# Regulatory Compliance

> Build and operate regulatory compliance programs that map obligations to controls, owners, and evidence — across jurisdictions and product lines. Use when designing compliance frameworks, preparing for regulatory exams, or clarifying accountability for legal requirements.

- Skill: `itsual/regulatory-compliance` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add itsual/regulatory-compliance`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/itsual/regulatory-compliance/raw
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- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: itsual (https://skillmd.com/u/itsual)
- Updated: 2026-09-21
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/itsual/regulatory-compliance

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# Regulatory Compliance

## Overview

Regulatory compliance turns external rules into internal obligations, controls, and proof. Effective programs are risk-based, owned, and evidence-ready — not binder theater.

## When to Use

- Building or maturing a compliance management system
- Mapping products and processes to applicable regulations
- Preparing for examinations or supervisory reviews
- Clarifying ownership between legal, compliance, risk, and business

## Core Practices

- Inventory applicable laws, rules, and guidance by product/jurisdiction
- Translate obligations into control requirements and policies
- Assign accountable owners for each material obligation
- Maintain evidence of design and operating effectiveness
- Track issues, breaches, and remediation to closure
- Report compliance posture to governance forums

## Principles

- Know which rules actually apply — scope before heroics
- Compliance is a business control system, not only a legal opinion
- Evidence must be retrievable under exam pressure
- Proportionate effort: material risk gets deeper controls

## Verification

- [ ] Obligation inventory is current and scoped
- [ ] Material obligations have owners and controls
- [ ] Evidence and issue tracking are operational