for finance staff

Check an expense against the policy

Check an expense against your policy. find pulls the rule. decide says whether the expense fits.

The rule find pulled prints beside the answer. The $60 dinner fits the $75 meal rule.

expense='Client dinner, $60 a head'
covers="Which rule covers: $expense"
allows="Does this rule allow: $expense"

cat <<'EOF' |
Meals with a client: up to $75 a head.
Flights: economy only, booked 14 days out.
Software: needs a manager's approval.
EOF
thinkthen find "$covers" |
thinkthen decide "$allows" --lines |
jq .

Output

{
  "input": "Meals with a client: up to $75 a head.",
  "value": true
}

exit 0

The functions it uses

findPick the one line that best answers a question.decideAnswer one yes or no question about the evidence.

On GitHub: github.com/botassembly/thinkthen