The actual mechanics

From signup to first audit-prep doc: two evenings.

Here's exactly how Compass works under the hood — and why "AI for compliance" is different when the corpus is open-source.

STEP 1 · MINUTE 0–10

You sign up and tell Compass who you are.

Email, carrier name, DOT number (optional), state, truck count. 60 seconds. No card on Free.

WHAT YOU GIVE

The minimum to be useful

Carrier name. Contact email + phone. DOT/MC number (if you have one). State of operation. Number of trucks. That's it. You can add drivers later.

WHAT COMPASS DOES

Builds your tenant

Creates an isolated workspace for your carrier. Sets up the compliance calendar for federal events (UCR window, 2290 deadline, MCS-150 biennial timing based on your DOT#). You're ready to ask questions.

STEP 2 · DAY 1

You add your drivers (or import a CSV).

Drag and drop your driver roster. Compass parses it, creates a record per driver, kicks off the watch on every expiry date.

DRIVER FIELDS

Minimum required

First name, last name, CDL number, CDL state, CDL expiry, medical-card expiry. Optional: email, phone, hire date, DOB.

AUTOMATIC SEEDING

Compass sets reminders for you

The moment a driver record lands with a CDL or medical date, Compass schedules SMS + email reminders at 30 / 14 / 7 / 1 day intervals. Driver gets a copy. Carrier admin gets a copy. Nothing falls through.

CSV TEMPLATE

Or use our spreadsheet

Download our CSV template. Fill it in once. Drop it in. We map columns automatically. 50 drivers imported in 90 seconds.

STEP 3 · WEEK 1

You connect your data sources (or don't — your call).

Compass works without integrations. With them, it gets stronger.

ELD

Samsara · Motive · Geotab

HOS data + harsh events + driver scorecards.

DRUG TEST

Quest · LabCorp · 3rd-party administrators

Pre-employment + random + post-accident lab results.

BACKGROUND

Checkr · Driver Basic Plus

Pre-employment background screenings.

MVR

State aggregators

Annual MVR pulls per CDL state.

CLEARINGHOUSE

FMCSA Clearinghouse

Pre-employment + annual + return-to-duty.

FUEL CARD

Comdata · EFS · WEX

IFTA-ready transaction logs.

BILLING

Stripe

Self-serve subscription + Customer Portal.

COMMS

Twilio · Resend

SMS + email reminders, TCPA-compliant.

STEP 4 · ONGOING

You ask. Compass answers.

Six workflows, infinite questions. Every answer cites 49 CFR.

CONVERSATION

Type or click

Open the chat. Type a question or pick a workflow. Compass routes to the right model (Haiku for simple, Sonnet for complex, Opus for high-stakes) and grounds on relevant skills from the 100-skill corpus.

CITATIONS

Every answer linked

If Compass cites 49 CFR 382.701, you can click that citation. It opens the relevant skill on GitHub. You verify. You contest if needed. No black box.

MEMORY

Compass remembers your fleet

The agent knows your carrier name, your drivers, your equipment, your recent events. So "draft a coaching for John Smith's lane change" doesn't require you to re-explain who John is or what his job is.

FEEDBACK

Thumbs up / thumbs down

Every Compass response can be rated. Thumbs-downs go into our weekly quality review with senior FMCSA compliance veterans. The skill corpus + prompts get refined. Everyone benefits.

UNDER THE HOOD

The architecture, in plain English.

Three layers. All open or transparent.

LAYER 1

The Corpus

100 production compliance skills on GitHub under Apache 2.0. Reviewed by senior FMCSA compliance veterans. Updated whenever rules change. Public, auditable, forkable.

View on GitHub →

LAYER 2

The Agent

Claude (Anthropic) — one of the most accurate AI models — grounded on the corpus via Retrieval-Augmented Generation. Multi-model routing for cost efficiency. Citation enforcement. Hallucination flagging.

View the platform code →

LAYER 3

The Platform

Multi-tenant Postgres on Supabase (row-level security). Cloudflare Pages frontend. Stripe billing. Twilio + Resend comms. All your fleet data isolated, encrypted in transit + at rest, audit-logged.

Security model →

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