What tools do well
Compliance tools are useful for tracking control status, sending review reminders, storing policy documents and evidence, logging changes to AI systems and generating status reports. If the work is administrative and repeatable, a tool does it more reliably than a person.
What tools cannot do
They cannot decide whether a risk is acceptable. They cannot classify whether an AI system is high-risk under Annex III. They cannot determine whether a human oversight policy is adequate for a specific deployment context. Those decisions require judgement.
The practical dividing line
Use tools for tracking, reminders, document storage and status reporting. Use people for classification, risk assessment, policy review and accountability decisions.
AI Act Ready builds governance programmes where human decisions are explicit, documented and defensible, and the administrative work is as automated as it usefully can be.