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Regulatory Change Monitor

Tracks the regulations that touch your business and flags what changes.

Saves about ~2 hrs per week

What it does

  • Monitors the regulator pages and feeds that apply to you
  • Detects new or changed rules
  • Summarizes what changed and who it affects
  • Alerts you when an effective date approaches

How it works

  1. Regulator sources crawled
  2. Changes detected
  3. AI summarizes each change
  4. Effective-date alerts fire

What's included

  • Regulator feeds
  • Change detection
  • Date alerts

Set it up yourself

Follow these 4 steps in order. You will need accounts for: OpenCrawl, Claude.

Step 1: List your regulator sources

  1. Identify the regulators that touch you (tax, data protection, your industry body).
  2. Add their guidance/publication feeds to the crawl.
  3. Test the extraction of announcements + effective dates.
  4. Store the source list.
  5. Review the list quarterly.

Watch out: Include effective dates in the extraction — a changed rule without its date is half useful.

Step 2: Detect changes

  1. Use content-hash comparison like the site-change monitor (normalize, hash, diff).
  2. Flag new announcements and revised pages.
  3. Dedupe updates to the same rule.
  4. Test with a controlled change.
  5. Review the diff quality.

Watch out: Regulators append 'updated X' footers constantly — normalize those out or every page appears changed every week.

Step 3: Add the summary prompt

  1. Build: 'Summarize this regulatory change: what changed, who it applies to, key dates, and 1-line impact on a small business. No legal advice — flag 'consult a professional' for anything unclear.'
  2. Plain English, short.
  3. Paste with API key.
  4. Test on an actual recent change.
  5. Keep the disclaimer.

Watch out: Keep the 'not legal advice' framing — an automation summarizing compliance without the disclaimer is a professional liability.

Step 4: Set the date alerts

  1. Track effective dates in a sheet.
  2. Alert 90, 30, and 7 days before each effective date.
  3. Post alerts to your compliance channel.
  4. Add the summary with each alert.
  5. Review the calendar monthly.

Watch out: The 90/30/7 cadence is what turns a rule change into real compliance lead time — without it you discover 'new law' after it's in force.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Regulatory Change Monitor automation do?

Tracks the regulations that touch your business and flags what changes. Monitors the regulator pages and feeds that apply to you

How much time does Regulatory Change Monitor save?

It is estimated to save ~2 hrs per week. Actual savings depend on your volume.

Which tools does Regulatory Change Monitor use?

It works with OpenCrawl and Claude.

What does Regulatory Change Monitor include?

Regulator feeds, Change detection, Date alerts.

Can I set up Regulatory Change Monitor myself?

Yes. The do-it-yourself guide on this page walks through 4 steps, from getting access to testing the finished automation.