/Last Saturday, I was staring at a pile of generic SOC 2 templates. You know the ones the "copy-paste" documents that consultants often charge $1000+ just to "customize" with your logo.
I thought: “We are in the AI era. Why am I manually editing Word docs in 2026?”
So, I spent my weekend building a Virtual Policy Writer using Claude AI. I didn't just give it a prompt; I engineered a "brain" for it using a skill.md file.
Github Project Link: https://github.com/Monst3rSec/Virtual-Policy-Writer/
The result? I generated 25 custom, audit-ready policies in 40 minutes. And because the output is pure Markdown (.md), they are already sitting in my GitHub repo, ready for version control.
The Real Problem: The "Template Tax"
Let's be real, the "hidden" costs of traditional policy writing are still brutal:
The Format Trap: Most consultants deliver PDFs or Word docs. They are impossible to track, difficult to diff, and a nightmare to manage at scale.
The Context Gap: You download a template, but you still spend hours tweaking it so it doesn't mention "on-premise servers" when you're 100% on AWS.
The Maintenance Trap: When your tech stack changes (e.g., adopting Kubernetes), you have to manually hunt down every document. There is no "Search and Replace" for a locked PDF.
My Weekend Build: The "Virtual Policy Writer" Framework
I taught Claude to stop acting like a chatbot and start acting like a Senior Compliance Architect. My skill.md file (which I'm sharing in my repo) contains:
Direct TSC Mapping: It knows exactly which policy paragraph satisfies which SOC 2 control (from CC1.1 to CC9.2).
Tech-Stack Awareness: It understands cloud-native infrastructure. If you use AWS KMS or Terraform, the policy reflects that—no more generic fluff.
Markdown Integration: It generates clean
.mdfiles. This means your policies live alongside your code, allowing for real-time updates and GitHub PR reviews for every policy change.
Why Markdown? (Compliance as Code)
By outputting to .md instead of a static PDF, we unlock a "GitOps" approach to compliance:
Real-time Updates: Change a variable in the
skill.md, regenerate, and see the diff immediately.Audit Trail: GitHub provides a perfect, timestamped history of every policy change for your auditor.
No More Manual Formatting: Clean, consistent headers and lists every single time.
Metric | Traditional DIY/Freelance | Virtual Writer (Claude) |
Output Format | Locked PDF/Word | Live Markdown (.md) |
Drafting Time | 3–5 Days | 40 Minutes |
Direct Cost | ₹75,000+ (or 40+ hrs) | ~$1-2 (API Credits) |
Updates | Slow & Manual | GitHub Commit / PR |
Why This is My New Favorite Weekend Project
This isn't just about speed. It’s about "Compliance as Code." When your policies are generated as Markdown files from a structured skill file, they become a living part of your workflow, not a dusty document in a Google Drive folder.
What’s Next?
I’m currently refining the Virtual Policy Writer as a weekend hobby to handle different frameworks. My next targets are:
ISO 27001 Module: Mapping existing SOC 2 logic to ISO Annex A controls.
The Privacy Wrap: Adding specific data protection safeguards to the core writer.
I’m open-sourcing the SOC 2 Virtual Policy Writer skill.md on GitHub. Stop spending your weekends on manual documentation. Let’s automate the boring stuff.
Want to chat about GRC automation?
If you're a security lead or a founder tired of "Template Hell" and want to move your policies into GitHub, let's connect. I'm looking for two people to test the "Beta" version of the skill file this week.
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