RuleAgent helps maritime engineers, technical teams and newcomers quickly find relevant DNV rules and standards using AI – aiming to deliver faster navigation, targeted results, and full traceability to official sources.
Maritime regulations are complex, extensive and continuously evolving. The industry spends significant time locating relevant requirements across multiple documents, chapters and editions. This slows down workflows and makes it challenging to quickly identify applicable information.
RuleAgent addresses this challenge by providing access to DNV’s official rule content with the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI). Developed by DNV and connected to the DNV rules and standards database, RuleAgent guides users to relevant sections and aims to provide clear summaries of the content.
Key benefits
Faster access to relevant rule content
RuleAgent helps you to reduce the time you spend manually searching across multiple PDFs and documents by guiding you to potentially relevant rule sections. This enables quicker orientation and more efficient use of engineering and operational resources.
Traceable and transparent by design
All responses include direct links to DNV’s official Rules and Standards Explorer. This ensures you can verify information at the source and apply professional judgement based on authoritative content.
Guidance tailored to your vessel
When a vessel is selected, RuleAgent uses the vessel information, such as ship type and class notations, to help narrow down the applicable regulatory content. This means you get better targeted searches with improved relevance.
Note: Currently, this feature is available for Fleet customers only.
Supporting learning and onboarding
By helping you to find relevant rule sections and references in real time, RuleAgent also supports learning and onboarding. Whether you are an experienced professional or a new user, you can easily explore DNV’s regulatory framework and become familiar with the requirements applicable to your business.
How RuleAgent works?
Direct integration with DNV rule databases
Easy access to authoritative content with edition-specific references.
Natural language interface
Explore regulatory content using everyday language.
Vessel-tailored guidance
Integrate vessel information for more tailored results. (Currently available for Fleet customers only)
Available in existing DNV portals
Access through the Fleet Status, NB, CMC and A-ViO portals you use everyday.
How to use RuleAgent?
Here is a step-by-step interactive guide on using RuleAgent and its features.
Responsible use of AI
DNV’s AI tools are designed as assistive services. They are intended to enhance customer use of our services, but are not a substitute for them. It does not constitute a DNV decision, certification or binding statement.
AI-generated outputs may be simplified, incomplete, or contain inaccuracies due to automated interpretation of complex material. Users should verify references and apply professional responsibility when using these tools, which provide traceable links to authoritative sources for direct validation.
DNV develops and deploys AI with a strong focus on transparency, traceability, and responsible use.
“Being guided directly to the relevant rule sections has reduced the time I normally spend searching through documentation and helped me get a faster overview of unfamiliar topics.”
“As someone new to shipping, RuleAgent helped me quickly find information and answer questions that even colleagues couldn’t. It has become my go-to reference for rule-related queries.”
Head of Digital Transformation, Stena
FAQs
No. RuleAgent supports you in navigating and finding regulatory content. Official rules and standards remain the authoritative source and must always be consulted.
Rules for Ships (RU-SHIP) and Rules for Offshore Units (RU-OU), including relevant documents referenced by the rules such as Class Guidelines (CG), Class Programs (CP), Statutory Interpretations (SI), Standards (ST), Offshore Standards (OS), and Recommended Practices (RPs). Further expansion is planned.
Currently through the Fleet Status, Newbuilding (NB), Certification of Materials and Components (CMC), and Approval – Vessel in operation (A-ViO) portals.
No. RuleAgent supports users by guiding them to relvant DNV rule content and references. Final applicability and compliance assessments remain the responsibility of the user and should be based on authoritative rule content.
