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# procurer — Grounded Procurement Research ## What this skill is The procurer skill turns **a real-world need** into **a grounded cost-calibration report** with cited alternatives, price bands, confidence, and a recommendation. It is the agent's reflex when the user is about to decide how to spend money or effort on a problem and needs calibration before committing. Concretely, the output of one procurer pass is: 1. A clear restatement of the need (and the underlying problem if the user named only a symptom). 2. **3–5 ranked alternatives**, each placed on a provider-archetype tier (DIY-retail → mid-retail → specialty product → contractor → consultant / turnkey). 3. For each alternative: a **cost band** (low / typical / high) with the currency normalized to the user's locale, plus **cited sources** (provider URL + page title + fetched-at timestamp) and a **confidence score** (0–1). 4. **Cross-cutting notes**: tax/VAT handling, locale-specific suppliers, lead times, hidden costs, deal-breakers. 5. **A recommendation** — which alternative(s) to pursue, in what order, with the budget envelope. The output is decision-shaped: the user should be able to read it and act, not need to do further synthesis. --- ## When to invoke (the reflex) The procurer reflex fires on any of these signals: | Signal | Example | |---|---| | Explicit cost question | "How much does X cost?" / "Give me a budget for Y." | | Options request | "What are my options for fixing the noise?" / "Should I g