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Free EU AI Act risk classifier

Answer five quick questions to see your AI system's likely EU AI Act risk tier and the obligations that follow. No signup, no email required.

1. Is it an AI system? It infers or generates outputs from data, rather than following only fixed, hand-written rules.

2. Does it do any of these? Select any that apply (Article 5 prohibited practices).

3. Is it used in any of these areas? Select any that apply (Annex III high-risk areas).

4. Is it a safety component of a product already regulated by EU law (e.g. medical device, machinery, vehicle, toy)?

5. Does it interact directly with people, or generate or manipulate content (text, image, audio, or video)?

Answer question 1 to see your preliminary risk tier.

How the EU AI Act risk tiers work

The EU AI Act, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, sorts every AI system into one of four risk tiers, and the tier decides what you must do. Classification works top down: you stop at the first tier your system matches.

Unacceptable risk: banned outright under Article 5 (for example social scoring or untargeted facial scraping).
High risk: listed in Annex III (Article 6) or a safety component of a regulated product. Heavy obligations apply, mostly from 2 August 2026.
Limited risk: transparency duties under Article 50, such as telling users they are talking to an AI or labelling AI-generated content.
Minimal risk: the majority of systems, with no mandatory obligations.

This tool gives preliminary guidance from your answers. It is not legal advice or a formal conformity assessment, so confirm any result with a qualified person.

What to do next

Classifying one system by hand is manageable; doing it across your whole AI stack, keeping the evidence current, and mapping it to NIST AI RMF and ISO/IEC 42001 is where ComplyAgent helps. It classifies every system once, drafts the documentation, and assembles an audit pack.

Read the full classification guide, the high-risk explainer, or how ComplyAgent covers the EU AI Act.