From a plain-language request to providers you can email
The slow part of cross-border document work is rarely deciding what you need. It is finding someone who actually does it, in the right country, who answers their email. That is the part Abroadocs does.
Abroadocs is not a law firm and does not give legal advice. Anything Abroadocs says is general information; you and your advisors decide what work is needed.
You describe it, Abroadocs reads it
Ambiguous business requests become typed, validated facts.
Natural language to structured facts
Vercel AI SDK Structured Outputs & OpenAI Responses API
Describe your need the way you would to a colleague (e.g. “We need our Spanish certificate of incorporation accepted by the Munich commercial register for a subsidiary”). A narrow extraction prompt pulls out the facts a search needs: origin country, destination country, document type, languages, form and deadline.
You confirm the scope
Nothing is searched for until you say what you want.
The services you asked for, and one button
Nothing added that you did not ask for
Abroadocs shows the services you asked for — a sworn translation, an apostille, a notarisation — with the details each search will use and anything it assumed, so one sentence can correct it. A closely related service is offered once, as a question, never added for you. If Abroadocsspots something that looks off it says so as general information (“typically”, “worth checking with your advisor”), never as a requirement. Then one button starts the search.
Abroadocs searches and screens
Every candidate’s page is refetched by our own code.
Open web and official registers
Searched live per request, never from a stale directory
Abroadocs searches the open web and official registers for each confirmed service, then fetches every candidate’s own page itself. A provider reaches your shortlist only if that page loads over HTTPS, carries the business name, and publishes a contact email. Where a service legally requires accreditation, Abroadocs also looks for a credential on an official source.
You email whoever you like
A drafted quote request, sent from your own mailbox.
Three to five named providers per service
Found and pre-screened by Abroadocs, not yet contacted
Each provider comes with its name, country, website, published contact details, what it appears to specialise in, why Abroadocs picked it, and what could not be confirmed. Alongside sits a drafted quote request covering your corridor, document, deadline and delivery preference — with a copy button and a link that opens it in your mail app. You can record which provider you went with.
What Abroadocs deliberately does not do
A tool that overstates its role is worse than one that does less. These are not features waiting to ship; they are the edges of the product as it stands.
No legal advice, no requirements
Abroadocs is not a law firm. It offers general information and the occasional warning, and it will tell you when something is worth checking with your advisor. It does not decide what your authority requires, and it does not promise anything will be accepted.
No contact, no money, no logistics
Abroadocs does not email providers, negotiate, place orders or file anything. It takes no payments and holds no escrow. It never touches your paper originals and does not ship, courier or track documents. Quoting and communication are on the roadmap; today they are yours.
How Abroadocs compares to other approaches
| Dimension | Abroadocs (AI procurement) | Traditional agency broker | Doing it yourself |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who you contract with | The provider, directly — Abroadocs is not in the transaction | The broker, who sub-contracts the work on | The provider, once you have found them |
| Sourcing model | Open web and official registers, searched live per request | Proprietary closed database / sub-contractors | Manual web searches and phone enquiries |
| What you get | Named providers, published contact details, a drafted quote request | One quote, from one supplier you cannot see | Whatever your own search turns up |
| What was checked | Shown per provider, including what could not be confirmed | Not disclosed | Whatever you had time to verify |
| Data governance | EU storage · 30-day purge | Indefinite storage in shared email/CRM systems | Fragmented across local desktops and inboxes |