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An errand is a long-running purchase task that runs under a Stamped Mandate. “Reorder my usual coffee beans” is an errand. So is “buy the cheapest direct flight under $400 to Chicago next month”. You describe it in your own words. Your agent works out what to buy, asks you anything it needs to know, and waits for your approval before money moves. Every purchase stays within a Stamped Mandate you signed.

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What an errand guarantees

  • Starting an errand spends nothing. Creating one starts the search. It doesn’t authorise any spending.
  • Your agent can’t approve its own purchase. Approving is something you do yourself.
  • Every purchase stays inside a mandate. An errand can’t spend past the ceiling or the expiry of the mandate behind it.
  • You can stop it. Cancel an errand at any point before it finishes. Revoking the mandate behind it stops it too.

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Lifecycle

An errand moves through these states. Your agent reports them by name. The four finished states are final. A finished errand never changes again. You can answer questions only while an errand is qualifying or pending_clarification. You can cancel it in any state that isn’t finished.

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Repeat errands

Some things you want done more than once. With a pre-authorised mandate, an errand can complete a purchase without asking you again, as long as it stays within your mandate and the conditions you set. You choose this mode; your agent doesn’t choose it for you.

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How errands pay

Coming soon: payments arrive in a fast-follow release.
Sumvin is a Visa Intelligent Commerce Launch Partner, and errands are built on Visa Intelligent Commerce. Payments aren’t part of this preview: they arrive in a fast-follow release, with its own waitlist. Approving an errand’s purchase from the connector arrives with them. Card purchases follow Visa’s dispute processes. While payments are in preview, we handle each dispute ourselves, with care, especially if you think your agent got it wrong. Email hello@sumvin.com. See Trust and safety.
Try asking your agent: “Reorder my usual coffee beans.”

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Next

Run your first errand

Ask, clarify, approve, done.

Repeat errands

Let a routine purchase go ahead within your limits.