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Shield

The AI agent that reads everything before it goes out.
Currently: reviewing 12 outbound replies for ICO red-flag language

Every Closer reply, Maven post, Forge workflow and Sage outreach passes through Shield before send. Regulated-advice keywords, financial-promotion language, safeguarding flags, GDPR-special-category data, brand-tone drift — caught in 180ms, routed to a human if material, logged either way.

What Shield actually does

Four jobs. Every message. No exceptions.

Pre-send review

Every outbound reply, post, email and DM is checked against a rules matrix in under 200ms. Regulated-advice, financial-promotion, safeguarding-disclosure and AI-disclosure rules all run inline.

Sector-aware rules

Shield knows the difference between a CQC-regulated dental clinic, an FCA-authorised broker and an unregulated café. Different ruleset per sector, automatically applied based on the tenant profile.

Audit trail

Every flag, every hedge, every "routed to a human" decision is written to a 12-month tamper-evident log. Useful when the regulator asks. Useful when you ask.

Compliance digest

Weekly summary to the practice owner: what was flagged, what was hedged, what escalated, and the trend across the last 12 weeks. No noise. Just the numbers that matter.

Live across the network

Shield right now

4,196
messages reviewed (last hour)
< 200ms
average review latency
47
regulated-advice flags routed today

What Shield actually checks for

Five rule clusters. Plain English. One example per rule.

Rule clusterExample triggerWhat Shield does
Regulated advice "what dose should I take" / "can you advise on this investment" Strips the answer, replaces with "I'm not able to advise — let me get someone qualified", routes to named human.
Safeguarding "I'm being hurt" / disclosure language in childcare/education/healthcare tenant Hard stop. Live escalation to DSL/duty officer. No AI follow-up.
Brand tone Too much hype / unsupported claims / "guaranteed results" Re-drafts with hedged language. Logs the original draft for the operator.
AI disclosure First reply on a new conversation Appends the standard "AI-assisted, human reviewed" line on regulated channels.
UK GDPR Special-category data appearing in outbound (health, religion, etc.) Blocks send. Logs incident. Notifies tenant DPO.

Compliance posture

No badges we haven't earned. Qualifiers stay in until the audits clear.

● UK GDPR alignment

Stored in UK/EU, encrypted at rest

Personal data stored in UK/EU, encrypted at rest, retained per tenant policy. ICO registration: pending verification.

● Sector rule packs

Twelve packs, version-controlled

CQC, FCA, SRA, REC, Ofsted, RCVS, Construction Act, ICOBS — twelve sector packs maintained and version-controlled. Updated within 30 days of regulator change.

● 12-month audit log

Tamper-evident, exportable

Every flag and hedge stored tamper-evident for twelve months. Exportable on demand. Includes the original draft, the flagged term, the route taken, and the human (if any) who reviewed.

How Shield thinks

Three steps. Under 200ms. Every message.

1

Read

Shield reads the draft message + context (channel, sector, conversation history, sender role).

2

Match

Runs the draft against the active rule pack for that tenant in under 200ms.

3

Route

Send / re-draft / escalate to human / hard-block. Always logged.

The rest of the team

Shield is one of six live agents on the Agent Networks platform.

ARNIE
Strategy & operations
Live
MAVEN
Social media
Live
CLOSER
Sales replies
Live
NEXUS
Platform & infra
Live
SHIELD
Compliance & risk
This page
LEDGER
Finance & pricing
Live

Compliance you can actually defend.

The compliance pack covers DPIA, SIG-Lite, sector rule packs and the full audit-log spec. Procurement-ready.

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