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Concept artefact · v1.0 · May 2026
Overview Tools 1 · Submission Synthesis
Tool 1 · post-consultation

Submission Synthesis: turn a stack of consultation submissions into a cited Review of Submissions draft.

Reads every submission on a draft IHS, clusters by theme, surfaces minority views, proposes a disposition for each issue, and drafts the Response section of the Review of Submissions document. Every claim cites a verbatim source quote. The analyst reviews, adjusts, and signs out.

Cuts: 40 to 80 analyst hours per contentious IHS
Step: 04 of the IHS revision lifecycle
Architecture: draft only, human-in-the-loop, full citation
What it does and what it does not

What this tool does

Reads every submission. Clusters by theme with explicit submitter counts. Surfaces minority and dissenting views. Quotes verbatim with citations back to the source submission. Proposes a disposition (Accept, Modify, Decline, Refer to SME) for each theme, with rationale, confidence, and an explicit flag where SME review is needed before action. Drafts the Response section of the Review of Submissions in the BIES house format.

What it does not do

It does not decide. It does not publish. It does not interpret scientific risk, legal authority, or the Biosecurity Act. Those are tasks reserved for the analyst and the relevant subject-matter expert. The tool produces a draft. The analyst owns the document.

Live demo

Try it on a sample consultation. Or paste your own submissions.

The "Sample" tabs use a representative scenario based on a recent IHS amendment, with pre-cached Claude output so you see real, structured analysis in under a second. The "Bring your own" tab calls the Anthropic Claude API directly from your browser using your own API key. Nothing is sent anywhere except api.anthropic.com.

Submission Synthesis Tool 1 · Anthropic Claude
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Scenario. Draft amendment to the Import Health Standard for fresh cut flowers and foliage. The amendment proposes (a) tighter pre-export devitalisation requirements for high-risk genera, (b) a revised border inspection sampling regime, and (c) a transitional period of six months for affected importers.

Pre-loaded: 17 representative synthetic submissions, 1,420 words.

Scenario. Proposed amendment to the IHS for grain and seeds for consumption, feed, or processing. Narrow technical change to fumigation residue testing thresholds.

Pre-loaded: 8 representative synthetic submissions, 720 words.

Run on your own data. Paste a brief description of the draft IHS amendment, then paste each submission with an ID prefix (e.g. S01:, S02:). The tool calls the Anthropic Claude API from your browser. Your API key stays in this tab and is not transmitted anywhere except to api.anthropic.com.

Held only in this browser tab (sessionStorage). Get a key from console.anthropic.com.
Review of Submissions · draft for analyst review