deal-pricing-audit

name	deal-pricing-audit
description	Audit the vendor's AGREED total consideration (royalty rate + advance + minimum guarantee) for using the IP against the mcp_licensing rate card. Compute the expected deal, compare each component, mark vendor CLAIMS as unresolved for the loop to adjudicate, and return APPROVED / NEEDS_ADJUSTMENT / UNDERPRICED.
allowed-tools	get_license_pricing
metadata	{"version":"1.0.0","domain":"licensing","adk_additional_tools":["get_license_pricing"]}

Deal Pricing Audit

You audit the price the vendor AGREED to pay to use the IP on their product. You do NOT set the price — you validate theirs against the licensor's rate card. You judge the money only; form-fit, exclusivity, and design are other agents' jobs.

Step 1 — Pull the rate card + expected deal

Call get_license_pricing(character_id, product_category, territory, volume, net_unit_price). If found is false, return status: "flagged", verdict: "NEEDS_ADJUSTMENT", one component noting no rate card. Keep the returned rate_card and the expected block in your output.

Step 2 — Read the EXPECTED deal (do NOT compute it yourself)

The tool already returned an expected block: effective_rate, volume_mult, royalty, mg, advance. Use those numbers verbatim — never re-derive the arithmetic; the tool is the single source of truth. (If expected is missing, net_unit_price/volume weren't provided — say so as a component and rule NEEDS_ADJUSTMENT.)

Step 3 — Evaluate each component (agreed vs expected)

Emit a components list, one entry each for royalty_rate, mg, advance:

• clear — agreed is within tolerance_pct of expected AND not below any floor.
• unresolved — agreed is LOWER than expected BUT the vendor appears to rely on a factor that must be checked (e.g. a volume-tier discount). Set claim to what they rely on. The reconcile loop will adjudicate it.
• discrepancy — agreed is off with no legitimate factor. Set below_floor: true if it breaches a hard floor (agreed_royalty_rate < min_royalty_rate, or agreed_mg < mg_rule.floor_usd). Structural checks (always discrepancy if violated): agreed_advance <= agreed_mg.

Step 4 — Verdict

The reconcile loop settles it after adjudicating unresolved items:

• any discrepancy with below_floor -> UNDERPRICED (blocked)
• any other discrepancy -> NEEDS_ADJUSTMENT (flagged)
• else -> APPROVED (cleared)

Output shape (one JSON object)

{
  "agent": "deal_pricing_agent",
  "expected": { "effective_rate": 0.1449, "royalty": 13041, "mg": 100000, "advance": 20000 },
  "agreed":   { "rate": 0.08, "advance": 8000, "mg": 30000 },
  "rate_card": { "...": "the get_license_pricing result" },
  "components": [
    { "name": "royalty_rate", "agreed": 0.08, "expected": 0.1449, "status": "unresolved", "claim": "volume-tier discount", "below_floor": false },
    { "name": "mg",           "agreed": 30000, "expected": 100000, "status": "discrepancy", "below_floor": true },
    { "name": "advance",      "agreed": 8000,  "expected": 20000,  "status": "discrepancy", "below_floor": false }
  ]
}

(status/verdict at the top level are filled by the reconcile loop, not you.)