An example of freight brokerage as a governed process: agents do the 9 steps, and a person signs the gate before anything irreversible happens. Download it, import it into your workspace, and adapt it to your systems.
The graph9 agent steps1 human gatesigns: FMCSA-licensed freight broker
Freight-brokerage autopilot
Load matching, carrier vetting and track-and-trace are phone/email grind — and a booked load is a binding contract amid rampant double-brokering and cargo fraud. Loads are matched to vetted carriers, quoted and tracked straight-through; binding rate commitments, vetting exceptions and cargo claims reach a licensed broker, who signs.
The governed flow · branches, parallel work & a human on the irreversible step
clean & in-policyfixable exception (expired insurance / waiverable)fatal flag (no authority / double-brokering) — re-source carrier
Start
agent · low risk
Ingest the load tender, shipment requirements, and Incoterm (cost and risk responsibility allocation between shipper and buyer — EXW/FCA/CIF/DDP)
agent · low risk
Source and match carriers from the load board and quote the rate
parallel · fan-out / join
Vet the matched carrier across independent checks at once
agent · low risk
Verify carrier operating authority and safety rating (FMCSA SAFER); if carrier DOT# registered after Oct 2024, confirm URS identity-proofing completion (photo ID + selfie) per FMCSA 2025 mandate
agent · low risk
Verify cargo and liability insurance: general freight $750k BI&PD minimum; hazmat $1M–$5M per commodity type (FMCSA thresholds). Confirm no cancellation notices and policy expiry date >= load delivery date
agent · medium risk
Screen for double-brokering and cargo-fraud signals; verify carrier identity consistency across load-board history and flag if same DOT# issued multiple rate quotes for same shipper/lane in past 24h (load-farming signal per FMCSA 2025 anti-fraud guidance)
parallel · fan-out / join
Consolidate the three vetting results into one carrier verdict
decision
Carrier vetting verdict?
agent · low risk
Auto-validate the clean, in-policy rate and assemble the rate-confirmation packet
agent · medium risk
Stage the vetting exception with evidence and a recommended waiver for review
gate · human sign-off
Licensed broker signs the binding rate and any vetting exception or waiversigns: FMCSA-licensed freight broker
agent · high riskirreversible
Book the load, issue the binding rate confirmation, and retain transaction record for 3 years (49 CFR § 371.3)
agent · low risk
Run track-and-trace and handle documents and cargo claims
Done
low riskmedium riskhigh riskbranch / reworkgate · human sign-off
Use this example
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Download the file
A minctrl.process/v1 document: the graph and the hash of the process it becomes.
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Import it in Processes
Import into Minctrl opens this example in your workspace; one click stores it as your first version. Import JSON does the same with the file, and a file changed after download is refused.
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Connect your systems
Every connector starts in shadow: steps run, nothing leaves Minctrl until you configure a connector and switch it live.
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Adapt it
Change signers, time limits and steps on the canvas. Each save is a new version; a running case stays on the version it started with.
Questions
How do I automate freight brokerage with Minctrl?+
Start from this example. Import the file in Processes, connect your own systems, and adapt the steps on the canvas. Agents run the reversible steps; every irreversible step waits at a gate for the role you choose. The example has 9 steps and 1 gate; you can change any of them.
Is freight brokerage in Minctrl auditable?+
Every run start, signature and change to the process is written to a hash-chained audit log your auditor can verify and export. A run is pinned to the exact graph it started on.
Does the AI decide everything?+
No. Minctrl will not make a process runnable while an irreversible step can be reached without a human gate, and one person cannot sign two gates of the same run.