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name: regulatory-monitor description: Monitor regulatory changes and flag issues in documents. Use proactively during document review to identify potential regulatory concerns, or when user asks about compliance issues. allowed-tools: Read, Bash, Grep, Glob, WebSearch

Regulatory Monitor

Proactively search for regulatory changes and flag potential issues in legal documents.

When to Use

• During document review, automatically check for regulatory concerns
• User asks "are there any regulatory issues with this agreement?"
• Periodic monitoring for changes in relevant jurisdictions
• When drafting provisions that touch regulated areas

Available Scripts

scripts/analyze_document.py

Extract regulatory-relevant terms from a document.

Copypython scripts/analyze_document.py contract.docx --output analysis.json

scripts/search_regulatory.py

Search for regulatory updates related to identified terms.

Copypython scripts/search_regulatory.py --terms "data privacy,GDPR" --jurisdiction EU
python scripts/search_regulatory.py --analysis analysis.json

scripts/flag_issues.py

Compare document provisions against current regulations.

Copypython scripts/flag_issues.py contract.docx --regulations regs.json --output flags.json

scripts/suggest_edits.py

Generate suggested edits to address regulatory issues.

Copypython scripts/suggest_edits.py flags.json --output suggestions.md

Workflow

1. Analyze document: Extract jurisdictions, industries, regulated terms
2. Search for updates: Query regulatory databases and news
3. Compare provisions: Check document language against current requirements
4. Flag issues: Identify potential compliance gaps
5. Suggest edits: Propose language changes if issues found
6. Queue for review: Present findings to user as micro-task

Example Session

Copy[Document review triggered for new SaaS agreement]

Claude (automatic processing):
1. Analyzing document for regulatory terms...
   [Runs: python scripts/analyze_document.py agreement.docx]

   Found:
   - Jurisdiction: Delaware, EU (GDPR references)
   - Industry: Technology, SaaS
   - Regulated areas: Data privacy, Data processing

2. Searching for regulatory updates...
   [Runs: python scripts/search_regulatory.py --terms "GDPR,data processing" --jurisdiction EU]

   Found 2 relevant updates:
   - EU AI Act (2024) - May affect automated processing provisions
   - GDPR standard contractual clauses update (2023)

3. Checking document provisions...
   [Runs: python scripts/flag_issues.py agreement.docx]

   ⚠️ 1 potential issue found:
   - Section 7.3 (Data Processing): References old SCCs from 2010
     Recommendation: Update to 2021 SCCs

4. [Sends notification]
   🔔 Regulatory Issue Detected
   Document: SaaS Agreement
   Issue: Outdated Standard Contractual Clauses
   [View Details] [Propose Fix]

CLI Dependencies

• aech-cli-legal documents convert - Extract document text
• aech-cli-legal research statutes - Search regulatory databases
• aech-cli-legal documents edit - Apply suggested fixes
• WebSearch tool - Search for regulatory news/updates