Overview

About This Transparency Hub

This site shares plain language summaries and raw working files created in the process of delivering Syncopate's digital regulatory infrastructure projects, including both manually-created and AI-generated outputs.

Key Resources

About DocRef

Learn about the DocRef system for structured document references and citations, providing human and machine researchers and authors with a granular digital foundation for their policy and regulatory work.

Understanding DocRef MCP Servers

Information about Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers used in these projects to ground AI capabilities in specific regulatory datasets.

Tools and Technologies

Background on key tools and methodologies used in digital regulatory infrastructure projects, including DocRef, MCP servers, graph databases, semantic search, and more. Written for a non-technical audience.

About Digital Regulatory Infrastructure and Rules as Code

Technical background on the tools and methodologies used across all GCDO projects.

Transparency Principles

Our transparency materials follow these principles:

  1. Complete Documentation - Full audit trails of AI interactions
  2. Clear Methodology - Explicit description of processes and tools
  3. Human Oversight - Documentation of human review and decision-making
  4. Quality Verification - Independent validation of outputs
  5. Public Access - Open access to all transparency materials

Compliance with NZ AI Guidance

In December 2025, we conducted a comprehensive analysis evaluating how this Transparency Hub aligns with the NZ Public Service Generative AI Guidance. The analysis found strong overall compliance across all five OECD-aligned principles, with our approach to documentation and transparency exceeding typical requirements.

Read the full compliance analysis

Contact

For questions about these transparency materials or the projects documented here, please refer to the individual project documentation for contact information.