Technology
The technology behind Aware
Aware combines structured government-action data with approved company context, traceable causal reasoning, constraint-aware option comparison, and human-controlled execution.
01Inputs
Evidence and company context
Government records, dates, entities, approved company facts, constraints, and missing information.
02Reasoning
Causal map and option testing
Trace consequences, quantify business effect, preserve assumptions, and test responses against real constraints.
03Output
The Next Move
A ranked response with evidence, timing, ownership, open questions, and human authority.
Provenance runs under the whole chain
- SOURCEOfficial record
- FACTConfirmed
- ASSUMPTIONStated, not hidden
- CONSEQUENCEMethod + assumption
- OPTIONFeasibility tested
- RECOMMENDATIONHuman authority
01The Chain of RecordThe worked example
One consequence, traced to the record beneath it
Two notices published the same morning, 25 pages apart, and the earlier deadline governs; the chain of record is how Aware finds that.
- The recordCONFIRMED
91 FR 53602 — new procedures for U.S.-content submissions under the USMCA
Federal Register · 19 Aug 2026 · filing deadline 30 Sep · every existing determination expires 1 Dec
- 01 · Company factCONFIRMED
The Guanajuato model line imports under an approved 41% U.S.-content determination
Approved by the customer, per company environment · 68,000 units a year
- 02 · AssumptionASSUMED
Declared customs value holds at $23,500 per unit
Stated, not hidden
- 03 · Modeled consequenceINFERRED
A lapse moves the 25% duty from non-U.S. content to full customs value
HTSUS 9903.94.01 against 9903.94.03 · $2,409 per unit from 1 Dec
- 04 · DependencyCONFIRMED
An approved determination attaches to an importer-of-record number CBP has not voided
91 FR 53627, same morning · the earlier deadline, 18 Sep, governs
- 05 · Next MoveAWAITING CONFIRMATION
Re-file at the certified 41% by 30 Sep. Confirm the IOR record before 18 Sep
Owner and approval remain with the customer
Retrieved as primary-source records, unmodified govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-19/pdf/2026-16859.pdf
Public record. Commerce notice, cited, with effective dates named.
The government action, citation, dates and tariff mechanics are public record. The company, its content percentages and all figures are illustrative.
02Provenance & Data Control
Know what the system knows, where it came from, and what remains uncertain
Aware keeps external evidence, company facts, assumptions, modeled consequences, options, and recommendations distinguishable and traceable.
Sources
Official and authoritative records
Government actions stay connected to issuer, jurisdiction, dates, and source evidence.
Company data
Customer-controlled context
Aware Signals requires no customer data. Private context is introduced only when approved and useful.
Outputs
Explainable outputs
Material conclusions preserve the inputs, assumptions, method, and evidence used to produce them.
- Confidence states
- CONFIRMED
- INFERRED
- ASSUMED
- MISSING
- AWAITING CONFIRMATION
03The Decision EngineConstraint testing
A recommendation has to survive reality
Aware compares options against timing, budget, capacity, contracts, legal requirements, qualification, technical constraints, and available resources.
| Response path | Timing | Budget | Capacity | Contracts | Legal | Qualif. | Tradeoff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFastest response | Clears | Blocked | Tight | Clears | Clears | Blocked | Fast, but the budget and qualification gates do not clear. |
| BLowest cost | Blocked | Clears | Clears | Tight | Clears | Tight | Affordable, but it misses the decision window. |
| CEvery hard gate clearsRecommended | Tight | Clears | Clears | Clears | Clears | Tight | Two constraints stay tight; every hard gate clears. |
Recommended Next Move
The only path that clears every hard constraint. Its tradeoffs stay on the record.
HUMAN APPROVAL REQUIREDConsequential decisions remain human-controlled.
04The Advanced Layer
The advanced layer adds predictive strategy
Aware Platform begins from a known government action and produces the company consequence and the Next Move. The advanced strategic layer is developed with Aware Enterprise through a paid Design Partnership.
See how Aware turns evidence into the Next Move
Explore Aware Platform for the decision workflow, or Aware Signals API for the government-action data layer.