Opening a panel may require a screwdriver. In this case this is not acceptable for flightcrew as special tooling is required.
Read your MEL and your FOM, you may be allowed to "rectify" a minor fault as an "operational" item, i.e. resetting the APU overspeed CB in the avionics bay, but nothing which requires any tools.
Documentation of aircraft and crew is perfectly ok, and as soon as there are visible system deteriorations, i.e. oil leaks, tire cuts etc, the SAFA inspectors can (must) take respective actions and engineering support has to provide further inputs.
Not even a Bite test on the FMS is part of flight crew operational procedures.
End of procedure!