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By Media Express LLC · Updated 2026-10-13 · Chicago, Illinois

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How the score works

Each of the ten questions has four answers worth 0 to 3 points. The total is shown out of 100. The questions cover six areas: process clarity, data and knowledge, tools and access, people and ownership, risk and approvals, and customer contact.

The areas follow the idea behind the NIST AI Risk Management Framework: know your context (Map), set up governance and ownership (Govern), measure and manage what the system does. They are a practical checklist, not a certification or a NIST product.[1]

The final step of a good audit is the same one agent guidance stresses: decide in advance which actions need a person and start small, with checkpoints, before giving an agent real access.[2],[3]

The six areas, and what good looks like

Every question belongs to one of six areas. Your result lists the three lowest, because that is where a pilot is most likely to get stuck.

  • Process clarity

    The work is written down as steps with owners and exceptions, and it repeats often enough to be worth automating.

  • Data and knowledge

    The facts an agent needs live in one place that people keep current: prices, policies, customer history, product details.

  • Tools and access

    Your main tools offer integrations, and each person (and each agent) has their own account instead of a shared login.

  • People and ownership

    One named person owns the pilot, has time for it and agrees with the reviewers what the agent should and should not do.

  • Risk and approvals

    You know which steps need a person, which data is sensitive and which rules apply, and it is written down.

  • Customer contact

    You know how many calls, chats and emails go unanswered or slow, because that is often the fastest place to prove value.

None of this requires special software. A shared document, a named owner and an honest list of approvals already move most companies up a band.

What to do with your result

  1. Fix the weakest area first

    The audit lists your three lowest areas. Small steps count: writing one process down or naming one owner can lift a score quickly.

  2. Pick one process

    Choose the repeated, rule-bound process that costs most. Do not start with the most complicated one.

  3. Agree what a person approves

    Write down which steps need approval before an agent touches money, customers or records.

  4. Ask for a written scope

    Send us your result with a short description. We reply with a scope that names the tools, approvals and success measure.

Questions answered

How long does the audit take?
About two minutes. There are ten questions with four answers each, and you can go back and change an answer before you see the result.
Do you store my answers?
No, not unless you send them. The check runs in your browser. If you press the button to send your result with a request, the summary is placed into the request form and is stored only when you submit that form.
Do I need to give my email?
No. You see your score and your recommendations immediately without giving an email address. The request form further down the page is optional and only for people who want help.
What does a good score mean?
It means your foundations look ready for a scoped pilot, not that an agent will pay back. Whether it pays back depends on the process you choose, the volume and the approvals, which we agree in a written scope.
What if my score is low?
A low score is useful information, not a failure. It usually means a few inexpensive steps first: write the process down, name an owner, decide where the facts live. Then a pilot teaches you much more.
Is this a security or compliance audit?
No. It is a self-assessment of readiness based on your own answers. A security or legal review of your systems is a separate piece of work.
Which framework is behind the questions?
The structure follows the same ideas as the NIST AI Risk Management Framework, which names Govern, Map, Measure and Manage. The questions are our own practical checklist and are not endorsed by NIST.[1]
Can you help me act on the result?
Yes. Press the send button after the result, add a few lines about what you want to improve, and we reply with a written scope. You can also call 773-800-1520 in English or Polish.

Sources

  1. AI Risk Management Framework (NIST), accessed 2026-10-12. Names the four core functions Govern, Map, Measure and Manage.https://www.nist.gov/itl/ai-risk-management-framework
  2. LLM06:2025 Excessive Agency (OWASP Gen AI Security Project), accessed 2026-10-12. Why approvals and least privilege matter before an agent acts on systems.https://genai.owasp.org/llmrisk/llm062025-excessive-agency/
  3. Building effective agents (Anthropic), accessed 2026-10-12. Why to start simple and keep human checkpoints.https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/building-effective-agents

How we checked this page

Last verified 2026-10-12 · Media Express LLC

What we checked

  • The scoring was tested by hand with all-zero and all-three answers (0 and 100) and mixed answers.
  • The three public sources were opened and read on the access date.

What we could not verify

  • The questions and bands are our own judgment and have not been validated against outcomes.
  • The check does not look at your actual systems or data.

General information, not legal, financial or security advice. Rules and vendor terms change; check the cited source before you rely on a figure.

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Press the button under your result to add the summary here, then tell us what you want to improve.

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