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Accounting AI agent · Disclosure drafting

Disclosure-Drafting & Reporting Assistant (Notes to the Accounts)

Draft the notes from approved figures and policies, cross-cast every figure to the statements — held for management approval, with evaluation and guardrails built in.

4–6 weeksTypical delivery
Your stackDeployment
Before approvalHuman review
Agent CareAfter launch

What this agent does

Drafts the notes and ties them back

In
01

Ingest the trial balance, the primary statements and last year's approved accounts.

02

Normalise each note into entity, period, framework and the figures it has to carry.

Reason
03

Draft the note from the approved policy, the agreed template and the figures behind it.

04

Roll prior-year comparatives forward and re-check them against any restatement.

05

Work the disclosure checklist for that framework, period and entity.

Decide
06

Flag notes that no longer agree to the statement, the ledger or each other.

07

Route materiality, judgement and new-disclosure questions to management.

Out
08

Retain each figure, its source, the drafted text, the checklist result and the decision.

09

Write into the reporting file only inside the approval boundaries agreed during implementation.

Product statement

The agent drafts and cross-checks inside the approval boundaries agreed during implementation; it judges no materiality question, and management approves the financial statements.

Example workflow

One note, end to end

AgentHuman
1Note openedThe reporting calendar, the disclosure checklist or a movement in the trial balance
2Scope resolvedEntity, period, framework, the thresholds management set and last year's approved wording
3Note draftedFigures taken from the ledger, comparatives rolled forward, text built from the approved policy and template
4Controls appliedCross-cast, checklist coverage, comparative and cross-reference checks and confidence threshold
No human action required

Stages 1 to 4 run without a person in the loop — nothing has entered the reporting file yet, so the lane stays empty until the gate.

5DecisionSplits on the confidence and note-class gate
High confidence

Joins the reporting file as a cross-cast draft.

Low confidence

Held with the figure it could not agree.

Note owner review

The note is held with its figures, their source, the checklist result and the break that stopped it.

Approve · Amend · Refer up
Approved — handed back
6Note enters the reporting fileApproved before the statements are issued; the agent settles nothing about what has to be disclosed
7Outcome evaluatedCross-cast accuracy, checklist coverage, text rewritten in review, tagging validation and business outcome
Rewrites

Text rewritten and referred up in review is counted in the evaluation.

What should not run autonomously

Human approval stays in control

Outside the boundary — human approval required8 items
Whether an item is material enough to disclose.
Anything issued to shareholders or a regulator.
New or amended accounting-policy wording.
Going-concern wording and material uncertainties.
Automation boundaryAgent acts unaided
Draft note text from the approved policy and template.
Cross-cast every figure to the statements and the ledger.
Roll comparatives forward and check them for restatement.
Work the checklist and refer open questions up.
Text and figures reach the reporting file only inside the approval boundaries agreed during implementation.
Judgements, estimates and the sensitivities shown.
Related-party relationships and subsequent events.
Restating a comparative or a prior-period error.
Changes to templates, checklists or thresholds.

Example output

One note, annotated

Everything the agent drafts is attached to the figure and the policy it came from.

Drafted note · single disclosureIllustrative example
Note
Entity
Period
Cross-cast
Confidence
Held for
Trade and other payables
Reporting group
FY25
Agrees to the balance sheet
92%
A restated comparative
As receivedExactly as the reporting calendar sets them — the agent does not decide a note is needed.
Evidence used Year-end ledger balance Last year's signed note Approved policy wording
Why it stops hereThe current figure agrees; the comparative does not match last year's approved note.
ActionApproveAmendRefer up
What the score decidesBelow the configured threshold the note is held for its owner instead of entering the file.

Value

Where AI adds value

The same four claims, placed at the point in the workflow where each one applies.

Where the value landsValue 01 – 04
All open notesFrom the reporting calendar
03Drafting

Apply your own policy wording

Use the approved accounting policies, the group's templates and the note wording signed off last period.

01Approved path

Figures agreed before review

Each amount in a drafted note is cast, cross-cast to the primary statements and traced back to the ledger.

02Human review

Name the gaps the draft cannot close

Disclosure points the draft cannot answer, and wording that moved since last period, are listed for the reviewer.

04Build an evidence trail

Retain each figure, its source, the drafted text, confidence, evaluator result and the approval decision — on both paths.

Integrations

Typical integrations

Five system groups connect to the same agent. Which of them are in scope is decided in discovery.

Disclosure managementWorkiva · CCH Tagetik
Oracle Narrative Reporting · OneStream
ERP, GL & consolidationSAP · Oracle · NetSuite
Sage Intacct · trial-balance exports
Checklists & workpapersCaseware · CCH Accounts Production
Checklist libraries · workpaper exports

Agent

Disclosure-drafting assistant

Reads the figures
Drafts and cross-casts
Routes to approval

Documents & taggingiManage · SharePoint
Tagging tools · iXBRL/ESEF validators
Observability & evaluationOpenTelemetry · Langfuse
Supported monitoring/evaluation sources

Integration availability depends on the client's existing systems and API access.

Agent controls

Six layers between the model and the accounts

Each control wraps the one inside it. A note clears every layer before it can enter the reporting file.

L6 · Outermost — last line of defenceInward → L1 · closest to the model
L6Rollback / safe modeRestrict automation if evaluations or production signals degrade.Roll back
L5Version monitoringTrack ledger re-extracts, standard updates, model and prompt changes.Track
L4TraceabilityRecord figure, source, draft, checklist result, evaluation and rewrite.Record
L3Management approvalDefine which notes may enter without management approving.Gate
L2Source-bound textWording must trace to a figure, a policy or an approved template.Restrict
L1Cross-cast checksEvery figure in a note must agree to the statement and the ledger.Cross-cast
Model coreNote drafted — figures, text, comparatives, checklist result and confidence
L1 – L2Decide whether the drafted note may stand
L3Decides whether management approves it
L4 – L5Keep the record and the figures current
L6Pulls automation back when signals degrade

How Nestack evaluates it

Evaluate the full workflow — not only the finished note.

Coverage runs the whole depth of the workflow, and every layer is cut by slice.

Surface — the note the reviewer reads
Depth of coverage ▼
E1Final-output evaluationDid the note carry what the framework requires?
E2Cross-cast evaluationDoes every figure still agree to the statement?
E3Coverage evaluationWas every requirement covered, and does the tagging validate?
E4Comparative evaluationDo prior-year figures match last year's accounts?
E5Slice evaluationHow does performance change across specific note cohorts?
E6Business outcomeHow much drafted text survived review unchanged?
Floor — the outcome the client pays for

Failure modes

Where each failure originates in the agent

Seven failure modes plotted against the five stages of the agent lifecycle.

Agent lifecycleDirection of processing →
01 · Retrieval2 modes
DR-01

Comparative unchecked

Last year's figures roll forward despite a restatement.

DR-02

Policy not on file

No source states the policy the entity applies now.

Stage gathersTrial balance, statements, policies and last year's notes
02 · Reasoning2 modes
DR-03

Boilerplate over entity facts

Template wording outlives the policy, or the entity's facts.

DR-04

Requirement missed

A standard's new disclosures are missed or wrongly dated.

Stage proposesThe drafted note, its figures, comparatives and confidence
03 · Tool / write1 mode
DR-05

Written before approval

Text enters the reporting file before management approves.

Stage writesOnly where file access and approval boundaries allow it
04 · Output1 mode
DR-06

Reference or tag misdirected

A renumbered note or mis-tagged figure points elsewhere.

Stage returnsThe note the reviewer and the reporting file see
05 · Change / Version1 mode
DR-07

Note stops agreeing

A late adjustment moves the statement under the note.

Stage tracksLedger re-extracts, standard updates and prompt changes
Sev-1 · unapproved wording could be issued Sev-2 · wrong figure or stale wording in a note Sev-3 · drafting degrades, note held back

Affected slices

The notes that change are the notes that fail

Rolled-forward notes behave; the ones written for the first time, or against a restated comparative, carry most of the cross-cast and comparative errors. Nestack reports performance by slice, not only in total.

Slice performance — reported separately, not only in aggregateIllustrative example
SliceFailure rateLift Lift vs. thresholdStatus
First-time adoption notes6.4%3.7× Review
Restated comparatives4.4%2.6× Review
Judgement and estimate notes3.1%1.8× Watch
Rolled-forward routine notes1.1%0.6× Normal
Bar: lift vs. routine-note baseline · scale 0–4.0× · tick marks the 2.0× review threshold 2 of 4 slices over threshold

Evidence-linked improvement

Every rewrite ends up in the template

A rewrite in review does not stop at this period's note — the wording, the check or the checklist entry behind it is changed too.

Improvement cycle · five stagesSwitchback — the path turns at Improve and returns at Learn
01Detect

Rewrites, cross-cast breaks or checklist gaps rise in a note cohort.

02Diagnose

Failure traced to the figure source, the template, the checklist or the comparative.

03Improve

Template wording or a checklist entry is corrected — approved and version-linked.

04Verify

Affected notes are re-drafted against the current statements.

05Learn

The approved wording becomes the template; the break becomes a standing check.

Learn → DetectThe return edge. Next period starts from corrected wording and one more cross-cast check.

Typical build scope

Twelve workstreams across six weeks

The build scope read against the delivery timeline. Week structure follows the six-week plan — discovery, figures and templates, drafting workflow, evaluation, integration, then production validation and handover.

Workstream Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6
01Workflow discovery and approval-boundary definition.
02Source-system and platform assessment.
03Note inventory, framework and threshold mapping.
04Figure extraction and note templates.
05Drafting, cross-cast and comparative checks.
06Confidence scoring and referral routing.
07Management approval workflow.
08Reporting-platform and tagging integration.
09Evaluation suite and regression cases.
10Checklist coverage and drafting guardrails.
11Observability and trace instrumentation.
12Deployment, documentation and Agent Care handover.
12 workstreams · 6 weeks · bar shows the weeks a workstream is active — several run in parallel Final scope and sequence confirmed in discovery

Engagement tiers

What each tier includes

Rows are the capabilities named in each tier's scope. Higher tiers include everything below them. No tier lets the agent decide what must be disclosed.

Capability✓ in scope · — not at this tier PilotOne set of notes ProductionProduction integration AdvancedGroup and multi-framework
Introduced at Pilot
Drafts traced to approved sources
Cross-cast to the statements
Management approval
Baseline evaluation
Introduced at Production
Disclosure-checklist coverage
Comparative and restatement checks
Approved write actions
Observability and evaluation
Introduced at Advanced
Group and multi-framework notes
iXBRL and ESEF tagging support
Enterprise controls
Build price From $5,000 From $8,000 Custom quote
Final build priceConfirmed after discovery based on the notes in scope, reporting frameworks, source systems, approval controls and deployment requirements.
Separate from buildBuild pricing is separate from recurring Agent Care, which covers managed monitoring, evaluations, incidents and verified improvements after launch.

What we need from you

What you bring, and what we build with it

Each input maps to a piece of build scope and a week in the delivery timeline.

You bringWe build with it
01The notes in scope and the framework they follow Note inventory, framework and threshold mappingWeek 1
02Who approves each note and who approves the accounts Approval-boundary definition and write controlsWeek 1
03Access to the ledger, consolidation and reporting file Source-system and reporting-platform assessmentWeek 2
04Last year's approved accounts and your note templates Note templates and comparative roll-forward checksWeek 2
05Your checklist and the thresholds management set Checklist coverage, cross-cast checks and referral routingWeek 3
06The notes that were rewritten most last period Evaluation suite, regression cases and failure-mode testingWeek 4
07Named reviewers or test users Management approval workflow, then a pilot note set and production validationWeeks 5–6
Nothing else is required Deployment, documentation and Agent Care handover are ours.

Delivery timeline

Four phases across six weeks

Phases are drawn over the weeks they actually occupy. Drafting waits on the note inventory agreed in week 1.

Phase W1W2W3W4W5W6
Discovery W1
Build W2 – W3
Evaluate W4 – W5
Pilot & Launch W5 – W6
Week focus W1Workflow discovery, approval boundary and note inventory W2Figure access, note templates and last year's wording W3Drafting workflow, cross-cast checks and approval controls W4Evaluation suite, checklist coverage and failure modes W5Reporting-platform integration, pilot notes and corrections W6A live note set drafted and approved, then Agent Care handover
Reading the bandBars cover only the weeks their work is named in. Evaluate and Pilot share week 5: the first live notes are drafted while the suite still runs.
At the end of W6A live set of notes has been drafted, cross-cast and approved, then Agent Care watches the cross-casts, the checklist and the rewrite rate.
DurationSix-week plan shown · typical delivery 4–6 weeks depending on scope confirmed in discovery.

Next step · Accounting AI agent

Build a disclosure-drafting assistant around your reporting cycle.

Show us your note set, last year's approved accounts and your disclosure checklist, and tell us who approves what. We'll draft one note against your own checklist and agree what the agent may never settle.

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