u/Individual-Pass-6506 — reddlx

Background: I work in finance/controlling and got frustrated that every due diligence template out there is either a PDF for humans or a vague prompt for ChatGPT — nothing in between.

So I built something different: a 90-item SME due diligence checklist that works for both human reviewers AND AI agents.

What it includes:

9 sections covering Corporate/Legal, Financials, Tax, Contracts, Debt, HR, IP, Litigation, and Operations
Every item has a consistent structure: ID, Status (PASS/FAIL/PARTIAL/N/A/PENDING), Risk level (HIGH/MEDIUM/LOW), and Note field
A companion JSON Schema (Draft-07) with enums, automation triggers, and agent instructions compatible with LangChain, CrewAI, AutoGen, and OpenAI Assistants API
An example payload ready to drop into your pipeline

The idea is that an AI agent can ingest the schema, populate fields as it reviews documents, auto-escalate FAIL+HIGH items to a human reviewer, and output a structured deal recommendation — without custom prompt engineering.

IFRS/EU-aligned, targets SMEs with revenue €500K–€50M.

Two questions for this community:

For M&A analysts — does the section coverage feel complete, or are there areas you'd add?
For AI devs — is JSON Schema Draft-07 the right format, or would you prefer something else (OpenAPI, Pydantic model, etc.)?

Happy to share a preview if useful. Link in comments if anyone wants to grab it.