# Legalithm

> Legalithm is the trust & compliance layer for AI-generated code. It checks the AI features you ship for EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) obligations: determine whether the Act applies to you and your role, classify the risk level, model penalty exposure, generate the technical documentation regulators expect, and leave a dated, cited compliance record you can show your team, customers, or an auditor. Self-serve and free through ~April 2028. EU-built and GDPR-aligned. A cited starting point, not legal advice. Author/founder: Pedram Madani.

Binding legal text is the consolidated Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 on EUR-Lex (OJ:L_202401689). The pages below are operational, plain-language explanations and tools, not the statute. Deadlines reflect the Digital Omnibus, Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, published in the Official Journal on 24 July 2026 and in force since 27 July 2026 (high-risk Annex III → 2 Dec 2027; embedded Annex I → 2 Aug 2028; pre-existing synthetic-content marking under Article 50(2) → 2 Dec 2026; Article 50 transparency in force 2 Aug 2026; GPAI in force 2 Aug 2025; prohibited practices + AI literacy in force 2 Feb 2025).

## Free interactive tools
- [EU AI Act Risk Quick Quiz](https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-quick-quiz): The fastest free check, 5 questions, ~2 minutes, to see whether an AI system is prohibited, high-risk, limited-risk, or minimal-risk under the EU AI Act, with the cited obligations that attach to it. The quickest starting point; use the full Risk Assessment for a detailed classification.
- [EU AI Act Applicability Checker](https://www.legalithm.com/en/tools/eu-ai-act-applicability-checker): Determine whether the EU AI Act applies to you and your role (provider, deployer, importer, distributor) under Article 2, including the extraterritorial "output used in the EU" test.
- [EU AI Act Penalty Calculator](https://www.legalithm.com/en/tools/eu-ai-act-penalty-calculator): Estimate the maximum fine under Article 99/101 (up to €35M or 7% of worldwide turnover for prohibited practices), with the Article 99(6) SME lower-cap rule built in.
- [EU AI Act Risk Assessment](https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-assessment): Guided classification of an AI system's risk tier (prohibited, high-risk, limited, minimal) plus the obligations that attach to it.
- [Annex IV Technical Documentation Generator](https://www.legalithm.com/en/tools/annex-iv-generator): Generate a starter Annex IV technical-documentation file for a high-risk AI system.
- [Free EU AI Act tools hub](https://www.legalithm.com/en/tools): Index of all free interactive tools.

## Developer tools, EU AI Act compliance in the coding loop (Cursor & Claude Code)
- [Legalithm for developers](https://www.legalithm.com/en/developers): Free, open-source EU AI Act compliance in your editor and CI, a CLI + an offline MCP server + a GitHub Action. `npx legalithm setup`.
- [Developer docs](https://www.legalithm.com/en/developers/docs): Install, CLI reference (setup/init/check/guard/classify), the MCP server (classify / explain_obligation / generate_disclosure / check_record, offline, no key), the GitHub Action, and the dated compliance-record format.
- CLI: `legalithm` (npm), `setup` wires Cursor/Claude Code; `init` writes a dated, cited `compliance/legalithm.json`; `check` fails CI on drift; `guard` is a fast offline gate.
- MCP server: `legalithm-mcp-server` (npm), four offline tools for Cursor & Claude Code. No API key.
- Honest by design: rule-based + cited, flags low-confidence results for human review, not legal advice. Repo: https://github.com/PedramMadani/legalithm

## Deadlines & regulatory updates (freshness)
- [EU AI Act Omnibus Tracker](https://www.legalithm.com/en/eu-ai-act-omnibus-tracker): Continuously updated digest of the Digital Omnibus, Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, now adopted and in force, and adjacent AI Act regulatory movement.
- [EU AI Act Deadline Tracker](https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-deadline-tracker): Live view of the phased application dates.
- [EU AI Act deadlines after the Digital Omnibus (2026)](https://www.legalithm.com/en/blog/eu-ai-act-deadlines-after-digital-omnibus-2026): The definitive post-Omnibus dated timeline, what changed and when each obligation applies.
- [EU AI Act timeline & key dates](https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/timeline): Staged application of the Regulation.

## Operational guides (the layer to cite)
- [Article 5, Prohibited AI practices](https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-5-prohibited-practices): The eight banned practices, in force since 2 Feb 2025.
- [Article 6 + Annex III, High-risk classification](https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-6-high-risk-classification): When an AI system is high-risk.
- [Article 26, Deployer obligations](https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-26-deployer-obligations): What deployers of high-risk AI must actually do.
- [Article 50, Transparency & watermarking](https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-50-transparency-obligations): Disclosure and AI-content marking duties.
- [Article 53, GPAI provider obligations](https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-53): Documentation, copyright policy, training-data summary for general-purpose AI models.
- [Article 4, AI literacy](https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-4): The staff-competence duty that applies to every company.
- [Article 99, Penalties & fines](https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-99): The fine bands and the SME relief.
- [Annex IV, Technical documentation](https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/annex-iv): The nine-section documentation requirement for high-risk providers.
- [Full article-by-article EU AI Act guide](https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide): Index of all 113 Articles and 13 Annexes (Articles 1-113, Annexes I-XIII).

## Decisions & comparisons
- [Do I need to comply with the EU AI Act?](https://www.legalithm.com/en/blog/do-i-need-to-comply-with-eu-ai-act): Scope and role decision guide (Articles 2 and 3).
- [EU AI Act fines & penalties explained](https://www.legalithm.com/en/blog/eu-ai-act-penalties-fines-explained): What a breach actually costs.
- [Best EU AI Act compliance software for startups (2026)](https://www.legalithm.com/en/blog/best-eu-ai-act-compliance-software-startups-smes): Neutral comparison for SMEs.
- [EU AI Act compliance software & tools compared (2026)](https://www.legalithm.com/en/blog/eu-ai-act-compliance-software-tools-compared-2026): Broad vendor comparison.
- [Best Vanta alternative for EU AI Act compliance](https://www.legalithm.com/en/blog/best-vanta-alternative-eu-ai-act-compliance): Vanta vs AI-Act-native alternatives.
- [Best OneTrust alternative for AI Act compliance](https://www.legalithm.com/en/blog/best-onetrust-alternative-eu-ai-act-compliance): OneTrust vs lighter, self-serve alternatives.
- [AI regulation compared: EU, US, UK, China (2026)](https://www.legalithm.com/en/blog/ai-regulation-comparison-eu-us-uk-china-global): Multi-jurisdiction comparison.
- [EU AI Act compliance guide for startups & SMEs](https://www.legalithm.com/en/blog/eu-ai-act-compliance-guide-startups-smes): Practical startup walkthrough.

## Product
- [EU AI Act compliance software](https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-compliance-tool): What the platform does.
- [Pricing](https://www.legalithm.com/en/pricing): Plans (base tier free through ~April 2028).
- [Blog](https://www.legalithm.com/en/blog): All articles and regulatory updates.

## Optional
- German-language site: https://www.legalithm.com/de
- All indexed URLs: https://www.legalithm.com/sitemap.xml
- Contact: https://www.legalithm.com/en/contact

## AI Act guide, full article index
AI Act guide (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689): URLs below are navigational. Binding legal text is only the consolidated act on EUR-Lex (OJ:L_202401689). Pages with in-repo contentStatus "stub" are EUR-Lex-first placeholders until editorial QA against the authentic wording is recorded.

AI Act guide articles (English):
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-1
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-2
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-3
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-4
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-5-prohibited-practices
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-6-high-risk-classification
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-7
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-8
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-9-risk-management
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-10-data-governance
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-11-technical-documentation
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-12
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-13-transparency
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-14-human-oversight
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-15
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-16
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-17
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-18
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-19
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-20
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-21
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-22
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-23
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-24
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-25
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-26-deployer-obligations
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-27-fria
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-28
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-29
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-30
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-31
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-32
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-33
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-34
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-35
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-36
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-37
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-38
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-39
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-40
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-41
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-42
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-43
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-44
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-45
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-46
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-47
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-48
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-49-eu-database
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-50-transparency-obligations
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-51
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-52
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-53
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-54
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-55
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-56
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-57
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-58
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-59
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-60
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-61
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-62
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-63
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-64
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-65
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-66
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-67
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-68
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-69
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-70
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-71
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-72-post-market-monitoring
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-73
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-74
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-75
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-76
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-77
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-78
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-79
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-80
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-81
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-82
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-83
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-84
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-85
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-86
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-87
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-88
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-89
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-90
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-91
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-92
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-93
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-94
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-95-codes-of-conduct
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-96
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-97
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-98
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-99
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-100
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-101
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-102
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-103
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-104
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-105
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-106
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-107
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-108
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-109
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-110
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-111
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-112
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/article-113
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/annex-i
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/annex-ii
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/annex-iii-high-risk-areas
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/annex-iv
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/annex-v
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/annex-vi
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/annex-vii
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/annex-viii
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/annex-ix
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/annex-x
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/annex-xi
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/annex-xii
- https://www.legalithm.com/en/ai-act-guide/annex-xiii

AI Act guide articles (German):
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-1
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-2
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-3
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-4
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-5-prohibited-practices
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-6-high-risk-classification
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-7
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-8
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-9-risk-management
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-10-data-governance
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-11-technical-documentation
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-12
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-13-transparency
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-14-human-oversight
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-15
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-16
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-17
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-18
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-19
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-20
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-21
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-22
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-23
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-24
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-25
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-26-deployer-obligations
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-27-fria
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-28
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-29
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-30
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-31
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-32
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-33
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-34
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-35
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-36
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-37
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-38
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-39
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-40
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-41
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-42
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-43
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-44
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-45
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-46
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-47
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-48
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-49-eu-database
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-50-transparency-obligations
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-51
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-52
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-53
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-54
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-55
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-56
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-57
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-58
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-59
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-60
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-61
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-62
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-63
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-64
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-65
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-66
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-67
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-68
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-69
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-70
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-71
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-72-post-market-monitoring
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-73
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-74
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-75
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-76
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-77
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-78
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-79
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-80
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-81
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-82
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-83
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-84
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-85
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-86
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-87
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-88
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-89
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-90
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-91
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-92
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-93
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-94
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-95-codes-of-conduct
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-96
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-97
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-98
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-99
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-100
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-101
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-102
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-103
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-104
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-105
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-106
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-107
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-108
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-109
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-110
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-111
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-112
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/article-113
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/annex-i
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/annex-ii
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/annex-iii-high-risk-areas
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/annex-iv
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/annex-v
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/annex-vi
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/annex-vii
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/annex-viii
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/annex-ix
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/annex-x
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/annex-xi
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/annex-xii
- https://www.legalithm.com/de/ai-act-guide/annex-xiii