Write a good use description
Veillo classifies the use, not the logo, so the description you give a tool decides its tier. A vague description gets a vague answer. A concrete one gets a useful one.
Updated May 2026
Why the wording matters
The same tool can be minimal-risk or high-risk depending on what you do with it. So the classification rests on your description of the use. Get it concrete and the tier is accurate; leave it vague and you either over-classify and create work, or under-classify and miss a duty.
What makes a good one
- Say what the tool actually does, not the fact that you have it. Name the task.
- Say who or what it acts on: internal content, customers, job applicants, your own staff.
- Say whether it informs a decision about a person, and how much weight it carries.
- If you use one tool in two ways, add it as two uses so each is judged on its own.
Vague versus concrete
- Vague: "We use ChatGPT for work." Concrete: "Drafting internal emails and summarising meeting notes." That reads as minimal-risk.
- Vague: "An AI tool for hiring." Concrete: "Ranking job applicants before a human shortlist." That reads as a high-risk recruitment use.
If a description leaves Veillo unsure, you will see an AI-assisted suggestion to confirm rather than a settled answer. See how Veillo classifies a system.
The two ways Veillo decides a risk tier: the counsel-reviewed catalog and AI-assisted suggestions you confirm. Plus the four tiers and why the basis is always shown.
How to build your risk register with the add-systems wizard: pick tools from the library or add your own, then say what you use each one for.
High-risk and prohibited classifications wait for human sign-off. How to review the reasoning, confirm a system, or reclassify it if it is wrong.
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