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latreon/compliance-agent

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4PythonAudience · developerComplexity · 2/5LicenseSetup · easy

TLDR

A CLI tool that scans your codebase for EU AI Act compliance gaps and suggests copy-paste code fixes.

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    What it does
      Scans code for AI usage
      Classifies risk level
      Checks EU AI Act articles
    Tech stack
      Python
      CLI tool
    Use cases
      Compliance scanning
      Risk classification
      Copy-paste fixes
    Audience
      Developers
      AI product builders

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What do people build with it?

USE CASE 1

Scan a codebase in seconds to find where AI is used and what EU AI Act rules apply.

USE CASE 2

Get a risk classification (minimal, limited, high, unacceptable) based on how the AI is used.

USE CASE 3

See exactly which EU AI Act articles a project fails to meet, such as user disclosure or logging.

USE CASE 4

Copy in suggested code fixes to close specific compliance gaps like missing error handling.

What is it built with?

PythonCLI

How does it compare?

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How do you get it running?

Difficulty · easy Time to first run · 5min

Results are a heuristic first pass, not legal advice or proof of compliance.

Free to use for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

In plain English

ComplianceAgent is a command line tool that checks whether a codebase using AI follows the European Union's AI Act, a set of rules governing how AI systems can be built and deployed. Running one command scans a project in about 5 seconds and produces a report. The tool describes itself as a heuristic first pass rather than legal advice, and it does not by itself prove that a project is compliant. The scan works in steps. First it reads through project files looking for AI related code, such as imports from OpenAI or LangChain, or calls to an AI chat API, using actual code parsing rather than simple text search so a comment mentioning a provider name will not by itself trigger a finding. Next it assigns a risk level of minimal, limited, high, or unacceptable, based mainly on what the AI is being used for rather than how advanced it is. A resume screening or credit scoring tool would be treated as high risk, while a plain chatbot without a sensitive use case would usually be treated as limited risk. Then it checks specific articles of the EU AI Act, such as whether a project discloses that users are talking to AI or logs AI conversations for high risk uses. Finally, for each gap it finds, the tool points to a specific code fix a developer can copy in. The tool applies to anyone building with an AI provider such as OpenAI, Anthropic, or Google, or using a framework like LangChain, especially if that project is deployed in or serves users in the EU, since fines for noncompliance can run into the millions of euros. It is not needed for personal projects with no AI, or projects with no ties to the EU. Installation is done through uv or pipx as a standalone command line tool, or through pip inside a virtual environment. The project is released under the MIT license. The full README is longer than what was shown.

Copy-paste prompts

Prompt 1
Run compliance-agent scan on this project and explain each compliance gap it finds.
Prompt 2
Use compliance-agent to check whether this AI chatbot needs a user disclosure notice under the EU AI Act.
Prompt 3
Apply the recommended fix templates from compliance-agent for the missing logging requirement.
Prompt 4
Explain why compliance-agent classified this project as limited risk instead of high risk.

Frequently asked questions

What is compliance-agent?

A CLI tool that scans your codebase for EU AI Act compliance gaps and suggests copy-paste code fixes.

What language is compliance-agent written in?

Mainly Python. The stack also includes Python, CLI.

What license does compliance-agent use?

Free to use for any purpose, including commercial use, as long as you keep the copyright notice.

How hard is compliance-agent to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.

Who is compliance-agent for?

Mainly developer.

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