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Chainomics AI is a freight intelligence platform built for North American logistics teams — brokers, shippers, 3PLs, freight forwarders, and carriers. This guide walks you through the five core actions that take you from a blank workspace to live AI-powered shipment risk analysis and your first autonomous agent. No credit card is required to get started.
1

Sign up for a free account

Go to chainomics.ai and click Sign Up in the top navigation.On the sign-up form:
  • Enter your full name, work email address, and a password (minimum 6 characters).
  • Click Create Account.
  • Check your inbox for a confirmation email and click the verification link to activate your workspace.
Your workspace is provisioned instantly. The free tier gives you 100 AI credits per month — no credit card needed.
Already have an account? Click Sign In instead and enter your email and password.
You can explore the live Freight Market Dashboard — including CMHI outlook, diesel deviation, tender rejection indices, and the Ms. Z weekly market brief — without signing up at chainomics.ai/freight-market-dashboard. Bookmark it for a daily read even before you create an account.
2

Explore the dashboard

After you confirm your email, sign in to reach the Operations Dashboard. The left sidebar gives you access to every module in the platform:
SectionWhat you’ll find
Analyze RisksAI-scored shipment disruption probabilities
Freight IndicesReal-time container, trucking, air, and rail market indices
Risk SignalsLive port congestion, border waits, weather, and political alerts
AI AgentsBuild and manage autonomous alert agents
Tariff IntelligenceScenario modeling, exposure analysis, USMCA wizard
Carrier IntelligenceFMCSA-scored carrier search and vetting
The Hermes View (3D interactive globe at chainomics.ai/hermes-view) overlays live weather, port congestion, political disruptions, and global headlines on a rotating globe — a powerful way to scan North American risk at a glance.
The Freight Indices Hub at chainomics.ai/freight-indices-hub is also public and free — use it to explore lagged correlations between diesel prices, tender rejection rates, FMCSA carrier dynamics, and more before you import a single shipment.
3

Import your first shipments

To run AI risk analysis, Chainomics needs to know your lanes and loads. Navigate to Manage Shipments in the left sidebar. You’ll see 10 sample shipments pre-loaded so you can explore the interface immediately.When you’re ready to bring in your own data, choose one of three methods:Option A — CSV upload
  1. Click Import → Upload CSV.
  2. Drag and drop your file (up to 20 MB) or click to browse.
  3. Chainomics auto-detects column mapping. Confirm the field assignments and click Import.
Option B — PDF extraction
  1. Click Import → Upload PDF.
  2. Upload a rate confirmation, bill of lading, or invoice. The AI extracts origin, destination, commodity, carrier, and date fields automatically.
Option C — Connect your TMS
  1. Click Import → Connect TMS.
  2. Select your platform (McLeod, MercuryGate, TMW, BluJay, Oracle OTM, SAP TM, Manhattan, Blue Yonder, or Descartes).
  3. Follow the one-click authorization flow. Shipments sync automatically going forward.
Uploading data earns you AI credits and advances your tier in the gamified progression system (Bronze → Silver → Gold → Platinum). See Credits & Pricing for details.
4

Run your first AI risk analysis

With shipments in your workspace, head to Analyze Risks in the sidebar.
  1. Click Score All Shipments to trigger a one-click portfolio analysis. The AI engine evaluates every load against 30+ live signals — weather, port congestion, border wait times, diesel prices, political disruptions, carrier safety, and active tariffs.
  2. Each shipment receives a disruption probability score from 0–100 and a primary risk category (weather, political, port, carrier, fuel, or tariff).
  3. Click any shipment to read the plain-English AI explanation of what risks were detected and why.
  4. Use the Triage view to surface the top at-risk loads that need immediate attention. From there, you can draft customer-facing notes with a single click or escalate to a human reviewer.
Ask Ms. Z — the AI assistant in the bottom corner — questions like “Which of my shipments crossing Laredo have the highest tariff exposure this week?” Ms. Z has full context of whatever page you’re viewing. Each question costs 1 credit.
5

Set up your first AI agent

AI agents scan your chosen data sources on a schedule and send email alerts when conditions match your criteria — no code required.
  1. Go to AI Agents in the sidebar and click New Agent.
  2. Choose a template to start fast:
    • Shipment Disruption Notification — alerts on at-risk loads in your portfolio
    • Border Wait Times — notifies you when wait times spike at your key crossings
    • Port Congestion — monitors vessel queues and berth utilization at US ports
    • Diesel Price — tracks regional fuel price moves that affect your margin
    • Labor Strikes — watches for active and forecasted strike actions
  3. Configure the agent’s data sources, run frequency, alert topics, and max alerts per run.
  4. Click Activate. The agent will email you the next time it detects a match.
Each agent run consumes 5 credits. On the free tier (100 credits/month), you can run an agent roughly 20 times before needing to earn or purchase additional credits.
You’re up and running. From here, explore Tariff Intelligence to model duty scenarios, the Document Risk Scanner to validate BOLs and invoices, or Carrier Intelligence to vet carriers with live FMCSA safety scores.