Pattern Proposal: Compliance Evaluation Guardrail

Summary

ComplianceEngine converts governance state into findings, risks and metrics to support safe decisions.

Candidate Pattern

• ID: compliance-evaluation-guardrail
• Classification: intelligence
• Maturity: strategic_direction
• Type: emerging

Observed Signals

No specific signals listed.

Evidence

Supporting Evidence

• src/cas_runner/governance/compliance_engine.py (ComplianceEngine) - Engine performs compliance evaluation.
• src/cas_runner/governance/models.py (ComplianceFinding, ComplianceMetrics, GovernanceRisks) - Models define compliance output and risk state.

Scope Assessment

• Evidence Strength: medium
• Confidence: medium
• Applies to: ideas-to-life-cas

Rationale

• Intent: Make governance and agent activity measurable against compliance rules before further action is taken.
• Context: src/cas_runner/governance contains ComplianceEngine and compliance-oriented models such as ComplianceFinding, ComplianceMetrics and GovernanceRisks.
• Force: agent actions need measurable safety checks
• Force: risk must be visible before propagation
• Force: findings must be usable by dashboards or action engines

Traceability

Artifact source: proposed-patterns