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Create Compliance Audit System #161

@adriandarian

Description

@adriandarian

Create automated system for auditing compliance across all repositories.

Details

Continuous compliance checking for licensing, security policies, accessibility, and standards.

Audit Components

  • License compliance checker
  • Security policy validator
  • Accessibility auditor
  • Code of conduct verifier
  • Contributing guidelines checker
  • Documentation standards validator

Compliance Checks

License Compliance

  • LICENSE file present and valid
  • License matches package.json/setup.py
  • Compatible dependency licenses
  • License headers in source files
  • Third-party attribution complete
  • SPDX identifier present

Security Compliance

  • SECURITY.md present
  • Security advisories enabled
  • Dependabot configured
  • Branch protection enabled
  • Code scanning enabled
  • Secret scanning enabled
  • Two-factor auth required

Accessibility Compliance

  • WCAG 2.1 AA standards
  • Semantic HTML
  • Alt text for images
  • Keyboard navigation
  • Color contrast ratios
  • Screen reader compatibility

Documentation Compliance

  • README.md comprehensive
  • CONTRIBUTING.md present
  • CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md present
  • API documentation complete
  • Changelog maintained
  • Examples provided

Code Standards Compliance

  • Linting configured
  • Testing configured
  • CI/CD present
  • Code coverage >70%
  • No hard-coded secrets
  • Dependencies up-to-date

GitHub Standards Compliance

  • Topics/tags set
  • Description present
  • Issues enabled
  • Issue templates configured
  • PR template present
  • CODEOWNERS defined

Audit Reports

Per-Repository Report

  • Compliance score (0-100)
  • Passed checks
  • Failed checks
  • Warnings
  • Recommendations
  • Remediation steps

Organization Report

  • Overall compliance score
  • Repositories by compliance level
  • Common issues across repos
  • Trend over time
  • Priority action items

Automation

  • Daily compliance scans
  • Alert on new violations
  • Auto-create issues for failures
  • Track remediation progress
  • Monthly compliance reports
  • Compliance dashboard

Remediation Workflows

  • Auto-fix where possible
  • Create PRs for fixes
  • Link to documentation
  • Assign to appropriate team
  • Set reasonable deadlines
  • Follow up on overdue items

Configuration

compliance/config.yml:

checks:
  license:
    enabled: true
    required: true
    allowed_licenses:
      - MIT
      - Apache-2.0
      - GPL-3.0
  
  security:
    enabled: true
    require_security_md: true
    require_branch_protection: true
    require_code_scanning: true
  
  documentation:
    enabled: true
    require_readme: true
    require_contributing: true
    min_readme_length: 500

scoring:
  license: 20
  security: 30
  accessibility: 15
  documentation: 20
  code_standards: 15

Acceptance Criteria

  • All compliance checks implemented
  • Scoring system fair and accurate
  • Reports comprehensive and actionable
  • Auto-remediation working where applicable
  • Issue creation functional
  • Trend tracking operational
  • Dashboard integration complete
  • Documentation clear
  • Configuration flexible
  • Tested across all repository types

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