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It seems the age of thinking in tools is at an end. While Large Language Models offer rapid text processing, generic chat interfaces struggle with complex layout analysis, historical scripts, and verifiable ground truth, and especially control over workflows. As a toolbox, Transkribus follows a different path, aiming for a necessary alternative and an essential complement to LLM-driven workflows. As a technologically agnostic metatool, historical document analysis is decoupled from opaque black-box architectures by utilizing open standards like PAGE XML for precise layout segmentation and deterministic ATR. Reproducible, fine-tuned models with downstream LLMs create a (more) transparent, hybrid pipeline that mitigates hallucinations, ethical, and ecological concerns while scaling digital humanities research.