Autonomy Levels - Complior

The scale

Level	Name	Behavior	Example	Risk mapping
L1	Assistive	Suggests. Human decides AND executes.	Copilot autocomplete	Minimal
L2	Suggestive	Prepares action. Human confirms.	”Send email? [Y/n]“	Minimal
L3	Supervised	Acts. Human can veto (time window).	Order processor, 10-sec review	Limited
L4	Autonomous	Acts on its own. Human gets logs.	Customer support bot 24/7	Limited
L5	Fully Auto	Acts without notification. No human.	Trading bot, autonomous recruiter	High

Auto-detection from code

Complior’s autonomy-analyzer.ts scans AST for human gate patterns and unsupervised actions:

human_approval_gates > 0 && unsupervised == 0     → L2
human_approval_gates > 0 && unsupervised > 0       → L3
human_approval_gates == 0 && unsupervised > 0 && logging  → L4
human_approval_gates == 0 && unsupervised > 0 && !logging → L5
nothing detected                                    → L1

Additionally detects killSwitchPresent — used for oversight.override_mechanism.

Impact on passport

Autonomy level directly affects:

Risk class (L5 → high risk, L1–L2 → minimal)
Applicable articles (high-risk gets Art.6, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 26, 27, 49, 50)
Oversight block (generated only for high-risk or L3+)
Deployer obligations (more obligations for higher autonomy)

​The scale

​Auto-detection from code

​Impact on passport

The scale

Auto-detection from code

Impact on passport