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Equipment Authorization & Covered-List AI Agent

Carry the authorization file per model — the grant, the test lab, the responsible party, the US agent — and watch the lists that can re-open a certification already signed.

Typical delivery
4–6 weeks
Deployment
Your stack
Named signer
Evidence held
After launch
Agent Care

What this agent does

Holds the file, never the signature

In

  1. 01

    A grant is filed, and 47 CFR 2.911(d)(5) fixes what the applicant certified on that date.

  2. 02

    A listing changes afterwards, and 2.911(d)(6) forces a new written and signed certification.

Reason

  1. 03

    A listing lands in a PSHSB Public Notice; the FCC Covered List webpage served a September 2024 page.

  2. 04

    A category listing reaches foreign-produced routers, prohibited by default since DA 26-278.

  3. 05

    A prohibited-entity check reads every list FCC 25-27 names, each published elsewhere on its own cadence.

Decide

  1. 06

    A model on the SDoC route needs no signature; 47 CFR 2.1077(a)(3) still requires a US responsible party.

  2. 07

    A company is sold or merged, and 47 CFR 2.909(e) passes responsible-party status to the new entity.

Out

  1. 08

    A Cyber Trust Mark filing is voluntary, and 47 CFR Part 8, Subpart B is where its rules sit.

  2. 09

    Execute write actions only inside the approval boundaries agreed during implementation.

Product statement

The agent assembles the file and tracks the listings; a named person signs the certification under 47 CFR 2.911(d) and files it, and the applicant answers for it.

Example workflow

One model, grant to certification

  1. 1Listing change publishedPSHSB Public Notice, or a BIS, DHS, DoD or Treasury list update
  2. 2Authorization file assembledGrant, TCB, test lab and its ownership evidence, responsible party, US agent and each module grant
  3. 3Listing version recordedThe notice, its DA number and the date each list was read
  4. 4Controls appliedRe-certification checks, US-agent checks, module-grant checks and completeness confidence

No human action required

Stages 1 to 4 run unaided, and nothing is certified at any of them — the agent is assembling, and the regulatory lane opens at the completeness gate.

5DecisionBranches at the completeness gate
File complete

Goes to the regulatory manager to sign.

Anything thin

Adds a regulatory counsel read first.

Regulatory review

The file is held with its listings, its grants and its gaps.

Sign the certification · Append evidence · Send to counsel

Signed and filed — by a named person

  1. 6Authorization records updatedOnly where write access and disclosure policy allow it
  2. 7Outcome evaluatedListing currency, evidence completeness, counsel corrections and what a later review found

Corrections

Each counsel correction is counted in the evaluation.

What should not run autonomously

Human approval stays in control

Outside the boundary — human approval required

8 items

  • Certifying that equipment is not prohibited.
    • Signing or filing anything with a TCB.
    • Declaring an applicant off the Covered List.
    • Telling a buyer a model is still authorized.

  • Automation boundary

    Agent acts unaided

    • ✓Assemble the authorization file for each model and each grant on record.
    • ✓Read the PSHSB notices, not the Covered List webpage.
    • ✓Check the designated US agent still resolves to a live address.
    • ✓Draft the re-certification the moment a listing moves.

    Nothing is certified or filed except by a named signer, inside the agreed boundaries.

    • Deciding an entity is not under prohibited control.
    • Reading a Conditional Approval as an exemption.
    • Saying whether Cyber Trust Mark submissions are open.
  • Changes to listing rules, checks or certification text.

Example output

One model, annotated

FCC 24-122 turned on a US agent mailbox closed since 2019, and the file is what a person signs from.

Authorization file · single model

Illustrative example
Model
Wireless router, current grant
Filed as
Certification, TCB grant, module grants attached
Listing read
DA 26-278, 23 March 2026
Evidence of record
PSHSB Public Notice, read that day
Confidence
Held uncertified
Held for
The regulatory manager, in person

As received

Taken from the PSHSB notice and the grant record — nothing on this side is decided by the agent.

What the file holds

  • The TCB grant
  • US agent designation
  • Module grant records

Why no certification here

FCC 26-2 reaches licence holders, not equipment authorization applicants.

What the score decides

Below the configured threshold the file picks up a counsel read before.

Action

Sign the certificationAppend evidenceSend to counsel

Value

Where AI adds value

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

Where the value lands

Value 01 – 04

Every model

From the authorization record

03Evidence

One country, one authorization

Certificate expiry and in-country representatives belong to our type-approval agent; this page stays on the US authorization and the Covered List.

01Approved path

Which list moved, and when

DA 25-1086 listed foreign-produced UAS on 22 December 2025 and DA 26-786 added power inverters on 28 July 2026 — categories, not companies.

02Human review

What changed, and what did not

FCC 25-27 put the new certifications on TCBs, labs and accreditation bodies; the 2026 forfeiture maxima did not rise, per 91 FR 39613.

04

Build an evidence trail

The grant, the list version read against it and the signer who certified stay on the file.

Integrations

Typical integrations

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

  • Listing sources

    • PSHSB Public Notices
    • BIS
    • DHS
    • DoD
    • Treasury lists

  • Authorization records

    • FCC ID grants
    • TCB records
    • Test reports
    • lab accreditation

  • Product and supply records

    • PLM
    • bill of materials
    • Module grants
    • supplier records

Agent

Equipment authorization & covered list

  • Reads the listings
  • Builds the file
  • Holds for the signer

  • Corporate and entity records

    • Ownership
    • entity registers
    • US agent designations

  • Observability & evaluation

    • OpenTelemetry
    • Langfuse
    • Supported monitoring/evaluation sources

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

Agent controls

Six rings between the model and the file

Six rings, the innermost tightest of all. What gets through every one of them is drawn in the map below.

L6 · Outermost — last line of defence

Inward → L1 · closest to the model

L6Rollback / safe modePull the agent back to file assembly only when evaluation or production signals degrade.Roll back
L5Version monitoringTrack model, prompt and listing-rule changes; ioXt has led the Cyber Trust Mark since 13 April 2026.Track
L4TraceabilityRecord the grant, the listings read, the checks applied and each read of the file.Record
L3Signer releaseHold the file for a named human; it governs signature, and not whether the equipment qualifies.Gate
L2Policy guardrailsTest the file against 47 CFR 2.911(d) and the listings on record; part of FCC 25-27 is delayed indefinitely.Restrict
L1Confidence thresholdsRoute a thin file to a counsel read before the regulatory manager sees it.Require review
Model coreFile assembled — the grant, the listings read, the modules mapped and completeness
L1 – L2
Test whether a file may stand
L3
Puts the signature in a person's hands
L4 – L5
Keep the grant and the list behind it
L6
Holds the grant at unverified when signals degrade

How Nestack evaluates it

Evaluate the whole assembly — not only the file that comes out.

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

Surface — the file a TCB reads

  1. E1Final-output evaluationDid the file record the listing version read that day?
  2. E2Step-level evaluationDid the agent read the notices, the right modules and the current lists?
  3. E3Tool evaluationDid it read and write the correct model and the correct grant record?
  4. E4Confidence calibrationDo low-confidence files actually attract more counsel corrections?
  5. E5Slice evaluationHow does performance change across specific product lines?
  6. E6Business outcomeHow many files needed a correction before the manager signed them?

Floor — the outcome the applicant answers for

Failure modes

Where each failure originates in the agent

Seven failure modes, set at the stage where each one actually starts.

Agent lifecycle

Direction of processing →

  1. 01 · Retrieval

    1 mode

    • ID-03

      Stale list page

      The listing read comes from a superseded webpage.

    Stage gathers

    The grants, the notices, the lists and the modules

  2. 02 · Reasoning

    2 modes

    • ID-04

      Category listing missed

      Only named entities are screened, not categories.

    • ID-06

      Module grant dropped

      An incorporated module keeps no grant of its own.

    Stage proposes

    The listings, the checks applied and completeness

  3. 03 · Tool / write

    2 modes

    • ID-02

      US agent taken as given

      A designated agent address is never re-checked.

    • ID-05

      Re-certification not raised

      A list change leaves the old certification standing.

    Stage writes

    Only where write access and approval policy allow it

  4. 04 · Output

    1 mode

    • ID-01

      Certified, listing unrecorded

      The file shows a certification but not what was read.

    Stage returns

    The file a person signs and a TCB reads later

  5. 05 · Change / Version

    1 mode

    • ID-07

      Silent listing regression

      A rule change moves a listing without moving the file.

    Stage tracks

    Model, prompt, listing rules and notice sources

  • Sev-1 · a signature rests on a stale list
  • Sev-2 · a wrong listing reaches the file
  • Sev-3 · source degrades, file holds unsigned
See the complete Electronics failure-mode catalogue

Affected slices

One product line absorbs the corrections

A line-level listing-provenance figure can read clean while one product line absorbs most of the corrections. Nestack reports the counsel-correction rate by product line, not only in total.

Slice performance — reported separately, not only in aggregate

Illustrative example
SliceFailure rateLiftLift vs. thresholdStatus
Category-listed product lines9.5%3.7×Review
Lines with third-party modules6.9%2.7×Review
Consumer wireless lines4.3%1.7×Watch
Certified industrial lines1.6%0.6×Normal

Bar: counsel-correction-rate lift vs. certified industrial baseline · scale 0–4.0× · tick marks the 2.0× review threshold

2 of 4 slices over threshold

Evidence-linked improvement

What an unreconstructable file costs

The loop shuts when the stale list page is a regression case. That suite is what the next grant checked is measured against.

Improvement cycle · five stages

Switchback — the path turns at Improve and returns at Learn

  1. 01

    Detect

    Counsel-correction rate rises in one product line.

  2. 02

    Diagnose

    The page that had said September 2024 for two years is read back against the notices until one cause remains.

  3. 03

    Improve

    Any change goes out numbered, with the listings that caused it attached.

  4. 04

    Verify

    One grant case still failing is enough to hold the release back.

  5. 05

    Learn

    One case joins the suite, one line joins the listing record.

  6. Learn → Detect

    The return edge. The next grant is measured against a suite one case longer.

Typical build scope

Twelve workstreams across six weeks

The build scope read against the delivery timeline. Week structure follows the six-week plan — discovery, sources, file assembly, evaluation, integration, then production validation and handover.

Workstream

Week 1Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6

  1. 01Authorization-file discovery and boundary work.Week 1
  2. 02Grant, PLM and entity-register sources.Week 1, Week 2
  3. 03Listing-source, module-grant and US-agent mapping.Week 1, Week 2
  4. 04Grant ingestion and file normalisation.Week 2
  5. 05Module, module-grant and supplier binding.Week 2, Week 3
  6. 06Completeness scoring and counsel routing.Week 3
  7. 07Signer certification workflow.Week 3, Week 4
  8. 08Authorization-record integration.Week 5
  9. 09Listing and grant cases.Week 4, Week 5
  10. 10Guardrails and certification controls.Week 4
  11. 11Grant-trail instrumentation.Week 5, Week 6
  12. 12Deployment, documentation and Agent Care handover.Week 6

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.

Capability✓ in scope · — not at this tierPilotOne product line, one routeProductionProduction authorization recordsAdvancedMultiple lines / routes
Introduced at Pilot
File assembly to your rules✓✓✓
Named-signer certification✓✓✓
Listing-provenance baseline✓✓✓
Introduced at Production
Reporting by product line—✓✓
Certification workflow in your systems—✓✓
Approved write-back—✓✓
Authorization-record integration—✓✓
Introduced at Advanced
Multi-list screening duties——✓
Cross-line evidence packs——✓
High model volume——✓
Multi-list screening controls——✓
Build priceFrom $5,000From $8,000Custom quote
Final build price
Confirmed after discovery based on integrations, workflow complexity, transaction volume, approval controls and deployment requirements.
Separate from build
Build 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.

  1. 01Your model list and grant records

    Grant ingestion and module mapping

    Week 1

  2. 02Representative grants and notices

    File baseline, listing binding and evidence capture

    Week 2

  3. 03Your listing sources and signers

    Listing-source, module-grant and US-agent mapping and the automation boundary

    Week 1

  4. 04Access to relevant APIs, feeds or exports

    Grant, PLM and entity-register assessment, then integration setup

    Week 2

  5. 05Grants you would not want re-read

    Listing cases and the evaluation suite

    Week 4

  6. 06What no certification may imply

    Completeness scoring, counsel routing, guardrails and certification controls

    Week 3

  7. 07A named regulatory manager to sign

    Signer certification workflow, then pilot and production validation

    Weeks 5–6

Nothing else is required

Deployment, documentation and Agent Care handover are ours.

Delivery timeline

Four phases across six weeks

Width here is worked time rather than layout space, which is why two bands have to share the fifth week.

Phase

W1

W2

W3

W4

W5

W6

  1. DiscoveryW1
  2. BuildW2 – W3
  3. EvaluateW4 – W5
  4. Pilot & LaunchW5 – W6

Week focus

W1Authorization workflow discovery, listing mapping and the automation boundary

W2Source integration and the grant baseline

W3File assembly, listing logic and certification controls

W4Evaluation suite, listing cases and failure-mode testing

W5Authorization-record integration, pilot models and targeted corrections

W6One authorization cycle run under the regulatory manager, then Agent Care handover

Reading the band
A bar covers only the weeks its own work is named in. The doubled fifth week is real work, not padding.
At the end of W6
Once the authorization file validates, Agent Care assumes the agent.
Duration
Six-week plan shown · typical delivery 4–6 weeks depending on scope confirmed in discovery.

Next step · Electronics AI agent

Build an equipment authorization agent around a list that moves without notice.

Show us how a grant reaches you today and which list you read on 1 October. Under 47 CFR 2.911(d)(6) a named person at the applicant signs each new certification a Covered List change forces, and the file behind that signature is read back long afterwards.

Typical delivery
4–6 weeks
Deployment
Your authorization records
Named signer
Evidence held
After launch
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