AI-Powered Audit Assistant Development
Budget: $100 – $700 USD
Goal
Deliver a Microsoft Copilot Studio agent that answers audit/procedure questions only from approved sources with citations, and supports light audit workflows (risk planning, program generation, findings structuring, report drafting) using SharePoint/Dataverse/SQL/Teams files. Must enforce strict scope/guardrails.
Scope of Work
1) Grounded Q&A (with citations + strict scope)
Connect approved knowledge sources (SharePoint libraries/sites, OneDrive files, Dataverse tables; optionally Teams files). Configure Generative answers to search these sources and show citations (source link/title). Disable “general knowledge”/public web so the agent answers only from configured sources; otherwise refuse.
2) Document ingestion & indexing
Set up ingestion for unstructured docs (PDF/DOCX/PPTX) with Copilot Studio’s Dataverse-backed indexing & vector embeddings. Enable simple metadata tags (process, risk, owner, year) and a refresh playbook (scheduled/adhoc).
3) Risk assessment & planning actions
Wire actions/connectors to pull a lightweight audit universe (from SharePoint lists/Dataverse/SQL), last coverage, risk registers, KRIs/KPIs, then calculate coverage gaps and propose a 1–5 year risk-based plan. Export to Excel/Power BI for charts/heatmaps via flows.
4) Audit program generator
From topic + objectives + standards (IIA/COSO/ISO/NIST provided by us), generate scope, control objectives, and test steps; support refine/regenerate; save as a SharePoint template (Word/Excel). (Use Word Online (Business) connector or similar in Power Automate.)
5) Finding & recommendation structurer
Convert freeform notes into findings (condition/criteria/cause/effect/risk) and propose actionable recommendations with owners/severity/target dates; store to SharePoint/Dataverse. (Actions via connectors/flows.)
6) Report drafting assistant
Assemble executive summary, themes, detailed findings, and conclusions; support optional charts/heatmaps (Excel/Power BI). Output Word/PPT using templates via flows.
7) Knowledge retrieval shortcuts
One-shot prompts like “last year’s logistics issues,” “standard recs for asset tagging,” “approval authority for single-source PR,” with filters (dept/year/risk). Implement as Topics + Generative answers + filters.
8) Recommendation & action follow-up
Read an action tracker (SharePoint/Dataverse), show open/overdue, and notify owners in Teams/Email via Power Automate.
9) Controls & guardrails
Enforce RBAC: answers honor user access to sources (“user-auth trimmed”). Apply DLP/data policies to limit connector movement; keep answers scoped to configured knowledge sources (no public web).
Deliver a Microsoft Copilot Studio agent that answers audit/procedure questions only from approved sources with citations, and supports light audit workflows (risk planning, program generation, findings structuring, report drafting) using SharePoint/Dataverse/SQL/Teams files. Must enforce strict scope/guardrails.
Scope of Work
1) Grounded Q&A (with citations + strict scope)
Connect approved knowledge sources (SharePoint libraries/sites, OneDrive files, Dataverse tables; optionally Teams files). Configure Generative answers to search these sources and show citations (source link/title). Disable “general knowledge”/public web so the agent answers only from configured sources; otherwise refuse.
2) Document ingestion & indexing
Set up ingestion for unstructured docs (PDF/DOCX/PPTX) with Copilot Studio’s Dataverse-backed indexing & vector embeddings. Enable simple metadata tags (process, risk, owner, year) and a refresh playbook (scheduled/adhoc).
3) Risk assessment & planning actions
Wire actions/connectors to pull a lightweight audit universe (from SharePoint lists/Dataverse/SQL), last coverage, risk registers, KRIs/KPIs, then calculate coverage gaps and propose a 1–5 year risk-based plan. Export to Excel/Power BI for charts/heatmaps via flows.
4) Audit program generator
From topic + objectives + standards (IIA/COSO/ISO/NIST provided by us), generate scope, control objectives, and test steps; support refine/regenerate; save as a SharePoint template (Word/Excel). (Use Word Online (Business) connector or similar in Power Automate.)
5) Finding & recommendation structurer
Convert freeform notes into findings (condition/criteria/cause/effect/risk) and propose actionable recommendations with owners/severity/target dates; store to SharePoint/Dataverse. (Actions via connectors/flows.)
6) Report drafting assistant
Assemble executive summary, themes, detailed findings, and conclusions; support optional charts/heatmaps (Excel/Power BI). Output Word/PPT using templates via flows.
7) Knowledge retrieval shortcuts
One-shot prompts like “last year’s logistics issues,” “standard recs for asset tagging,” “approval authority for single-source PR,” with filters (dept/year/risk). Implement as Topics + Generative answers + filters.
8) Recommendation & action follow-up
Read an action tracker (SharePoint/Dataverse), show open/overdue, and notify owners in Teams/Email via Power Automate.
9) Controls & guardrails
Enforce RBAC: answers honor user access to sources (“user-auth trimmed”). Apply DLP/data policies to limit connector movement; keep answers scoped to configured knowledge sources (no public web).