Should-vs-Is Engine — HELM Diagram
Should-vs-Is Engine
COMMERCIAL
DRIFT DETECTION
HELM AI Enterprise compares company policy against actual artifacts. Drift triggers governed remediation.
Should-vs-Is Engine
Should-vs-Is engine: policy specification (should) is compared to actual artifacts (is), with drift triggering governed remediation through HELM.
SHOULD
Policy & Specs
Compliance rules
Approved plans
IS
Actual Artifacts
Code & configs
Deployments & docs
Compare
Drift?
Should ≠ Is
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Draft Fix
Generated Spec
Policy check
HELM
Policy
Identity
Sandbox
Governed action
Fix Applied
Governed
Result updates the "Is" state
Text description
Should
— Company policy, approved specs, compliance requirements
Is
— Actual artifacts: code, docs, configs, deployments
Compare
— AI finds mismatches between should and is
Draft Fix
— AI proposes a remediation
HELM Check
— Fix passes through execution boundary
Governed Action
— Approved fix is applied with proof