> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.theubik.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Inbox

> Turn buyer, supplier, logistics, and finance threads into reviewed operating decisions.

Inbox is where most trade decisions still arrive: buyer RFQs, supplier replies, freight forwarder updates, FDA notices, margin escalations, and finance approvals. Ubik ranks the threads that can change a promise, owner, margin, or system state, then attaches the context needed to review the next move.

## What Ubik does in your inbox

| Signal           | Operating use                                                                                             |
| ---------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Buyer commitment | Promotes threads where price, quantity, promise date, or substitute product needs review.                 |
| Source recall    | Pulls past quotes, shipments, supplier history, margin guardrails, and lane context into the review path. |
| Drafted action   | Prepares replies, internal handoffs, escalations, and tasks without sending them automatically.           |
| Noise control    | Keeps newsletters, marketing, and low-signal threads out of the operating queue.                          |

## A typical inbox loop

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  <div className="ubik-step"><span>01 · Detect risk</span> Ubik flags the threads where a customer promise, supplier dependency, or internal owner is waiting.</div>
  <div className="ubik-step"><span>02 · Bring context</span> The review path includes account history, inventory, margin guardrails, lane history, and relevant prior decisions.</div>
  <div className="ubik-step"><span>03 · Decide route</span> Approve, edit, assign, wait, escalate, or reject based on authority and evidence quality.</div>
  <div className="ubik-step"><span>04 · Preserve trail</span> Every moved reply carries reviewer, timestamp, and source context for later review.</div>
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  <strong>Privacy posture.</strong> Ubik reads only approved inboxes. Replies, approvals, and ERP handoffs stay human-reviewed. Customer, supplier, pricing, and margin data does not train any model.
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## Useful prompts inside Inbox

| Situation      | Ask Ubik                                                                                                                            |
| -------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Backlog triage | "Which buyer or supplier threads have waited more than 36 hours, and what promise or owner is at risk?"                             |
| Quote prep     | "Pull the last three quotes for this account, current margin guardrail, open inventory, and any unresolved service issue."          |
| Escalation     | "Draft a partial-shipment reply that is honest about timing, protects internal margin, and routes finance approval before sending." |
| Manager review | "Which threads have been blocked the longest, who owns the next decision, and what evidence is missing?"                            |

## Next pages

* [Ask Ubik](/workflows/ask-ubik)
* [Tasks](/workflows/tasks)
* [Approvals](/workflows/approvals)