 inches wide, which is not an available width for that cabinet type. |
| 8 | Line 1 is 39 inches high, which is not an available height for that cabinet type. |
| 9 | Line 3 is 24 inches wide, which is not an available width for that cabinet type. |
| 10 | Line 3 is 100 inches high, which is not an available height for that cabinet type. |
| 11 | Line 3 is 30 inches wide, which is not an available width for that cabinet type. |
| 12 | The Super Susan base cabinet needs at least 29 inches of clearance to pass through a doorway (removing the door is recommended); a person should confirm the route. |
| 13 | 24 inch deep wall cabinets must be securely attached to studs in the back wall and both sides, or the back wall, one side and the top; a person should confirm the installation. |
| 14 | Line 1 is 30 inches wide, which is not an available width for that cabinet type. |
| 15 | Line 3 is 27 inches wide, which is not an available width for that cabinet type. |
| 16 | Line 2 has a cabinet type but a quantity of 0. |
The recorded result of the validator for each scenario on this page: the request the AI agent sent, the verdict, and every finding, in the order they appear above.
The agent's request. Please quote the Shaker partial overlay door in Painted Stone for the Alder Court homes at Harbor Ridge Builders: 8 wall cabinets with one door, 18 inches wide and 36 inches high; 4 base cabinets with two butt doors, 36 inches wide; 1 blind corner base cabinet (BLB42/45). It has no decorative hardware. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Blocked.
The agent's request. Please quote the Shaker partial overlay door in Painted Linen for the Alder Court homes at Harbor Ridge Builders: 8 wall cabinets with one door, 18 inches wide and 36 inches high; 4 base cabinets with two butt doors, 36 inches wide; 1 blind corner base cabinet (BLB42/45). It has no decorative hardware. It includes 1 filler piece. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Allowed.
The agent's request. Please quote the Shaker full overlay door in Painted Stone for the Alder Court homes at Harbor Ridge Builders: 10 wall cabinets with one door, 21 inches wide and 42 inches high; 6 base cabinets with two butt doors, 30 inches wide; 1 sink base cabinet, 36 inches wide. It has no decorative hardware. The end door hinges next to a deeper cabinet. It should ship express. It blends in American Woodmark PRO SKUs. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Blocked.
The agent's request. Please quote the Shaker full overlay door in Painted Stone for the Alder Court homes at Harbor Ridge Builders: 10 wall cabinets with one door, 21 inches wide and 42 inches high; 6 base cabinets with two butt doors, 30 inches wide; 1 sink base cabinet, 36 inches wide. It includes decorative hardware. The end door hinges next to a deeper cabinet. It includes 1 filler piece. It should ship express. It blends in American Woodmark PRO SKUs. It includes the PRO XPRESS manufacturing option. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Allowed.
The agent's request. Please quote the Shaker full overlay door in Painted Linen for the Alder Court homes at Harbor Ridge Builders: 8 wall cabinets with one door, 18 inches wide and 30 inches high; 4 base cabinets with two butt doors, 36 inches wide; 1 Super Susan base cabinet, 30 inches wide. It includes decorative hardware. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Blocked.
The agent's request. Please quote the Shaker full overlay door in Painted Linen for the Alder Court homes at Harbor Ridge Builders: 8 wall cabinets with one door, 18 inches wide and 30 inches high; 4 base cabinets with two butt doors, 36 inches wide; 1 Super Susan base cabinet, 36 inches wide. It includes decorative hardware. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Needs approval.
The agent's request. Please quote the Shaker full overlay door in Painted Linen for the Alder Court homes at Harbor Ridge Builders: 8 wall cabinets with one door, 18 inches wide and 30 inches high; 4 base cabinets with two butt doors, 36 inches wide; 1 blind corner base cabinet (BLB42/45). It includes decorative hardware. It includes 1 filler piece. It is ready to send.
Verdict: Allowed.
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