# Run a risk check on an AI-assisted workflow before rollout

Builds a risk register for an AI workflow covering accuracy, data privacy, bias, security, compliance, and over-reliance, with controls.

- Topic: Working with AI
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Legal, Plan, Code, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/run-a-risk-check-on-an-ai-assisted-workflow-before-rollout

## Prompt

```text
Run a risk check on a workflow where we use, or plan to use, AI.

**The workflow:** [STEPS, and where AI is involved]
**AI tools and how they are accessed:** [e.g. company-approved assistant, public chatbot, automation tool]
**Data involved:** [e.g. customer data, employee data, financials, contracts, code]
**Who sees or acts on the output:** [internal team, customers, regulators, public]
**Our AI policy or rules:** [PASTE, or "none yet"]
**Industry or regulations that apply:** [DETAILS]

Check for these risk types:
- **Accuracy** - hallucinated facts, wrong numbers, outdated information.
- **Data privacy and confidentiality** - personal or sensitive data in prompts, retention, sharing.
- **Security** - access permissions, prompt injection from emails or documents, connected tools taking actions.
- **Bias and fairness** - outputs that affect people differently.
- **Compliance and legal** - regulations, IP and copyright, disclosure obligations.
- **Over-reliance** - skipped reviews, lost skills, no fallback if the tool fails.
- **Reputation** - tone or errors reaching customers or the public.

Return:
1. A risk register table: Risk | Where in the workflow | Likelihood (H/M/L) | Impact (H/M/L) | Existing control | Recommended control | Owner.
2. The 3 risks to address before rollout.
3. Required human review points.
4. What to monitor after launch, and what would trigger pausing the workflow.

Don't overstate legal conclusions; mark items to [CONFIRM WITH LEGAL / COMPLIANCE / IT SECURITY].
```

## What to fill in

- STEPS, and where AI is involved
- internal team, customers, regulators, public
- PASTE, or "none yet"
- DETAILS
- CONFIRM WITH LEGAL / COMPLIANCE / IT SECURITY

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