I run our MENA practice — 6 clients across defense, energy, tech, and infrastructure. I'm drowning in compliance work. OFAC sanctions, FARA filings, export controls, Vision 2030 updates that are all tracked in different places. I need a dashboard that pulls it all together, tells me what matters each morning, and recommends what I should do.
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Got it, Jasmine. Let me scope this right — a few questions before I start building:
1. Client data source — how should I load your 6 client profiles?
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Upload a spreadsheet with client names, MENA footprint, and regulatory exposure areas✓
Connect to your existing Salesforce CRM and pull client records directlyC
Describe each client in chat and I'll build the profilesD
Start with your 3 highest-risk clients, add the rest later2. Regulatory sources — what should I monitor?
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Just OFAC sanctions and FARA complianceB
OFAC + FARA + ITAR/EAR export controls✓
Everything — OFAC, FARA, ITAR/EAR, Vision 2030 reforms, local MENA regulations, and CFIUS reviews3. Client-regulation mapping — how should I connect clients to relevant regulatory events?
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Manual tagging — you assign each client to their issues✓
Smart matching — I analyze each client's operations, MENA footprint, and exposure areas to auto-detect relevant regulationsC
Hybrid — I auto-detect and you review before alerts go out4. Country risk — how should I handle geographic risk profiling?
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Dashboard only — I track regulations, you assess country risk yourself✓
Integrated country profiles — risk scores for each MENA nation with regulatory landscape summariesC
Full geopolitical intelligence — country profiles plus political risk analysis and threat monitoring5. Actionability — how detailed should compliance recommendations be?
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Informational — "Here's what changed"B
Directional — "This affects Client X's KSA operations, review compliance posture"✓
Full action items — specific filing deadlines, compliance checklists, advocacy talking points, and conflict flags1. B — Salesforce has everything current
2. C — I want the full picture, especially Vision 2030
3. B — smart matching is ideal for our practice
4. B — country profiles are essential for clients entering new markets
5. C — full action items, our clients pay for precision
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Two more quick ones before I build the spec:
6. Delivery time — when do you want the daily intelligence brief?
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7:00 AM Riyadh time — before your first meeting with Saudi counterpartsB
9:00 AM EST — when the DC office is activeC
Both — Riyadh brief at 7 AM AST, DC brief at 9 AM ESTD
Different preference7. Conflict tracking — should I flag when two of your clients have competing interests?
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Yes, critical — we can't have two clients on opposite sides of a CFIUS ruling without knowingB
Only for direct conflicts on the same regulation or sanctions designationC
No — I manage inter-client dynamics myself1. A — 7 AM Riyadh, I review it before my morning meetings with government officials
2. A — absolutely critical, especially with the defense/VC overlap on tech transfer
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Perfect, Jasmine. Here's the spec I've drafted — it covers client ingestion from Salesforce, OFAC sanctions monitoring with SDN list tracking, FARA compliance with filing deadline alerts, ITAR/EAR export control classification, Saudi Vision 2030 reform tracking, country risk profiles for 10 MENA nations, daily intelligence briefs at 7 AM Riyadh time, full compliance action items with filing deadlines, and inter-client conflict detection for competing regulatory interests. Take a look.
9:06 AMThis is exactly what our practice needs. Build it.
