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# Scan and tender understanding

> Scan tenders with Orbid AI skills run_tender_scan, answer_from_context, search_tender_text, and related tools.

# Scan & tender understanding

> **Tools reference.** Prefer [Workflows](/guides/workflows) and [What to say](/guides/what-to-say) for daily use.

Scan skills turn uploaded tender files into structured requirements, deadlines, categories, and Q\&A context—foundation for match and fill.

## Skills in this group

* **`run_tender_scan`**
  * User-facing name: Scan / analyze tender
  * Summary: Extract parameters, categories, deadlines, metadata
* **`answer_from_context`**
  * User-facing name: Ask about this tender
  * Summary: Q\&A against uploaded/scanned package
* **`search_tender_text`**
  * User-facing name: Search tender text
  * Summary: Locate clauses in the package
* **`extract_administrative_requirements`**
  * User-facing name: Extract admin requirements
  * Summary: Admin/eligibility-oriented extraction
* **`import_bid_document`**
  * User-facing name: Import bid document
  * Summary: Bring documents into session workflow
* **`tender_dna`**
  * User-facing name: Tender profile signals
  * Summary: Structured tender profile signals
* **`lookup_source_context`**
  * User-facing name: Lookup source context
  * Summary: Retrieve grounded context for claims

## When to use

Use these skills inside an [Agents](/guides/workspace/agents-sessions) session at the appropriate phase (see [Core loop](/guides/core-loop)).

## How to use (example utterances)

* `analyze tender` / `scan` / `parse this tender`
* `extract all requirements from the tender PDF`
* `what does the tender say about warranty` (via context Q\&A)

## Prerequisites

Files must be present in the session (`hasFiles`). Prefer scan before formal match.

## Professional notes

* Re-scan after replacing tender files.
* Cellmap formation for Excel forms is part of understanding structure—see [Cellmap](/concepts/cellmap).
* Negative examples for scan: do not confuse with “match products” (that is `run_match`).

## Related

* [Match](/guides/skills/match) · [Cellmap](/concepts/cellmap) · [Core loop](/guides/core-loop)