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Compliance by Design

Compliance by Design embeds regulatory, legal, and policy requirements into system and process design from the outset, enabling organizations to implement, enforce, and evidence compliance through built-in controls, automation, and monitoring across architectures, platforms, and workflows.

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curl -X POST https://mcp.decisioninsights.ai/api/mcp-public \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -H "accept: application/json, text/event-stream" \
  -d '{"id":1,"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/call","params":{"arguments":{"slug":"compliance-by-design"},"name":"di_get_term"}}'

REST

GET https://api.decisioninsights.ai/api/public/v1/glossary/ea8d53f6-aa9f-47ac-a2e0-398d1148119f

CLI

di get-glossary --slug compliance-by-design

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