GEAR: Guarded ERP Action Proxy for AI
9/10
Demand Score
Leaders demand AI-driven efficiency, but uncontrolled agents risk bad postings and compliance breaches.
7/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
$2k-12k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
12 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Hard
The Problem
Limited Built-In B2B Functionality (Without Apps)
Competitor Landscape
- Microsoft Copilot Studio
- SAP Joule
- Oracle Redwood
- Cohere/Anthropic enterprise integrations
- Forethought
- Workato AI
Must-Have Features for MVP
Constrained action grammar with schema-aware validation
Dry-run diff previews and reversible commands
RBAC/ABAC policies and approval workflows
Semantic retrieval over ERP schema, SOPs, and FAQs
PII redaction and data minimization
Shadow mode with A/B comparisons to human actions
Provider-agnostic LLM connectors with cost guardrails
Immutable audit logs and incident replay
⚠️ Potential Challenges
- Defining granular policies that map to business risk
- LLM hallucinations and tool misuse
- User trust and governance sign-off
- Latency/cost control for LLM calls
Risk Level: High
🎯 Keys to Success
- Zero high-severity incidents from AI actions
- >30% reduction in manual ERP tasks within 90 days
- Approval-to-autonomy graduation in <4 weeks
- LLM cost per completed task within target budget
- Positive audit findings on AI governance
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This hard-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.