Agentic Fabrication Network (AFN)

Run the shop's manufacturability check on ONE offer whose manufacturability_check.status is "unchecked" (the price stands from the shop's own pricing, but no shop was asked for that material / finish yet) or still "checking". The network asks that shop once for exactly this option — its material, gauge, finish, quantity and the quote's destination — and lands the answer on the SAME offer: passed (orderable at the shown price), repriced (the shop priced it higher; the detail says so), or failed (the shop declined it). Call it when the user settles on such an offer and before create_checkout (checkout refuses an unchecked offer). Waits up to wait_s (default 45) for the shop; pending: true means the shop is still answering — re-read the quote shortly. Nothing else on the quote changes.

Create the order and get a hosted payment link for a chosen offer. Call this as soon as the user picks an offer + shipping speed. This tool takes NO personal details: never ask for — and never pass — a name, address, email, or phone; the secure payment page collects the shipping address, email, and phone (and billing) itself, even when the user volunteered them in chat. Returns checkout_url — AFN's order page (what is being made, by which shop, the all-in price) with a Continue to payment button to the secure hosted payment page; give the link to the user. UFP places the vendor order automatically after payment. An offer whose manufacturability_check.status is still "checking" is refused (offer_not_ready, with retry_after_s): the price is set; the shop is confirming it can make the part as drawn — wait for the check to pass before calling, and never call this on a checking offer. An offer whose status is "unchecked" (no shop asked for that option yet — the price stands) needs check_offer first; check out once it reads passed or repriced.

ONLY for the case where a quote response came back with an EMPTY board and told you to call this: waits for the vendors to answer (up to ~40s) and returns their offers as a full board. Call with just quote_id, immediately, and say nothing substantive before it. NEVER call it on a response that already listed offers — that board is final, and this would add nothing.

Get fabrication price and delivery offers for a design file or an existing AFN part number. Supports 3D printing, CNC machining, sheet metal, decals, print, and apparel. If the user just provides a file and asks for a price, omit process so AFN can route it to suitable makers. Provide the design as design_file (an attachment or generated file) or file_url (a public URL). For a reorder, pass the UFP part number as part_number instead of a file; locked parts also require share_key from the owner's share link. A .ufp part container is accepted as a design file, and its saved specification applies unless the user changes it. Some offers carry manufacturability_check: the price is set; the shop is confirming it can make the part as drawn (status "checking" for about expected_s seconds, then passed, repriced, or failed) — present them as real prices and never call create_checkout on one while it is still checking.

Honest, cited material intelligence for material-choice / strength / durability / heat / outdoor questions ("my PLA part broke, what's stronger?", "will this survive outdoors?"). Returns caveats-FIRST facts: published specs (tensile, heat-deflection, UV/outdoor, chemical) each tagged vendor-cited vs general engineering knowledge, "stronger/tougher/hotter than X" ladders (PLA→PETG→ABS/ASA→nylon/PC→metals), and finish/coating options. Call it BEFORE answering such a question, then relay the facts. It supplies FACTS ONLY — comparative specs and vendor-admitted caveats, never a fitness-for-purpose or safety guarantee (that stays your judgment boundary); name express vendor claims "advertised", not "certified".

The LIVE catalog of what the fabrication network can do RIGHT NOW — no quote needed. Returns the services ledger (tapping, inserts, welding, bending, finishes… with each shop's own size/material/thickness windows), the network's sheet gauge ladder, the stocked hardware combinations (species x thread) with stocked lengths and shop counts — the most-stocked length is the steering default for an unspecified length — the finish options with their stocked color menus, and per-process manufacturability rules. This is live state, not a spec sheet: it changes as connectors join, leave, or have capability branches toggled, so call it fresh when the user asks what's possible (materials, gauges, hardware, colors, services) rather than answering from memory.

Check status, ETA and tracking for a UFP order.

How the per-unit price moves with quantity for a quote you already have: for every shop on the board, the item price per unit at each quantity (default 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000; pass up to 16 of your own in 1..10000) from that shop's own pricing with the network's markup included, plus its arrival window — instant, no shop is contacted, nothing changes on the quote. Call it when the user asks what more or fewer pieces would cost ("what would 50 run me?", "any price breaks?"). The board's quoted price stays the ceiling at the chosen quantity (each option's `live` row); a null cell means that shop's pricing does not cover that quantity — refine_quote with the new quantities gets the real number. Present these as the shops' own pricing, never as an estimate; every order still passes the manufacturability check.

Every sheet thickness (gauge) ONE named shop stocks right now, per material — read live off the shop's declared catalog, no quote needed. Call it when the user asks what thicknesses/gauges a specific maker carries ("what thicknesses does SendCutSend have in mild steel?"). For the whole network's ladder use get_network_capabilities instead. Never answer a gauge question from memory.

Record the user's verified-purchase review of how a UFP order turned out. YOUR JOB IS TO STRUCTURE THE FEEDBACK: turn what the user actually said into stars (1-5 overall) and facet scores — "the cut was sloppy" -> quality, "parts arrived 2 days late" -> timeliness, "wrong color" -> accuracy. Keep the optional comment to a short factual summary of their words; never embellish. ALWAYS draft the review (stars, facets, comment) and confirm it with the user BEFORE calling this tool — e.g. "I'll rate this 2 stars with timeliness 1 because it arrived 2 days late — send it?". One review per order: submitting again updates the existing review. If you do not have the order id from this conversation, ask the user for it (it is on their receipt email and order page); never guess one.

INTERNAL — the offer board calls this to refresh itself while vendors finish pricing. Never call this yourself. The board you were given is already final for its turn; do not reach for refine_quote to look at it again either, that paints a duplicate board. An offer's manufacturability_check (status checking → passed | repriced | failed, expected_s) means the price is set; the shop is confirming it can make the part as drawn; the board renders it.

INTERNAL client rail — the routing half of refine_quote with NOTHING committed: takes the same arguments as refine_quote and answers how many distinct fabricators (and which process lanes) the network WOULD ask for the refined part, plus the exclusion notes, without creating a child quote, asking any vendor, superseding in-flight work, or logging demand. An expectation, never a promise — lanes can still decline once asked. Never call this to look at prices; it carries none. Use refine_quote to actually re-price.

Narrow an existing quote with new constraints (destination ZIP the user just provided, deadline, outdoor/waterproof/heat/food-safety requirements, budget, vendor reliability, verbatim requirements terms, drawing callouts, a process filter — "no, I meant in sheet metal" → processes — a ship-from country filter — "only US vendors" → ships_from — or a vendor filter — "only show A3D Manufacturing" → vendors) — or CHANGE its spec: material, color, or quantities. Changing material/quantity is a spec change, not a narrowing — pass it via the material/color/quantities args, NOT as a requirements term; the affected lanes re-price with the new spec through warm vendor sessions. For side-by-side comparisons ("how does carbon steel compare?"), add a scenario label — labeled refines coexist instead of replacing each other (max 4). "Organize by" ("sort by cheapest", "soonest arrival on top", "most green first") is also this tool: sort_by for objective orders, sort_order + sort_label for orders you judged yourself from the previews — presentation only, instant, nothing re-prices. GOING BACK is also this tool: undo_last_step ALONE takes back exactly one refine step (the quote's steps[] names each step, newest first — the network restores the previous stored state exactly); clear removes whole constraints ("drop the deadline" → clear ["deadline"]); remove_requirements takes back individual requirements terms. Call with ONLY quote_id to re-read the quote (e.g. to pick up preview images that finished rendering).

Send the user's answer to a question the maker (vendor) asked about a UFP order — get_order_status surfaces an open question when one is waiting. Confirm the answer with the user before sending. The network relays it: the maker sees plain text from the network account with the user's contact details and links stripped, so never include emails, phone numbers, or URLs the answer depends on.