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Instructions for use

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The information a provider of a high-risk AI system must give deployers: intended purpose, declared accuracy and robustness, known risks, how to read the output, human oversight measures, maintenance and logging 1. Best generated from the registry entry and test report, so the numbers match the evidence.

Developed in
ch. 14, The technical file
Chapters
ch. 14, Development · ch. 18, EU AI Act
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

11 chapters of the Body of Knowledge use the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

Patterns that use this term

7 pattern pages use the term, most mentions first.

  • Reasonably foreseeable misuse

    Use of an AI system not in accordance with its intended purpose that may result from reasonably foreseeable human behaviour or interaction with other systems…

  • High-risk AI system

    Under the EU AI Act, an AI system that is a safety component of, or itself, a product under Annex I legislation needing third-party conformity assessment, or…

  • Intended purpose

    The use for which the provider intends an AI system, including its specific context and conditions of use.

  • Failure to warn

    In product liability, a defect in instructions or warnings about non-obvious dangers.

  • Human oversight

    The measures that let natural persons understand, monitor and, when needed, override or stop a high-risk AI system, required by AI Act Article 14, including…

  • AI system

    For governance, the object the AI definition brings into scope.

  • Deployer

    Under the EU AI Act, whoever uses an AI system under its own authority, other than in a purely personal, non-professional activity.

  • Provider

    Under the EU AI Act, whoever develops an AI system or general-purpose AI model, or has one developed, and places it on the market or puts it into service…

Sources

  1. [1] Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act), consolidated text as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (Digital Omnibus on AI, in force 27 Jul 2026; definitions in Art. 3, incl. 3(1), 3(3) to 3(14), 3(14b), 3(20), 3(22), 3(23), 3(29) to 3(32), 3(49), 3(55) to 3(57), 3(60), 3(61), 3(63), 3(68); Arts. 4, 5, 6 (incl. 6(3) third subparagraph, profiling), 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 22 to 27 (incl. 26(11)), 40, 41, 43, 47, 48, 50, 53 (incl. 53(1)(c)), 55, 57, 60, 72, 73, 86; Annexes I, III, IV). Publications Office of the EU (EUR-Lex). 2026-07-27. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/2026-07-27/eng (verified: primary)

Definitions of legal terms paraphrase the cited text, which governs. Dated statements are as of .

Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). Instructions for use. In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/instructions-for-use. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026instructionsforuse,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Instructions for use}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/instructions-for-use}
}