Your Document Control Agent Puts the Current Revision in Every Hand
The AgentWorks Document Control Agent keeps every project document named, versioned, and in the right hands. It files drawings, specs, and submittals with one naming system, tracks each revision, sends the updated sheets to the trades they affect, confirms they got them, and answers "which set is current?" on request. The Document Control Agent does the filing, distributing, and confirming; your PM and super run the work.
What it takes off your plate
On most jobs today, documents live in email attachments, shared drives, and filing cabinets, with no consistent naming and no clear versioning. A revised sheet comes from the architect and goes to whoever was on that email. Finding the latest revision of a plan means asking three people and hoping two of them agree. The foreman in the field has the set that was printed last month.
The cost is rework and time. A crew builds from a superseded sheet and has to tear it out. The PM spends hours each week digging for files and answering the same question. When the owner asks what was approved and when, nobody can answer quickly.
What the Document Control Agent does, step by step
The work starts with the people who send and use the documents and ends in one organized project file.
- Receives incoming documents. The agent watches the project inbox in Gmail and uploads to Procore for drawings, specs, addenda, bulletins, and ASIs from the architect, engineers, and owner.
- Names and files them. It renames each file by your company's convention, with discipline, sheet number, revision, and date, and files it in the right folder for the project.
- Tracks the revision. When a new revision of a sheet arrives, the agent marks the old one superseded, records what changed according to the revision cloud and narrative, and keeps both so the history is clear.
- Sends updates to the trades. It sends each revised sheet by email and a text through Twilio to the subs and foremen whose scope it touches, with a short note on what changed.
- Confirms receipt. It asks each recipient to confirm they have the new revision, follows up with those who have not, and tells the PM who still has not acknowledged.
- Answers "which set?" When a foreman or sub texts asking for the current sheet, the agent replies with the latest revision and the date it was issued. If a question is about what a sheet means, it goes to the PM or through an RFI; the agent does not interpret drawings.
- Flags gaps. If a revision references a sheet the project does not have, or a bulletin arrives without its drawings, the agent asks the design team for the missing piece.
Where the work is recorded
An agent that cannot write down what it did is a chatbot. The Document Control Agent records its work where your team already looks.
In the CRM, each sub's and design team contact record shows every document sent, confirmation received, and follow-up, in order. When a sub claims they never got a revision, the record shows when it was sent and whether they confirmed it.
In the project system, such as Procore, every document sits in one place with its current revision on top, superseded versions below, and a log of who received it. The next morning the PM opens one view and sees what came in overnight, what was distributed, and who has not confirmed the latest sheets.
What your people do instead
Your project manager stays with the client and the design team on the decisions that matter, instead of running a file room. Your super stays with the crews, confident that everyone is working from the same set. Your subs stop calling the office to ask which drawing is right. Building it right the first time is what keeps clients coming back.
The AgentWorks Document Control Agent keeps the files, revisions, and confirmations moving around them. For other parts of the business, read how to deploy the Quantity Takeoff Agent and get your estimator back on bid strategy, how a Change Order Agent prices the change and chases the signature, and how to deploy the Daily Reports Agent.
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