AI agent for education: it answers with the official figure, not a brochure

The official figures from Colombia’s Ministry of Education: enrollment by year, institution, department, level and sector, plus the catalog of academic programs with their delivery mode and accreditation. Open data, so there are no credentials to obtain.

The applicant as a contact, with their program of interest in a custom field, their stage in the pipeline, reminders that go out over WhatsApp and handover to an admissions advisor.

A meeting with an advisor without leaving the chat: real open slots, a booking in the applicant’s name and rescheduling when they cannot make it. If the advisor connects their Google Calendar or Outlook, the meeting shows up in their calendar, and if the interview is virtual, it comes with its Meet or Teams video call.

If admissions already works on Cal.com, the Met reads availability and books there, with one account per advisor or per campus.

A payment link for the application fee inside the conversation, and a check on its status before the place is treated as confirmed. If what you charge is a monthly fee, it also creates the recurring subscription with its amount and its frequency and returns the link where the parent authorises it: the subscription starts out pending, so nothing is charged until that person goes in and approves it.

If you charge in Colombia, the application fee through PSE, Nequi, Bancolombia or card, the methods Mercado Pago does not process. The Met checks the transaction by its number before the place is treated as confirmed. Colombian pesos only, and it neither voids nor refunds a charge.

Publish the campaigns for each program to Facebook and Instagram from the same workspace where the conversation with the applicant lives.

The campaign for an intake by program, with its targeting and its budget, left paused for admissions to review. If it opens a WhatsApp chat, the applicant lands on the same number where the Met answers with the official figure and books the meeting.

The search campaign for people looking for the program rather than the institution: ad group, copy and keywords with their match types, plus cost per application whenever you want to measure the intake. It is born paused.

The classroom, read. With Google Classroom the Met answers which courses exist, who is enrolled, which assignments are due and, by name, who has not handed in, cross-checking the roster against the submissions. Read-only: it does not grade, does not enroll and does not post announcements.

Your campus listing on Search and on Maps, with one condition worth knowing before you buy: Google does not enable these APIs on a self service basis but through a request it approves once, and until that approval exists the connector says it cannot read the listing rather than answering with invented data. Once it is in place, the Met pulls the reviews still waiting for a reply, drafts the answer and publishes it only after somebody at the institution approves that text, and keeps the opening hours, the phone number and the description of each campus current.