Free · Open Source · Set Up in 3 Seconds

Give AI the boring work.
Keep the decisions that matter.

Charter is how your team actually adopts AI. Clear boundaries for what AI handles, smart escalation for what needs you, and a receipt for everything. Understand it in 5 minutes. Use it forever.

$ pip install charter-governance && charter bootstrap
Works with Claude, GPT, Copilot, Gemini, Grok — any AI tool you already use.

What should AI do? What should you do?

Most of your day is spent on work that AI can handle. The rest — judgment, relationships, ethics — is where you actually create value. Charter draws the line.

AI handles this

  • A Formatting reports, summarizing meetings, writing status updates
  • A Pulling data, filling templates, generating first drafts
  • A Scheduling, sorting emails, updating records
  • A Running compliance checks, flagging anomalies
  • A Answering routine questions from docs you already wrote

You handle this

  • Y Deciding whether to approve a deal, hire a candidate, or change strategy
  • Y Client relationships, negotiations, trust-building conversations
  • Y Ethical calls — when the data says one thing but your gut says another
  • Y Creative leaps, connecting dots no one else sees
  • Y Reviewing AI output before it goes to a customer or regulator
The hard part of AI adoption isn't the technology.
It's knowing where to draw the line.
Charter is that line. It tells AI what it can do on its own, when it needs to ask you, and keeps a record of every decision. Your team gets the productivity. You keep the control.

Three rules. That's it.

Charter gives your AI three things every good team member needs: boundaries, escalation paths, and accountability.

1

Boundaries

Define what AI can never do. No sending messages without approval. No accessing financials without authorization. No publishing without review. These aren't suggestions — they're enforced.

"Never email a client without my sign-off."
2

Escalation

Not everything needs your attention. But some things do. Set thresholds: AI handles the routine, asks you for the important stuff. You decide what "important" means.

"Draft the report automatically. But if it touches revenue numbers, check with me first."
3

Receipts

Every action gets recorded. What was done, which AI did it, what rules were active, who approved it. If something goes wrong, you have the paper trail. If it goes right, you can prove it.

"Show me everything AI did on the Johnson account last Tuesday."

Your AI agents are teammates. Onboard them like it.

AI agents are writing code, drafting contracts, managing pipelines. Charter is how you give them the same rules and accountability as any team member.

One Command Onboarding

Run one command and every AI agent in the project gets boundaries, escalation rules, and an audit trail. No configuration marathon. No 6-week rollout.

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Same Rules, Any AI

Claude, GPT, Copilot, Gemini, Grok — Charter governs them all through MCP (Model Context Protocol). Switch models without rewriting your governance.

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Kill Switch Built In

If an agent starts drifting — ethics declining, audits getting skipped, conflicting instructions — Charter stops it automatically and alerts you. No human monitoring required.

From zero to governed in 5 minutes

You don't need a change management consultant. You need a clear path.

1

Install

One pip command. Works on Mac, Windows, Linux. Nothing to configure.

30 seconds
2

Bootstrap

Charter scans your project, picks a governance domain, and generates your rules file.

3 seconds
3

Customize

Edit the plain-English rules file. Add boundaries and escalation thresholds that match your business.

2-4 minutes
4

Work

Use your AI tools normally. Charter runs in the background — enforcing rules, logging actions, escalating when needed.

Ongoing

Works with the AI tools you already use

"We eliminated 6 hours of weekly drudgery per person.
Charter made sure nothing fell through the cracks."
The goal for every team that adopts Charter

Start free. Scale when you're ready.

The full governance engine is free forever. Pay when you need team dashboards or enterprise compliance.

Free
$0
forever
  • Full governance engine (boundaries, escalation, receipts)
  • Tamper-proof audit trail
  • Content attribution stamps
  • 4 domain templates (healthcare, finance, legal, general)
  • Kill switch + self-audit
  • MCP server (33 tools, self-hosted)
  • VS Code extension
  • Works with any AI model
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Enterprise
$249
per seat / month
  • Everything in Pro
  • Compliance mapping (SOC 2, HIPAA, SOX, GDPR, EU AI Act, NIST, ISO 27001, FERPA)
  • SIEM integration (Splunk, Datadog)
  • Alerting pipeline (Slack, email, webhook)
  • Federated governance
  • Legal-grade timestamps (RFC 3161)
  • EU AI Act readiness package
  • Dedicated support + SLA
Get Charter Enterprise

Not sure which plan is right?

We're happy to walk you through it. Send us a message or schedule a quick call.

Built-in compliance mapping
SOC 2
EU AI Act
GDPR
HIPAA
SOX
FERPA
NIST AI RMF
ISO 27001

Your team is already using AI.
Give them a way to do it right.

Charter takes 3 seconds to install and 5 minutes to understand. The productivity gains start immediately. The audit trail protects you forever.

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