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Reads every standard.
Cites every clause.

standrdX is an Agentic AI compliance platform for engineering standards. It reviews every document against your full standards stack, reasoning clause-by-clause and citing the exact clause behind every finding, with your reviewers in control, so teams cut manual review 60-80% and stay audit-ready by default.

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What It Does

Read. Reason. Cite. Defend.

Four primitives. One reasoning engine. Every finding traceable to a clause and a quote, every reviewer decision logged.

01

Read

Ingest owner codes, international standards, project specs, and addenda as a project-aware corpus. standrdX knows the hierarchy that decides what each clause actually requires.

  • Ingest: PDF, DOCX, XLSX, DWG, native code books
  • Index: clause-level, version-aware
  • Override: project addenda override parent standards
Read · Ingesting standards

Ingest queue · clause-level index

CODE
Process Piping Code
100%
CODE
Piping Inspection Code
100%
GLOBAL
Sour-Service Material Standard
100%
SPEC
Owner Spec · SAES-L-105
82%
OVERRIDE
Project Addendum P2-A14
40%
1,840 clauses indexedCorpus live
02

Reason

Parse each clause as an obligation. Check intent, thresholds, exceptions, and cross-references. Reasoning, not keyword overlap or vector similarity.

  • Parse: obligation, threshold, exception, reference
  • Resolve: cross-clause dependencies applied
  • Compare: extracted fact against clause requirement
Reason · Clause parse
Process piping code §304.1.2

“The design wall thickness shall not be less than the sum of the minimum wall thickness plus corrosion, erosion, and mechanical allowances, per Table 304.1.1…”

OBLIGATIONDesign t ≥ t_min + allowances
REFERENCETable 304.1.1 lookup required
CROSSOwner spec adds 3 mm corrosion allowance
3 obligations extractedReasoning graph built
03

Cite

Link every verdict to its source clause and source quote. Report confidence separately from verdict. Defensible to owner, auditor, and regulator.

  • Matched clause: exact reference, quoted
  • Extracted fact: lifted from the source document
  • Confidence: reported separately from verdict
Cite · Finding
CriticalDS-2401 · Rev 3Conf 92%
Matched clause
Flange rating code §2.3.1
“Class 600 pressure-temperature ratings shall not be exceeded at any service condition…”
Extracted fact
Design pressure 78 bargat 350 °C, exceeds MAWP by 12%.
Confidence
92%
Verdict
FAIL
Source
p. 7
04

Defend

Severity-classified findings with engineering rationale and recommended corrective action. Every reviewer decision logged. Every override teaches the system.

  • Classify: Critical, Major, Minor, Observation
  • Rationale: engineering reasoning captured
  • Trail: every reviewer action logged
Defend · Reviewer trail
CriticalFinding #F-041Trail sealed

Class 600 rating exceeded at design condition. Immediate re-spec required.

Audit trail
09:14Reviewed Critical F-041Anjali K.
09:14Approved · re-spec requestedAnjali K.
09:15Rationale sealed to VaultSystem
09:16Confirmed on senior gateRahul S.
09:16Audit trail exported to ownerSystem
Every action logged · Tamper-proofReady for auditors
01
60-80%

Reduction in manual review effort

02
Every

Finding cites clause, extracted fact, and evidence source

03
Human

Approves, overrides, and signs off. AI does not decide alone.

04
Multi·tenant

Strict isolation on every query, retrieval, and export

>Product architecture

One platform for
the entire review workflow.

standrdX is not a single tool wrapped in AI polish. It is ten functional modules that share a workspace, a standards library, and an audit trail. Every module below is either live in the MVP, live but scoped, or explicitly on the roadmap. No feature is claimed as live if it is not.

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Compliance Intelligence

The AI core. Reads, reasons, cites, classifies.

Standards & Knowledge Management

Load owner standards, international codes, project specs, and addenda into a workspace library that is reused across every project the workspace owns.

AI clause extraction and semantic searchWorkspace-level library reused across projects

AI Compliance Engine

Extracts facts from every document and drawing, matches those facts to applicable clauses across the standards stack, and produces citation-attached findings.

Document segmentation and fact extractionClause matching with contradiction detection

Findings & Risk Management

Automated finding generation, severity classification (Critical, High, Medium, Low), and reviewer queue for triage and remediation.

Severity classification: Critical, High, Medium, LowRemediation recommendations attached to every finding
Document Intelligence

What goes in. Engineering-native ingest.

Engineering Document Management

Ingests engineering PDFs, technical reports, drawings, and specifications. Version-controlled, retention-tagged, ready for the compliance engine.

PDF ingest with structural extractionDrawings and specifications as first-class engineering objects

Drawing Intelligence

Drawing version comparison, change detection, and discrepancy identification. Redline overlay and spec-to-drawing impact tracing extend the loop.

2D drawing version comparison with change detectionDiscrepancy identification across drawing revisions
Review & Reporting

How humans work the findings and ship reports.

Workspace & Project Management

Multi-workspace architecture. Standards assignment at workspace or project level. Project lifecycle across capital programs, packages, and revisions.

Workspaces organized by region, business unit, or programProjects created under a workspace with applicable standards and addenda

Human-in-the-Loop Review

Reviewer workflows are first-class, not bolted on. Approve, reject, comment, override severity, and lock final decisions. Every action is logged.

Approve, reject, comment, override severity, request clarificationAssign owners, escalate, and lock final decisions per finding

Reporting & Analytics

Compliance dashboards, clause-wise and project-wise reports, and PDF/Excel exports with evidence attached. Reproducible from exact document, standard, and instruction versions.

Clause-wise and project-wise compliance reportsPDF and Excel exports with evidence attached
Platform Foundation

What CIO and IT Security screen against.

Security & Governance

Multi-tenant with strict isolation on every DB query, vector retrieval, and storage path. Encryption at rest and in transit. Role-based access. Full audit trail.

Multi-tenant isolation enforced on every queryEncryption at rest and in transit; role-based access

Enterprise Integrations

Bring standrdX into the systems the customer already runs their engineering off. Connectors and workflow packs across DMS, ERP, and project controls.

SharePoint and OneDrive connectorsAconex, Procore, and Primavera integration packs

The workflow

Governed from intake to audit.

From workspace to audit-defensible report, one governed path, not a hand-off between tools.

  1. STEP 01

    Create workspace

    Admin sets up a workspace by region, business unit, or customer program. Users, standards, and projects live under it.

  2. STEP 02

    Load standards

    Upload owner standards, international codes, and project-specific addenda once. Segmented into clauses and reused as a knowledge base across every project.

  3. STEP 03

    Ingest documents

    Under a project, upload the engineering documents and drawings for review. Version-controlled, retention-tagged.

  4. STEP 04

    Run compliance

    AI extracts facts, matches them to applicable clauses, and classifies findings by severity. Every finding cited.

  5. STEP 05

    Human review

    Reviewers work the findings queue: approve, reject, comment, override severity, assign an owner, and lock the final decision. Every action captured in the audit trail.

  6. STEP 06

    Export & audit

    PDF and Excel exports with evidence attached. Reproducible from the same document, standard, and instruction versions.

Audit trail is a byproduct, not a checkbox.

Every upload, version, prompt, model run, reviewer decision, and export is captured. Reproducible from the exact document, standard, and instruction versions, inside a tenant-isolated workspace deployed in your chosen region.

How a review works

Built like your best compliance engineer.

Same building blocks as your senior reviewer, domain knowledge, rules, tools, memory, and access controls. Eight blocks. One agent. Many agents per project. Hover a row to see the parallel.

Domain expertise
Knowledge
→
Standards libraries, regs, precedents
Knowledge Base
Rulebook
Regulations
→
OPA rules, RBAC, guardrails
Policy Engine
Judgment
Reasoning
→
Governed reasoning engine
LLM Engine
Review method
Approach
→
Configured review logic
Persona
Reference tools
Software
→
Parsers, extractors, NCR generators
Tools & APIs
Past cases
Memory
→
4 types, cross-session, versioned
Memory Layer
Senior sign-off
Approval
→
Approval gates at critical steps
Human-in-Loop
Specialists
Delegation
→
Specialized agents per doc type
Sub-Agents
Knowledge Base
Standards libraries, regs, precedents
Policy Engine
OPA rules, RBAC, guardrails
LLM Engine
Governed reasoning engine
Persona
Configured review logic
Tools & APIs
Parsers, extractors, NCR generators
Memory Layer
4 types, cross-session, versioned
Human-in-Loop
Approval gates at critical steps
Sub-Agents
Specialized agents per doc type

Eight interoperable blocks per agent. 8 parallels between a senior human reviewer and a standrdX agent. Same shape, same review discipline, at portfolio scale.

standrdX in Three Modes

Build it. Run it. Defend it.

Configure without code. Run continuously. Defend with clause-level citations and reviewer audit trails.

Set up a governed compliance review.

Choose the standards to check against, attach your document libraries, set the review methodology and human approval gates, and run. The same setup applies across every document in your portfolio.

  • ✓Choose any LLM per agent, GPT-4o, Claude, or Gemini
  • ✓Attach standards libraries: owner codes, international standards, material specs, and grid standards
  • ✓Configure review scope and clause mapping
  • ✓Set human review gates at critical decision points
  • ✓Tamper-proof audit logging active from first deployment
Agent Builder, Piping Code Drawing Compliance
LLM: GPT-4o · Temperature 0.2 · Structured output onActive
Standards: process piping code + storage tank code (1,840 clauses indexed)Loaded
Tools: Drawing Parser · NCR Generator · PDF Export4 active
Human gate: Senior Engineer sign-off on severity-1 NCRsGate on
8 blocks configured, Audit logging active from deploy✓ Ready

Why This Matters

The problem was never the standard. It’s the volume.

Manual review buckles under thousands of clauses across hundreds of documents, every package, every project. This is where the AI advantage compounds.

Without standrdX
Inconsistent Review
Tied to manual reviewers with inconsistent output. Specialist bottlenecks delay entire programs.
With standrdX
AI-Consistent Review
AI agents apply the same rules to every document, every time. No reviewer fatigue.
Without standrdX
Zero Traceability
No traceable record of why a document passed or failed. Impossible to defend in examination.
With standrdX
Full Audit Trail
Every check logged with clause reference, confidence score, reviewer action, and outcome.
Without standrdX
Knowledge Silos
Compliance knowledge locked in individual experts. Leaves when they do.
With standrdX
Contextual Intelligence
Standards libraries, precedent decisions, and review history embedded in the platform.
Without standrdX
Starts From Scratch
Every new project starts from zero. No learning from past reviews.
With standrdX
Persistent Memory
Four memory types retain prior decisions, accepted interpretations, and exception histories.

Platform Architecture

Enterprise infrastructure. Compliance by default.

A four-layer stack built for regulated industries.

01Presentation4 components
React UICompliance Agent BuilderDocument Review DashboardAudit Trail Explorer
↓
02Orchestration5 components
Reasoning EngineAgent ExecutorCompliance Workflow EngineLangGraphKafka Events
↓
03Integration5 components
Standards LibrariesLLM ProvidersMCP ConnectorsDocument SourcesSSO / Identity
↓
04Infrastructure6 components
PostgreSQLTimescaleDBQdrantEncrypted secretsOPAKubernetes

Side by Side

Why reasoning beats retrieval.

Generic AI looks plausible. Reads paragraphs. Misses thresholds and negation. standrdX reasons clause-by-clause and cites the source every time.

Reasoning, not retrieval
Clause-level obligation parsing. Catches the negation, thresholds, and paraphrase that vector similarity misses.
Standards-aware ingestion
Owner codes, international standards, project specs, and addenda, held together as a project-aware corpus, not a search index.
Citation-first output
Every finding ships with its source clause and source quote. Confidence reported separately from verdict. Defensible to PMC, auditor, and regulator.
CapabilitystandrdXLegacy / Manual
Real-time monitoring✓✗
AI document review✓✗
Automated NCR generation✓✗
Multi-standard engine✓Partial
Decision-level audit trail✓Partial
Human-in-the-loop gates✓✗
On-premise deployment✓✗
Cross-vertical platform✓✗

See it on your standards.

Bring one standard. A handful of documents. We will show you reasoning, citations, and severity-classified findings, on your real content.

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