How it works
From a proposed action to a determination in seven steps
The same seven steps you can walk in the live application, beat by beat, and what each one delivers for your agency.
The golden path
Every step keeps a human in control
Proponent
Submit a proposed action
A project proponent describes the action in plain language: type, description, and location. ClearPath opens a project, a process instance for the CE review, and an intake event in the administrative record.
Delivers Plain-language intake, no portal maze
AI · human-in-the-loop
AI-assisted completeness check
Before any screening, the assistant flags missing or weak information with specific, field-level suggestions, so reviewers never chase incomplete submissions. Results are recommendations, never gatekeeping.
Delivers No chasing incomplete submissions
AI · human-in-the-loop
Screen against the real CE catalog
ClearPath matches the action against all 2,105 federal Categorical Exclusions from CE Explorer, proposing applicable CE(s) with the legal citation and a confidence score, plus a lightweight extraordinary-circumstances and GIS screen.
Delivers Saves weeks of catalog research
Agency Reviewer
Review, edit, approve or override
Every recommendation lands in front of an agency reviewer, who edits, approves, or overrides it. The decision payload records exactly what the human decided. The AI advises; the human determines.
Delivers The reviewer stays in control
Automatic
Generate the determination & record
On approval, ClearPath auto-generates a digital-first CE determination (machine-readable JSON plus a rendered PDF) and a complete administrative record of every input, AI suggestion, and human action.
Delivers A record ready at the moment of decision
Leadership
Track status & projected timeline
An append-only event store drives a live case-and-timeline view: leadership sees where every review stands, a projected completion date for each, and the days saved against a stated manual baseline.
Delivers Live portfolio visibility
Any partner system
Retrieve via the data standard
The same case record is retrievable through a documented OpenAPI endpoint, with provenance intact on every entity, proving interoperability with partner agencies and adjacent systems.
Delivers Works across agencies
See it for yourself
The demo is fully interactive. Submit a project as a proponent, run the AI screen and adjudicate it as an agency reviewer, then watch the portfolio update as leadership, all with the role switcher in the masthead.