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Document an AI decision your audit committee can review.
A 30-minute toolkit for compliance, legal, and risk professionals. Six PDFs, two interactive tools, one defensible Decision Record. Instant download.
Where this fits
One instrument. Part of a structured method.
Use the Toolkit standalone, or as a low-risk entry point before adopting the full frameworks. Same method, three depths of application.
Look inside
A Decision Record, sketched.
Five sections, one page of substance. Below: navigate the worked example shipped with the toolkit — a 90-day Microsoft Copilot pilot for HR CV pre-screening. Click a tab.
+ 2 more risks (Output relied on as decision; Candidate transparency) shown in the full toolkit.
Worked example shipped with the toolkit. The actual deliverables are an editable PDF template (auto-wrapping fillable fields) and a browser-based interactive compiler that runs offline.
What's in the toolkit
Eight files, ~30 pages, zero fluff.
Built around one question: how do you record an AI use decision in a form that survives audit, regulatory, or internal challenge six months later?
When to use it
Three scenarios this is built for.
If your team is at the point where one specific AI use case needs an answer that survives scrutiny — this is the right tool.
A pilot needs sign-off
Marketing, HR, or operations wants to run a 30 / 60 / 90-day AI pilot. You need a record that names the decision, the risks, and the person accepting them — before the pilot starts, not after.
A vendor proposed an integration
A SaaS provider has added an AI feature, or pitched one. You are deciding whether to enable it, and on what scope. The record makes the proportionality of that decision visible.
An internal request needs an answer
A team has asked permission to use a generative AI tool with company data. You can say yes, no, or yes-with-conditions — but you need the reasoning recorded and signed.
The conceptual core
Three operating principles.
A decision record is worth what it costs to produce only if these three ideas are visible on the page.
Contemporaneity
A decision is recorded before its consequences are known, or it is not a decision — it is a justification.
Adequate Information
Enough information to be defensible, not enough to be exhaustive. The record fits on one page when filled in.
Conscious Trade-Off
A named risk, a named benefit, a named person who accepts the residual risk on behalf of the organisation.
Where this fits
Designed to be sequential.
The toolkit teaches you what a Decision Record is. The Frameworks build the policy and approval scaffolding around it. The Suite is the integrated whole.
All tiers are listed on the Frameworks page.
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Document one decision your audit committee can review.
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The Toolkit is the entry point.
The Decision Protocol Institute publishes a full method — from one decision, to a category, to organisational policy. Explore the rest of the site.
The Decision Record Toolkit is published methodology. It does not constitute legal, regulatory, or compliance advice for any specific situation, and does not guarantee compliance with any specific regulation. The Decision Record you produce is your work product and your responsibility. Operator: Lamberto Iezzi · Venice, Italy · VAT IT04386320271. Payments processed by Dodo Payments (Merchant of Record).