Rate requests pile up
Quote requests arrive by email in every format, and the slowest reply loses the load.
AI agent for freight
Quote faster. Book cleaner.
A custom AI agent for freight forwarders and brokers — it reads rate requests and drafts quotes from your rates, prepares bookings and shipping documents, coordinates carriers and agents, and checks every freight invoice against what was agreed. On your TMS and inbox. You own the agent.
- Your TMS
- DAT
- Outlook
- SharePoint
- QuickBooks
- Claude
In short
TribeHQ is an AI automation agency for growing businesses. A custom AI agent for freight forwarders and brokers: rate requests quoted fast, bookings and shipping documents prepared, carriers coordinated and freight invoices checked against the agreed rate.
- Who it’s for
- growing businesses and lean teams, including freight brokerages, logistics & supply chain teams, 3PL providers and trucking companies
- Built on
- your TMS, DAT, Outlook, SharePoint, QuickBooks and Claude
- Timeline
- One-week workflow audit, then a 2–4 week build sprint
- Cost
- Fixed-fee audit, then a quoted build sprint — see pricing
- Your team’s time
- Under 10 hours of your team’s time from audit to go-live
- Ownership
- You own the code and accounts. No licence fees to us, no lock-in.
Sound familiar?
Documents typed by hand
BOLs, commercial invoices and booking details get re-keyed from emails and PDFs.
Invoices nobody checks
Carrier invoices with wrong rates or surprise accessorials get paid because there’s no time to audit them.
AI agent for freight, built for your business.
Custom to your process, built on the tools you already use — and a person approves anything that matters.
Quotes
- Rate requests read from email, whatever the format
- Quotes drafted from your rate history and current rates
- Follow-ups on open quotes
- Win/loss notes by lane and customer
Bookings & documents
- Bookings created in your TMS from the confirmed quote
- BOLs, commercial invoices and shipping instructions drafted
- Carrier and agent confirmations chased
- Documents filed to the right shipment
Freight audit
- Carrier invoices matched to the agreed rate
- Accessorials and detention checked against evidence
- Disputes drafted for your review
- Margin by load reported weekly
Map. Build. Run.
- 01Workflow audit1 week, fixed fee. We map how it works today and agree what to fix first. Your team: about 3 hours.
- 02Build sprint2–4 weeks. We build, test and document it on your stack. Your team: about 1 hour a week.
- 03Run & improveMonthly, optional. We monitor and tune it. Cancel anytime — it stays yours. Your team: about 30 minutes a month.
Questions about AI agents for freight
What does an AI agent for freight do?
It handles the desk work around each shipment: reading rate requests and drafting quotes, creating bookings, preparing shipping documents, coordinating carriers and agents, and auditing freight invoices. Your team approves quotes and decisions.
Can AI quote freight?
It can draft quotes from your rate history, contracts and current rates within the margins you set. A person approves before anything goes to the customer, unless you choose to let it send simple lanes automatically.
Can it audit freight invoices?
Yes. It matches each carrier invoice to the agreed rate and the shipment evidence, flags overcharges and unsupported accessorials, and drafts disputes for your review.
Is this for forwarders or brokers?
Both. Forwarders use it most for documents and agent coordination; brokers for quotes, carrier coordination and invoice audit. For claims, see freight claims automation.
How much of our time does it take to set up?
Under 10 hours of your team’s time from audit to go-live.
See what this would look like for you.
A 30-minute call. We’ll look at how you work today and tell you what’s worth building — and what isn’t.