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Compare to your reference client

Diff a new client against your best-configured client so nothing from your standard setup gets missed.

ControlMap
Requires MCPby Greg Brydon · Solutions Engineer

Needs an LLM client connected to ScalePad MCP — Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf or similar. Without it the assistant cannot call the recipe's tools.

User prompt

2 inputs to fill
Treat [REFERENCE CLIENT] as our reference ControlMap setup. Compare [CLIENT NAME] against it and list differences in:
- Frameworks assigned
- Policies present in the reference but missing or still in template state
- Controls or mappings the new client lacks
- Types of evidence the reference collects that the new client doesn't (ignore the actual files)

Mark each difference as "likely intended" or "probably missed". Read-only.

How to work with the ControlMap API (ScalePad MCP):
- Find the client with GET /controlmap/v1/clients/health and use its tenant ID (for example "dundmif") in every request. Some clients have no UUID.
- Send the header Content-Type: application/json on every POST, PUT and PATCH, including searches.
- Use page_size of 50 or less and follow next_cursor. The "fields" parameter is ignored, so responses are large.
- Judge controls by "status", not the "compliant" flag. Objective lists include sub-objectives, so take totals from objective_summary.
- Use framework-level scores and labels. The overall score_label on client health can be wrong.
- Older policy sections may be URL-encoded twice: decode them and use the highest version of each section.
- If a call returns 502 or fails to connect, wait a few seconds and retry once. If it still fails, tell me exactly which data is missing.

# Compare to your reference client

Hook: Diff a new client against your best-configured client so nothing from your standard setup gets missed.

When to use it

After duplicating a tenant or setting one up by hand.

What you get

Differences grouped by frameworks, policies, controls and evidence.

Fill in the details

  • [REFERENCE CLIENT]: Reference client (Your best-configured client)
  • [CLIENT NAME]: Client name (e.g. Acme Dental)

Status

Tested against the ControlMap API on October 16, 2026. Only asks for what the API supports.

GBAuthorGreg BrydonSolutions Engineer · ScalePad

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