Automated Grain Cash Bid Alerts
Each morning, WebRun opens Ceres, reads your posted cash bids and basis by grain and delivery period, compares them against yesterday to catch meaningful moves, and drafts both a short bid alert text in Twilio and a matching email in Gmail to your producer list, left unsent for your review before either goes out.
How do I send producers a daily cash bid alert from my elevator?
Each morning, WebRun opens Ceres and reads your posted cash bids and basis by grain and delivery period, comparing them against yesterday to catch meaningful moves. It drafts a short bid alert text in Twilio and a matching email in Gmail to your producer list, both left unsent, so no producer is contacted without your approval.
- Producers hear about bid moves the morning they happen
- Text and email carry the same current bids straight from Ceres
- Every alert waits for your approval before a producer is contacted
Built for grain elevators · grain merchandisers · grain buyers · country elevators
What does WebRun do on every run?
The exact actions WebRun takes, in order - in plain language, so you can adjust anything.
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WebRun signs in and gets to work
Opens
www.verticalsoftware.netin a real browser with your saved login - no setup, no API keys. -
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Vertical Software Ceres - read today's cash bids
verticalsoftware.net
WebRun opens Ceres to read today's posted cash bids and basis. - Open Ceres and read today's posted cash bids and basis by grain and delivery period
- Compare each bid against yesterday to identify meaningful moves
- Assemble the bid table producers care about for this morning
Done when Today's cash bids and their changes are assembled by grain.
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Twilio - draft the bid alert text
twilio.com
WebRun drafts the cash bid alert text and leaves it unsent. - Draft a short bid alert text with the headline bids by grain and delivery
- Keep it concise and consistent with how you post to producers
- Leave the text queued and unsent for you to review and release
Done when A bid alert text is drafted and queued for your approval.
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Gmail - draft the bid alert email
gmail.com
WebRun drafts the cash bid email and leaves it unsent for review. - Draft a matching bid alert email with the full bid table by grain and period
- Note any bids that moved meaningfully since yesterday
- Leave the email unsent as a draft for you to review and send
Done when A bid alert email is drafted and waiting in Gmail.
How is each run configured?
Secure by default
Connect once, stays signed in
WebRun signs in once and keeps each session in a persistent environment, so every run picks up right where it left off.
Every action is checked against this policy before it runs.
Questions, answered
Will it send bids to producers without my approval?
No. WebRun drafts both the text in Twilio and the email in Gmail and leaves them unsent. You review the bids and release them yourself, so no producer alert goes out until you approve it.
Where do the bid numbers come from?
From your own posted cash bids and basis in Ceres. WebRun reads the bids you set by grain and delivery period, so the alerts always reflect your current published prices, never a guess.
Can it alert only when bids actually move?
Yes. It compares today's bids against yesterday and can hold the drafts for days with no meaningful change, so you only send producers an alert when there is real news.
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