How LegisGate works
Mechanical rules + verified AI analysis.
LegisGate is a proprietary compliance intelligence engine — not an AI chatbot, not a document scanner, and not a prompt-and-response system. Understanding the architecture helps Data Protection Teams understand why LegisGate findings are reliable enough to act on and present to regulators.
Built to be auditable. Built to be repeatable. Built for DPT.
The output is a cited AI Tool Intelligence Report your team can verify, plus a permanently archived Final Designation Report that survives a regulatory exam.
Deterministic mechanical layer
Code-backed rules map jurisdictions, apply mandatory frameworks, inject guaranteed findings, enforce citation formats, and apply severity floors — producing the same result every run.
AI-assisted analytical layer
Nuanced reasoning: vendor documentation analysis, EU AI Act classification evaluation, and data-flow implications — constrained by the mechanical layer and verified before delivery.
Verification gate
Deduplication, citation checks, severity calibration, jurisdiction validation, and completeness checks. Corrections are applied automatically before a finding reaches your team.
Two layers — mechanical and analytical
Mechanical rules establish the scope and enforce guarantees. Analytical AI operates inside that structure and is corrected by verification before delivery.
- •Detect jurisdiction footprint from operating regions and states
- •Select applicable frameworks (GDPR, EU AI Act, HIPAA, state laws, sector overlays)
- •Inject mandatory findings and severity floors from confirmed obligations
- •Enforce citation formats and baseline completeness
- •Analyze vendor documentation and contract posture
- •Evaluate EU AI Act classification sequence (Art. 5 → GPAI → Annex III → Art. 50)
- •Assess data flow implications and draft findings with specific citations
- •Deduplicate overlapping findings and keep the most detailed version
- •Validate citations and jurisdiction alignment
- •Calibrate severity consistently and enforce guaranteed findings
- •Compile a deliverable report + quality metrics
Guaranteed findings — not AI inference
Critical compliance findings in LegisGate are code-guaranteed. When your organization is a confirmed HIPAA covered entity deploying an AI tool, the Business Associate Agreement finding fires — every time, in every report, regardless of what the AI analysis produces.
These guaranteed findings cannot be suppressed, omitted, or varied by AI inference. They are injected by the mechanical rules layer before and enforced after the AI analysis runs.
EU AI Act mandatory classification sequence
LegisGate implements the EU AI Act mandatory five-step classification sequence as a structured evaluation — not a free-form AI response. The sequence evaluates prohibited practices under Article 5, GPAI model status under Articles 51–56, Annex III high-risk categories with Article 6(3) exception analysis, Article 50 limited-risk transparency triggers, and minimal-risk classification — in that mandatory order.
Well-known vendors are classified deterministically through a vendor classification registry — producing consistent classification results regardless of AI interpretation.
Permanently archived Final Designation Reports
Every deployment decision made by your Data Protection Team generates a permanently archived Final Designation Report — timestamped, immutable, and signed by the designated compliance authority. This is the document that survives a regulatory examination.
LegisGate produces cited intelligence. Your legal and privacy team reviews the evidence and records the decision. You own the outcome — always.