Write a risk memo for the EU AI Act

Legal asked which risk tier our AI feature falls under, and nobody on the engineering side could answer.

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What you'll have at the end

A one-page memo naming the risk tier and the specific controls it requires, checked against the source text.

Before you start

You need

A specific AI feature already built or close to shipping, and enough detail about what it does and who sees its output to write one sentence describing it.

Not covered

Which conformity-assessment route applies, or how to actually run the bias audit and build the technical documentation; this only covers the classification memo and duty list Legal needs before that work starts.

Leans on

AI Governance and Risk Management Cheat SheetIts risk-tier table and duty table are what the classification and duty-list steps turn into a memo.
LLM Security & Safety Cheat SheetIts compliance-framework table shows where this one regulation sits next to the other security and governance standards a team already tracks.

8 steps

Checked 15 Aug 2026

Part of the LLM Security & Safety cookbook