# Expense Policy Decision Engine

The **Expense Policy Decision Engine** templates are a GLIK workshop series focused on building intelligent, memory-aware agent applications for enterprise expense automation. This learning module introduces practical agent orchestration techniques while demonstrating how GLIK templates can digitize and automate complex policy enforcement processes.

<figure><img src="/files/n7Weo8OilM5eUPnRoCrv" alt=""><figcaption><p>Example multi-receipt evaluation with inline policy reasoning. The agent justifies rejections based on alcohol restrictions, cost limits, and missing managerial presence — and approves valid claims under policy thresholds.</p></figcaption></figure>

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* Template onboarding and orchestration strategy
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Each version in the workshop showcases a progressively advanced implementation of the same core use case: **automated expense approval using structured logic, document ingestion, and scoped memory**.

The series begins with a simple file-based decision agent and scales toward production-grade policy enforcement integrated with knowledge memory, LLM reasoning, and escalation systems.

### Workshop Objectives

The following section outlines the high-level learning outcomes of this GLIK workshop series.

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th>Objective</th><th>Description</th><th data-hidden data-type="files"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Agent Application Design</strong></td><td>Understand the structure and role of agent applications within the GLIK orchestration platform</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Scoped Memory &#x26; Variables</strong></td><td>Identify how scoped memory and variables function in dynamic approval workflows</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Logic &#x26; Extraction Blocks</strong></td><td>Gain hands-on experience with conditional logic, memory retention, and document extraction blocks</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Policy Automation Principles</strong></td><td>Apply policy automation principles to real-world business rules</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Deployment Considerations</strong></td><td>Navigate access control, escalation triggers, and output formatting in enterprise environments</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

| Goal                               | Description                                                                     |
| ---------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Construct Reusable Agents**      | Teach participants how to construct a GLIK agent from reusable blocks           |
| **Explore Agent Memory Design**    | Explore memory usage, conditional branching, and document parsing               |
| **Prototype Real-World Scenarios** | Prototype agentified systems that apply organizational policies in real time    |
| **Modernize Legacy Workflows**     | Demonstrate how AI agents can modernize finance workflows across legacy systems |

### Example Use Cases

This workshop applies to teams automating:

* Employee-submitted expense requests
* Vendor invoice approvals
* Procurement policy enforcement
* Cross-departmental compliance automation

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### Workshop Tracks

Each track is a standalone agent template with its own GitBook subpage:

| Version                          | Description                                                         |
| -------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `v0 – Starter`                   | Upload a policy document and receipt. Agent returns approve/reject. |
| `v1 – Threshold Memory`          | Adds scoped session memory for dynamic rule tracking.               |
| `v2 – Policy API Integration`    | Pull rules from an external service or plugin.                      |
| `v3 – Multi-Policy & Escalation` | Handle complex rulesets and edge-case escalation.                   |

Participants may implement these agents incrementally or fork from the template directory to create custom variants.

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### Prerequisites

* GLIK Cloud access (v1.2+)
* Workspace with File Upload and Memory Window features enabled
* Sample invoice files or receipts (PDF or image format)
* Optional: organizational policy book (PDF or structured JSON)

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### Try the Starter Template

👉 [Explore the Starter Template](https://chatgpt.com/templates/policy-automation/expense-policy-decision-engine-starter)

This template demonstrates a basic agent that applies approval thresholds based on a file-uploaded policy document. Ideal for proving out the GLIK memory model and file-based automation workflows.


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