# Show HN: AI Council Toolkit – open-source playbook for AI governance

> Source: <https://www.aicounciltoolkit.com/>
> Published: 2026-06-03 11:58:49+00:00

# AI Council Toolkit

An open, implementation-grade playbook for building, running, and sustaining an internal AI Council. Practical templates, governance patterns, and operating models you can use today.

## How It All Fits Together

Governance is a continuous loop. Every use case moves through the same six stages — and the cycle repeats as systems change. Select any stage to jump in.

## Who Is This For?

| Your Role | Start Here |
|---|---|
| CIO / Executive sponsor starting from zero |
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[Foundation Pack](/docs/foundation)then[Standards & Regulations](/docs/standards-and-regulations)[Intake & Triage](/docs/intake-and-triage)[Review & Assurance](/docs/review-and-assurance)[Meetings & Decisions](/docs/foundation/meetings-and-decisions)then[Templates](/docs/templates)[Operations](/docs/operations)## Design Principles

### Council-first

The human governance layer is the primary unit of design, not a byproduct of tooling.

### Practical over theoretical

Every section ships artifacts you can use, not just principles to aspire to.

### Tiered and federated

Low-risk cases move fast. Only hard cases reach the council. Specialists stay authoritative in their domains.

### Living governance

Councils that only do approvals die. Councils that maintain learning loops stay valuable.

## What's Inside

### Getting Started

What an AI Council is, whether you need one, and your first 30 days

### Operating Models

Centralized, federated, and hybrid governance structures

### Foundation Pack

Charter, principles, roles, meetings, and decision rights

### Intake & Triage

Registration, risk tiering, routing, and AI inventory

### Review & Assurance

Impact assessments, model cards, security review, and red-teaming

### Operations

Monitoring, incidents, policy refresh, training, and reporting

### Templates

All governance artifacts in one place

### Standards & Regulations

NIST AI RMF, ISO 42001, EU AI Act, and crosswalks

### Real-World Patterns

How Microsoft, IBM, NSW, Yale, and others do it