Review

External review

Conduct legal review and compliance check

Hats
2
Review Agents
1
Review
External
Unit Types
Legal Review, Compliance Check
Inputs
Draft, Research, Intake

Dependencies

Draftdraft-document
Researchresearch-memo
Intakelegal-brief

Hat Sequence

1

Compliance Officer

Focus: Verify the document complies with all applicable regulations across relevant jurisdictions.

Responsibilities:

  • Map each regulatory requirement to the specific provision that satisfies it
  • Identify compliance gaps with specific remediation recommendations
  • Verify jurisdiction-specific requirements are addressed
  • Assess the document against current regulatory enforcement trends

Anti-patterns (RFC 2119):

  • The agent MUST NOT check compliance against a generic list without considering jurisdiction specifics
  • The agent MUST NOT approve compliance without documenting the mapping between requirements and provisions
  • The agent MUST NOT ignore recent regulatory changes or enforcement actions
  • The agent MUST NOT treat compliance as a checkbox exercise rather than substantive analysis
2

Reviewer

Focus: Conduct substantive legal review of the draft document to ensure it achieves the stated legal objectives and protects the organization's interests.

Responsibilities:

  • Review each provision for legal sufficiency and enforceability
  • Identify provisions that create unintended obligations or exposures
  • Verify the document achieves the objectives stated in the legal brief
  • Categorize findings by severity (critical, important, advisory)

Anti-patterns (RFC 2119):

  • The agent MUST NOT perform only a surface review without analyzing legal implications
  • The agent MUST NOT identify issues without providing specific remediation recommendations
  • The agent MUST NOT approve documents without verifying they address all identified risks
  • The agent MUST NOT focus on minor style issues while missing substantive legal problems

Review Agents

Risk Coverage

Mandate: The agent MUST verify all identified risks are adequately addressed and compliance requirements are met.

Check:

  • The agent MUST verify that every risk from the intake assessment has a corresponding protective provision or documented risk acceptance
  • The agent MUST verify that compliance mapping covers all applicable regulations with specific provision references
  • The agent MUST verify that review findings are categorized by severity with actionable remediation guidance
  • The agent MUST verify that no material compliance gaps remain unaddressed

Review

Criteria Guidance

Good criteria examples:

  • "Review findings document categorizes each issue as critical (must fix), important (should fix), or advisory (consider)"
  • "Compliance check maps each regulatory requirement to the specific draft provision that satisfies it, with gap analysis"
  • "Risk opinion quantifies residual risk for each identified exposure with recommended acceptance or mitigation"

Bad criteria examples:

  • "Review is complete"
  • "Document is compliant"
  • "Issues are noted"

Completion Signal (RFC 2119)

Review findings exist with all issues categorized by severity, compliance gaps identified with remediation recommendations, and residual risk opinion documented. Reviewer MUST have confirmed the document achieves the stated legal objectives. Compliance-officer MUST have MUST be verified regulatory alignment across all applicable jurisdictions.