Intake applications
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An intake application collects the information your Portal needs from a business before proceeding. Find it through the business record, then read its questions and current answers.
Complete the application
- Read the application and its current question contract. Use the returned question keys, repeated-entry IDs, and supported tools.
- Read the current answers. Use their revision for answer changes; the application's own revision protects a different change.
- Update ordinary answers with the answer-update tool. Use dedicated tools for repeated entries and documents.
- Read readiness to find missing or invalid answers. Complete those questions before submission.
Attach documents
Call the application's prepare_answer_file_upload tool with the question key, latest answers revision, filename, byte count, and SHA-256 digest. Include the returned item ID for a repeated entry. POST the file to the returned URL as multipart field file, using transfer_token as a Bearer credential within five minutes. No separate API key is needed. Check the receipt, then list the files to confirm the upload. Files can be up to 25 MiB; application storage limits also apply.
Work with an uploaded document
List the application's files and use the returned file ID. Call client_intake_applications.update_answer_file with a filename, the latest expected_answers_revision, and a UUID idempotency_key to rename it while preserving its contents and identity. Renaming does not convert its format.
Call client_intake_applications.get_answer_file_download to retrieve the original. GET download.url with download.transfer_token as a Bearer credential within five minutes; no API key is needed. Downloads recheck current access and file availability. Unrelated answer edits do not invalidate the download. Keep credentials and bytes out of logs and messages. Uploading a processed copy adds another file; delete the original only if the user explicitly requests removal.
Use Autofill
Autofill proposes answers from evidence; it does not save them automatically. Read preparation to choose available evidence and add notes. Upload any new supporting documents before starting a run:
- Call
client_intake_applications.prepare_autofill_file_uploadwith the latestexpected_preparation_revision, a new UUIDidempotency_key, filename, byte count, and SHA-256 digest of the file. - POST the document as multipart field
fileto the returned URL within five minutes. SetAuthorization: Bearer <transfer_token>; your MCP connection authorizes the upload, so no API key is needed. The limit is 25 MiB per file. - Check the upload receipt and read preparation again. Use its latest revision when adding another document or starting Autofill.
An identical retry with the same transfer credential returns the original receipt without adding another file. Keep the upload receipt and use preparation’s files list to confirm the document names and follow processing. If the credential expires before you confirm the upload, read preparation and check that list before uploading again. A document’s status is pending while queued, running while being read, success when ready for Autofill, or failed when it needs attention. Processing updates do not change the preparation revision; read preparation again to check progress. Supporting documents provide evidence for Autofill; they do not fill an application question by themselves.
Start a run using the latest preparation revision, check its status until it settles, and review its suggestions. Accept only approved suggestions using the latest expected_answers_revision. Keep the revision and idempotency key for an identical retry, then read the answers to confirm what was saved.
If a revision is stale, read again and reconcile the change before retrying. Keep file-transfer credentials and document bytes out of tool arguments, logs, and messages.
Submit when ready
Read readiness and the current answers. Your AI must explain validation and any external-delivery effects, then obtain a second explicit confirmation before submission. Give both confirmations in your AI conversation. Read the application afterward to confirm the result. A submission receipt does not prove approval or funding.
Available tools
client_intake_applications.get_contractRead a Client Intake Application contractclient_intake_applications.get_answersRead a Client Intake Application answersclient_intake_applications.update_answersUpdate a Client Intake Application answersclient_intake_applications.list_repeatable_itemsList a Client Intake Application repeatable itemsclient_intake_applications.add_repeatable_itemAdd a Client Intake Application repeatable itemclient_intake_applications.update_repeatable_itemUpdate a Client Intake Application repeatable itemclient_intake_applications.delete_repeatable_itemDelete a Client Intake Application repeatable itemclient_intake_applications.get_answer_file_downloadGet a Client Intake Application original fileclient_intake_applications.list_answer_filesList a Client Intake Application answer filesclient_intake_applications.get_file_textRead intake document textclient_intake_applications.prepare_answer_file_uploadPrepare a Client Intake Application answer file uploadclient_intake_applications.update_answer_fileUpdate a Client Intake Application file metadataclient_intake_applications.delete_answer_fileDelete a Client Intake Application answer fileclient_intake_applications.review_status_changeReview application statusclient_intake_applications.change_statusChange application statusclient_intake_applications.get_autofill_preparationRead client intake autofill preparationclient_intake_applications.prepare_autofillPrepare client intake autofillclient_intake_applications.prepare_autofill_file_uploadPrepare client intake Autofill supporting-file uploadclient_intake_applications.start_autofillStart client intake autofillclient_intake_applications.get_autofillGet client intake autofillclient_intake_applications.list_autofill_suggestionsList client intake autofill suggestionsclient_intake_applications.accept_autofill_suggestionAccept a Client Intake Application autofill suggestionclient_intake_applications.retry_autofillRetry client intake autofillclient_intake_applications.check_submission_readinessCheck Client Intake Application submission readinessclient_intake_applications.submitSubmit Client Intake Application