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One programme, run end to end.

Encircle scores you against the frameworks that apply to you, then gives you the machinery to close the gaps: evidence, owners, deadlines, and your own AI assistant working alongside it. What follows is the app itself.

Looking for the codes and Acts we test against? See the frameworks

The Encircle dashboard on a laptop: seven frameworks committed, an overall score of 87%, 239 of 274 tests passed, and the twelve-domain wheel grouped into its four pillars with the Ethics domain opened alongside at 92%.

One evidence set, scored six ways. Commit to the codes that apply to you, and a document you file once counts everywhere it is owed.

DashboardAll frameworks
6
Frameworks
62%
Overall score
170/274
Tests passed
12
To review
All frameworks62%King V70%POPIA47%PRECCA48%Companies Act57%AI Governance41%
DirectionHow we directRisk & AssuranceHow we provePerformance & InnovationHow we deliver future valueEthics & CultureWho we areLeadershipStrategyRemunerationRiskComplianceAssuranceEnvironmentTechnologyAI & DataEthicsStakeholdersPeopleAll62%GOV SCORE
Twelve domains, four pillars, every committed framework folded into one score. Switch chip and the same organisation is re-scored through that lens alone.

The AI does the reading. Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP client opens your documents where they sit, works out which controls each one answers, and records what it concluded. Nothing is uploaded.

Claudeencircle · MCP
What does Umbono still owe on POPIA, and can you close the easy one?

Four tests are unanswered. Three need a document you already hold:

  • s55 Information Officer registered with the Regulator
  • s17 Processing records maintained
  • Reg 4 PAIA manual published

The fourth, the privacy risk assessment, has no candidate on any connected drive.

Do s55 from the file on my Mac.
Evidence acceptedHigh
~/Documents/Governance/IO-registration-2026.pdf
Matched to POPIA s55 · Information Officer registrationTest answered Yes
Read in place. The document was never uploaded: Encircle holds the path, the conclusion and who recorded it.
Marked assistant-answered. Encircle did not read this document itself and has no citation to verify against, so a reviewer knows to check it.

It finds what you already hold. Encircle crawls the drives you already use, matches each document to the controls it satisfies, and asks when it is unsure.

Evidence reviewNeeds your review
ConnectedGoogle DriveSharePointOneDriveNextcloudAWS and Azure in progress
12
To review
34
Accepted, 7d
51
AI answers, 7d
268
Docs tracked
last crawl 14 min ago
Board Charter v4.docx
SharePoint · /Governance/Board
Board charter approved and current
High
AcceptDismiss
Risk Appetite Statement 2026.pdf
Google Drive · /Risk
Risk appetite set by the governing body
High
AcceptDismiss
Code of Conduct (signed).pdf
OneDrive · /HR/Policies
Code of conduct enforced and attested
Medium
AcceptDismiss
IT Policy 2023.docx
Nextcloud · /IT
Acceptable use standard for generative AI
Low
AcceptDismiss
Crawled daily, and only what changed is processed. Encircle keeps the match, the answer and the citation. Your document stays where it is.

Every answer carries its source. A control holds its tests, its evidence and one named owner. Every answer keeps the citation it rested on.

King V 2025D01 Strategy
Board-approved strategic plan
Companies Act s66 · Encircle recommendation
Warning
TN
Thandi Nkosi
Company Secretary · owner since 4 Mar 2026
Has the board approved a written strategy setting out what the business is trying to achieve, and over what period?
Does the board review the strategy at least once a year and record what changed?
Is the approval of the strategy minuted?
Where the strategy relies on an AI system, has its use been assessed?
Strategy 2026-2029.pdf
Answered by Encircle AI · cited p.4 “approved by the board on 12 February 2026” · expires 12 Feb 2027

A No becomes a piece of work. A No or a Partial raises a task against the control it came from, and it closes itself when the answer improves.

All tasksOpen · urgent first
TypeTaskDomainProgressStatusPriorityDue
RemediationMinute the board's approval of the strategyStrategy0 of 1Action requiredHigh12 Sep
EvidencePrivacy risk assessment, no candidate foundCompliance0 of 1Action requiredCritical29 Aug
RemediationPublish the generative-AI acceptable use standardAI & Data1 of 3In progressCritical5 Sep
EvidenceRe-attest the code of conductEthics2 of 3In reviewMedium30 Sep
Full assessmentComplete the PRECCA s34A procedures assessmentRisk8 of 11In progressHigh14 Oct
Raised from the answer, not from a checklist. A task closes itself when the answer it came from improves.

Your own rules, on the same wheel. Supplier contracts, a work-from-home policy, anything internal. Write the controls in plain language and Encircle maps them onto the twelve domains for you, so your own framework scores beside King V and POPIA.

Framework authoringSupplier & remote work
You write the control. Encircle picks the domain.
Every supplier over R500k has a signed contract on file
Written by you, in plain language
D04 ComplianceHigh
Suppliers are screened for conflicts before onboarding
Written by you, in plain language
D05 EthicsHigh
Work-from-home staff have a signed equipment and data policy
Written by you, in plain language
D08 TechnologyMedium
Remote workers complete the annual security refresher
Written by you, in plain language
D10 PeopleHigh
No mapping table to maintain and no consultant to book. Your supplier code lands on the same twelve-domain wheel as King V, and scores beside it.

Nothing lapses quietly. Recurring statutory dates roll forward on their own, and chase the person responsible before the date rather than after it.

DeadlinesNext 12 months
CIPC annual return
Every year, on the incorporation anniversary
Thandi Nkosi
14 Sep 2026
Due in 19 days
SARS PAYE EMP201
Monthly, by the 7th
Pieter van Wyk
7 Sep 2026
Due in 12 days
Annual POPIA report to the Information Regulator
Every year, on a fixed date
Thandi Nkosi
28 Feb 2027
On track
B-BBEE verification certificate
Every year, on expiry
Unassigned
3 Aug 2026
Filed 11 days late
A miss is never quietly erased: evidence filed after the date is recorded as late, and the period keeps a snapshot of who was accountable.

The advisor is inside the programme. Orbit answers the board's next question from your own control record, and names the framework behind every answer.

OrbitFramework assistant

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