• MISMATCH
  • POLICY
  • HUMAN
  • CLEAN

How to audit data classifications and policies with your AI

Connect Atlan to your AI client to bridge the gap between your data catalog and your governance checks. Once connected, your agent can inspect how sensitive information is labeled and why it's being used.

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Short answer

How can I audit my data classifications and policies using AI?

Your AI pulls security classifications and governance purposes from Atlan to compare against your specific compliance rules. You'll find exactly where your sensitive data is mislabeled or used incorrectly.

Audit outcomes

Where your findings land.

The AI organizes its findings into these specific categories.

MISMATCH

Tagging errors

The AI identifies assets where the classification doesn't match the actual data content. You get a list of specific assets that need re-tagging.

POLICY

Purpose violations

The agent flags data being used for purposes that contradict your stated governance rules. This highlights potential compliance risks.

HUMAN

Manual review required

When the AI finds ambiguous tags or conflicting metadata, it flags these for you to inspect personally. These are the edge cases that need a human eye.

CLEAN

Verified assets

Assets that perfectly align with your defined classifications and purposes are marked as compliant. This confirms what's working correctly.

The workflow

What your AI does when the audit starts.

The AI uses Atlan's metadata to build a map of your data's security posture.

  1. Gather classifications

    The agent pulls all existing security labels from your catalog to understand how you currently protect data.

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  2. Check usage purposes

    It retrieves the defined purposes for your data assets to see why specific datasets are being processed.

    list_purposes

  3. Compare and flag

    The AI compares the retrieved tags against your specific audit criteria to find discrepancies. It looks for missing or incorrect labels.

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  4. Report gaps

    The agent summarizes the mismatches and highlights the specific assets that fail your governance checks.

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Try it

Copy these to start.

Use these prompts to kick off your audit.

Starting points

These are opening lines. Swap out the bracketed text with your specific asset names or policy types.

Atlan Connector

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Claude Desktop

Follow the steps below to connect in seconds.

  1. 1In Claude Desktop, open Settings → Connectors.
  2. 2Click “Add custom connector” and paste the connector link above as the remote MCP server URL.
  3. 3Click Add and start a new chat — Atlan capabilities are ready to use.
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  • List all current data classifications in Atlan and tell me if any look incomplete.

  • Check the purposes for the [Customer_PII] dataset and see if they match our privacy policy.

  • Compare the classifications in Atlan against my list of sensitive data types to find any missing tags.

  • Review the purposes for all datasets in the [Marketing] folder and flag anything that seems unusual.

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FAQ

How this audit behaves

  • 01

    Can the AI change my data classifications in Atlan?

    No. The AI can only read classifications and purposes to perform the audit. You must make any changes manually in Atlan.

  • 02

    Does the AI delete any metadata or tags?

    No. The AI has no capability to delete or modify any information in your Atlan catalog.

  • 03

    Can I audit specific folders or just the whole catalog?

    The AI can look at anything it can access via the list tools, so you can target specific datasets or the entire catalog.

  • 04

    How does the AI know if a tag is 'wrong'?

    The AI doesn't know your internal rules automatically. You have to tell it what your rules are in the chat so it can compare them to the metadata it pulls.

  • 05

    What happens if the AI can't find a specific classification?

    If the tool doesn't return a specific tag, the AI will report that the tag is missing or not found in the catalog.

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