Ask what it means.
Open the source.

The Assistant answers questions about any regulation, in plain words. It reads your alerts, key dates and the official texts. Sourced facts are marked, so you can open the passage behind them.

Illustrative. Tarnwick is fictional. The TPO listing is real.

“What does this mean for us?” is enough

The Assistant knows which alert, collection, task or substance you have open, and your organisation’s markets and topics, so you can ask without setting the scene.

Know what the answer rests on

The Assistant lists what it searched, the documents it read and the sites it consulted, so you can judge an answer before you rely on it.

Check the source. Weigh the reasoning.

The Evidence Lens shows the passage behind a marked fact and why it supports the claim. Conclusions and next steps carry no mark, because they are the Assistant’s own reasoning.

Ask when it applies. Get the key dates.

An answer can bring the alerts, substances, key dates and tasks it mentions as cards. Mark an alert important, or hide one you don’t need, without leaving the answer.

Ask for the email. Copy the draft.

The Assistant writes supplier requests, briefings and comparison tables in the chat. Check what you copy as you would any first draft, before you send it.

Nothing changes until you choose

Ask the Assistant to file alerts in a collection, and it lists its suggestions first. Tick the ones you want or add them all, and the audit log shows that you added them.

Start with a question you already have

Ask about a product, a substance or every market you sell in. The Assistant can quote the law, check your wording and draft the note for your board. It also suggests questions for your organisation.

Product stewardship

  • What must our water-based primer’s label say to sell in Canada, Australia and South Korea?
  • Draft a reply to a customer asking if our WR-60 finish meets the PFHxA restriction.
  • Explain the new EU hazard classes to our sales team, in plain words.

Regulatory affairs

  • List the compliance deadlines in our markets for the next six months, soonest first.
  • Does REACH restrict the lead in our cable assembly? Quote the passage.
  • Turn this quarter’s alerts for the EU and Great Britain into a one-page note for the board.

Environment, health and safety

  • Have Germany, France and Poland adopted the EU’s new diisocyanate exposure limit yet?
  • What does the revised Industrial Emissions Directive change for our EU plants, and by when?
  • Check this paragraph of our site procedure against HSE’s current guidance.

A question now, or a project with an expert behind it

The Assistant is for the questions your team asks every day. Its answers are not expert reviewed. When the answer has to stand up to scrutiny, Foresight runs the work as a project.

Who does the work
Assistant: The Assistant, when anyone on your team asks
Project: Foresight, with the same tools
Who checks it
Assistant: You, using the marked sources
Project: Foresight’s experts, before you receive it
What you get
Assistant: An answer or a draft to copy
Project: A deliverable, such as a register or a heatmap
How long
Assistant: A minute or more for a research question
Project: Agreed with you when the project is scoped
See the projects Foresight runs

Questions about the Assistant

What does it read?

Your Foresight workspace: regulatory and literature alerts, substances, topics, legislation, key dates, tasks, collections, lists and comments. It also reads the source documents behind alerts, and official sources on the web. You can switch Web search off for any question.

How do I know where a fact came from?

Sourced facts are marked. Open one to see the excerpt, why it supports the claim and a link to the source or the Foresight record. An answer that used sources lists them at its foot.

How long does an answer take?

A research question, where it reads several documents, takes a minute or more. The trace shows what it is reading while you wait.

Does it know our products?

It knows your organisation’s profile, markets, topics and legislation, and what you tell it. It also reads your team’s lists, such as a register of the substances in your products. It holds nothing else about your products, so it marks a product conclusion as likely.

Who can see my chats?

Only you. Chats are private to each member.

Are its answers checked?

Not by an expert. Sourced facts are marked, so open them before you rely on an answer. When an answer has to stand up to scrutiny, Foresight runs the work as a project, and Foresight’s experts check it before you receive it.

Bring a question to your demo

Ask the Assistant about your substances and your markets, and open the sources behind its answers.