audit-support

audit-support is a skill from Anthropic's knowledge-work plugins, listed on skills.sh. It supports SOX 404 compliance work, covering control testing methodology, sample selection, testing documentation standards, the classification of control deficiencies and common control types. It is for generating testing workpapers and assessing internal controls over financial reporting. The methodology it sets out runs in six parts: scoping the significant accounts and their assertions, assessing the risk of material misstatement for each account, identifying the controls that address each risk, testing the design and operation of key controls, evaluating whether deficiencies exist and how severe they are, and reporting the assessment and any material weaknesses. The page is clear that the skill assists with SOX workflows but gives no audit or legal advice, and that workpapers and assessments should be reviewed by qualified financial professionals. It suits finance and compliance teams preparing for an audit who want consistent documentation, with the final judgments left to the auditors and the professionals who review the work.…