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Getting Started with MandateMind

A step‑by‑step guide to setting up your tenant, adding users, selecting frameworks, and uploading your first evidence.

Updated March 2026

Welcome to MandateMind AI

MandateMind is designed to give you clarity, structure, and audit‑grade readiness from day one. This guide walks you through the essential steps to get your environment set up and ready for compliance work.

“Most teams reach meaningful readiness insights within their first 30 minutes in MandateMind.”

Step 1 — Tenant Creation

Your tenant is your organization’s dedicated workspace inside MandateMind. It includes your frameworks, evidence, controls, users, and auditor access.

How Tenants Are Created

Step 2 — Add Users

You can invite team members, vCISOs, MSP partners, or auditors depending on your plan.

User Roles

Admin — Full access to all settings and evidence
Contributor — Upload evidence and manage controls
Auditor — Read‑only access to structured audit view
  

Step 3 — Select Your Frameworks

MandateMind supports multiple frameworks out of the box. You can enable or disable frameworks based on your compliance goals.

Step 4 — Upload Your First Evidence

Evidence is the foundation of your readiness score. Uploading your first file triggers AI interpretation and begins your compliance journey.

  1. Go to Evidence
  2. Click Upload Evidence
  3. Select a file
  4. Optionally map it to a mandate or control
  5. Submit and review AI insights

Step 5 — Review Your Readiness Dashboard

After uploading evidence, your readiness dashboard updates automatically.

What You’ll See

Step 6 — Invite Your Auditor (Optional)

Auditors receive a clean, read‑only view of your mandates, controls, and evidence — no clutter, no risk.

Auditor Access Includes:
✓ Read‑only evidence viewer
✓ Mandate → Control mapping
✓ Version history
✓ Export tools
  

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