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AI Audit Readiness

Answer a checklist of common AI compliance/audit criteria — data handling, human oversight, bias testing, incident response, model governance, logging, and transparency — grouped by category, and get a weighted readiness score with a gap breakdown before you launch.

  • Weighted scoring across 7 audit categories
  • Highlights your top gaps, worst first
  • All answers stay in your browser
Data handling

Data handling and retention are documented

A written record of what data the AI feature collects, processes, stores, and for how long.

Sensitive/regulated data categories are identified

PII, health, financial, or other regulated data flowing through the feature is explicitly classified.

Data sent to the model is minimized

Only the data actually needed for the task is included in prompts/context, not entire records by default.

Human oversight

A human review process exists for consequential outputs

High-stakes or irreversible AI outputs (e.g. medical, legal, financial) go through human review before acting on them.

Users can override or appeal an AI decision

There is a defined path for a human to contest or reverse an AI-driven outcome.

Fairness & bias

Bias/fairness testing has been performed

The feature has been tested for disparate outcomes across relevant demographic or user groups.

A remediation plan exists for identified bias

If bias testing surfaces an issue, there is a documented plan for addressing it, not just a report.

Incident response

An AI-specific incident response plan exists

A documented process for responding to harmful, incorrect, or abusive AI outputs in production.

The model/feature can be quickly rolled back or disabled

There is a fast, tested kill-switch or rollback path if the AI feature misbehaves in production.

Model governance

Model versions and prompt changes are tracked

Every deployed model version, prompt template, and config change is versioned and attributable.

Evaluations run before each model/prompt change ships

Changes are checked against a test/eval set before reaching production, not shipped on faith.

Logging & observability

Inputs, outputs, and errors are logged

Production requests and responses are logged (with appropriate redaction) for debugging and audit trails.

Quality/safety metrics are monitored with alerts

Metrics like error rate, refusal rate, or flagged content trigger alerts rather than being reviewed ad hoc.

Transparency

Users are told they are interacting with AI

Clear, accessible disclosure that a response or decision was AI-generated or AI-assisted.

Known limitations are disclosed

Documentation or in-product copy explains what the AI feature is not reliable for.

Answer the checklist and click Calculate readiness score to see your tier and gap breakdown.

How it works

1

Answer the checklist by category

Mark each of the 15 audit criteria — grouped into data handling, human oversight, fairness/bias, incident response, model governance, logging/observability, and transparency — as Yes, Partial, or No.

2

Each answer is weighted and scored

Higher-impact criteria (e.g. human review of consequential outputs, bias testing, pre-launch evaluations) carry more weight than lower-impact ones. Yes earns full credit, Partial earns half, No earns none.

3

See your tier and prioritized gaps

The weighted total becomes a 0–100 readiness score and a tier from Not audit-ready to Audit-ready, plus a per-category breakdown and the five highest-weight gaps to close first.

Frequently asked questions

What compliance standard is this checklist based on?

It reflects criteria commonly requested in AI governance and audit reviews (data handling, human oversight, bias testing, incident response, model versioning, logging, disclosure) rather than one specific regulation. Treat it as a practical pre-launch checklist, not a certification against a named framework like SOC 2 or the EU AI Act.

How is the score weighted?

Each of the 15 items has a weight from 1–3 based on typical audit impact (e.g. an incident response plan and bias testing are weighted 3; disclosing known limitations is weighted 1). Your score is the sum of earned weight divided by total possible weight.

What does "Partial" mean for an item?

Use Partial when the practice exists but is incomplete, undocumented, or inconsistently applied — for example, logging exists for some but not all requests. Partial earns half credit for that item.

Is a high score a guarantee we’ll pass a real audit?

No. This is a self-assessment planning tool to surface obvious gaps before a real audit, legal review, or compliance sign-off — not a substitute for one.

Does this save my answers anywhere?

No. All scoring happens client-side in your browser from the checklist state on the page; nothing is uploaded or stored on a server.

Can I use this for a non-regulated AI feature too?

Yes. Even outside a formal audit, the checklist is a reasonable pre-launch bar for any production AI feature — good practice for reliability and trust regardless of regulatory scope.

How We Compare

Feature MVPHub Internal compliance spreadsheetGeneral-purpose AI assistant
Weighted scoring across audit categories Included Limited Not included
Prioritized, highest-impact gaps first Included Not included Limited
Transparent, inspectable calculation Included Included Not included
Runs instantly with no setup Included Included Included

A compliance spreadsheet can hold the same checklist but leaves prioritization to whoever reads it; a general-purpose assistant can discuss the criteria but won’t apply the same weighted rule consistently every time. MVPHub applies one transparent weighting to every answer.

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