AI-Powered Legacy Documentation & Modernization

Your legacy systems custom platforms Salesforce ServiceNow NetSuite finally documented.

Decades of business logic are trapped in systems nobody fully understands. Catalio extracts that knowledge with AI, creates a living specification, and makes every migration and modernization safe.

40%
Faster migrations*
90%
AI code gen accuracy*
100%
Rule preservation
Zero
Knowledge lost

*Based on early adopter results

Backed by enterprise veterans

WS
Wayne Shurts
3x Fortune 500 CIO
JW
Jonathan Williams
Enterprise Tech Founder
WS
Wesley Story
Transformational CIO

The Platform

What is Catalio?

AI connects to your platforms, surfaces what they actually do, and keeps that knowledge current as your software evolves.

Step 1

Extract

AI connects to your platforms and surfaces every business rule, process, and dependency — automatically.

Step 2

Understand

Get a complete living specification — your "today" state with features, requirements, and coverage. Always accurate.

Step 3

Evolve

Plan and deliver changes with full context. AI gap-analyzes every initiative. Your spec updates as you ship.

The Process

How Catalio Works

From connection to living specification in six steps.

1

Connect your application

Link your legacy system, custom platform, or business SaaS — via repository, API, or metadata export.

2

Sync components

We pull in every building block: fields, endpoints, rules, objects, and UI elements with full metadata.

3

AI enrichment

Every component gets an AI summary and semantic tags — searchable by purpose, not just name.

4

Extract requirements

Reverse-engineer features, requirements, and policies from your enriched inventory. This is your baseline.

5

Living dashboard

Your application becomes a real-time PRD: features, requirements, acceptance criteria, and coverage.

6

Create initiatives

Plan changes against your living spec. AI gap-analysis ensures documentation always reflects today.

The Problem We Solve

The Legacy Knowledge Crisis

Your most critical systems are the ones nobody fully understands anymore.

Without Catalio
legacy_billing_system undocumented
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0% documented

The engineers who built your core systems retired — their knowledge went with them

Modernization projects stall because no one can map what the system actually does

Business rules buried in COBOL, stored procedures, and tribal knowledge

Every migration is a high-risk bet — you don't know what you'll break

With Catalio
legacy_billing_system 87% documented
Invoice Processing 96%
Payment Reconciliation 91%
Tax Calculation 72%
Batch Jobs 28%
87%

AI extracts every business rule, process, and dependency automatically

Every modernization starts from a complete, verified picture — not guesswork

Gap analysis compares legacy logic against the target — nothing slips through

The living specification follows you from legacy to modern — always current

Capabilities

Core Capabilities

The building blocks that make Catalio more than documentation.

Knowledge Preservation

Capture decades of business logic, custom workflows, and institutional knowledge before it's lost. Every rule, every process, every decision — documented and searchable.

Zero institutional knowledge loss

AI-Powered SDLC

Transform documentation into AI-ready context. Generate accurate prompts with the business rules AI tools need.

generated prompt
"Implement invoice validation that checks tax rates per state, validates against approval thresholds..."
90% better AI code gen

Risk-Free Modernization

Migrate with confidence. Extract business rules, map them to target architectures, and trace every requirement.

legacy
147
modern
147
40% faster migrations

Continuous Traceability

Living connections between business capabilities and implementations. Know what changed, why it changed, and what it impacts — across every release cycle.

100% business rule preservation
End-to-end encryption
Role-based access control
SSO support
Multi-tenant isolation
Full audit logging

Every application has a story.
Catalio makes sure it's written down.

Platforms

From Legacy to Modern

Start with the systems nobody fully understands. Then extend to the platforms you're migrating to.

Source Systems

Legacy ERP

COBOL, AS/400, custom databases

undocumented

Custom Billing

Java, stored procedures, batch jobs

undocumented

Home-grown CRM

PHP, MySQL, 15 years of patches

partially known

Internal Tools

Python scripts, Excel macros, Access DBs

tribal knowledge
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Target Platforms

Salesforce

CRM, Apex, Flows, custom objects

45% faster migration

ServiceNow

ITSM, workflows, scripts, tables

60% less implementation time

NetSuite

ERP, SuiteScript, financial processes

50% faster customization

Any Modern Platform

Cloud-native, APIs, microservices

100% rule preservation

Already on a modern platform?

Catalio documents your existing Salesforce, ServiceNow, or NetSuite customizations too — not just migrations.

Leadership

Our Advisory Board

Industry leaders guiding our vision for legacy documentation and enterprise change management.

Wayne Shurts

Wayne Shurts

3x Public Company CIO

Board Director

Wayne has 40 years experience assisting food, consumer products, distribution and retail companies transform their businesses worldwide. Wayne has served as Chief Information Officer at three major public companies and as a member of the Board of Directors at two more. He is a Boardroom Certified Qualified Technology Expert (QTE) and a 2017 inductee into the CIO Magazine Hall of Fame.

Jonathan Williams

Jonathan Williams

Tech Founder | People Advocate

West Monroe

Two decades guiding digital transformation at Apple, Bloomberg, and BMW. Co-founded The Plum Tree Group and ForceIQ (acquired by Huron). Specializes in bringing innovative ideas to life that keep companies nimble in a changing world.

Wesley Story

Wesley Story

Transformational Technologist | CIO

Genesys

Visionary and collaborative technology executive who builds high-performing global organizations and leads enterprise-scale transformation at the intersection of innovation, operations, and data/analytics.

Get Started

Ready to finally understand your systems?

Get a personalized demo showing how Catalio extracts and documents your platform's business logic.

First app documented in days

Not months. Connect, sync, and see results fast.

Enterprise-grade security

Encryption, RBAC, SSO, and multi-tenant isolation built in.

Guided onboarding

Our team helps you connect your first platform and validate results.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know about Catalio.

Still have questions? Reach out to our team

What is Catalio?

Catalio is a change management system with documentation as the foundation. We connect to your platforms, extract institutional knowledge with AI, and create a living system of record for how your software is built and changed — from legacy systems to modern SaaS.

What platforms does Catalio support?

Native support for Salesforce, ServiceNow, and NetSuite, plus any application with APIs or metadata access — COBOL mainframes, custom ERP, internal tools, and legacy databases. Our connector library is growing, and Catalio works with any system your team builds on.

How is Catalio different from Confluence or wikis?

Catalio extracts documentation from your platforms automatically — it's not a wiki that depends on someone writing and updating pages. It's AI-generated, human-verified living documentation that stays current as your systems change. No more stale docs.

How does the AI extraction work?

Catalio connects to your platforms and pulls in metadata, configurations, and customizations. AI analyzes each component, generates plain-language summaries and semantic tags, then structures everything into features and requirements for your team to review and verify.

How long does it take to get started?

Most organizations have their first application documented within days. Connect your system, let AI sync and enrich your components, and review the extracted specification. For enterprise-wide adoption, we recommend a phased approach starting with high-priority systems.

Does Catalio replace our existing documentation?

No — it complements and connects. Catalio becomes the source of truth for how systems are built and changed, linking to your existing docs, wikis, and artifacts rather than replacing them. Think of it as the living layer on top.

Can Catalio help with platform migrations?

Yes — that's one of our strongest use cases. Extract business rules from the source platform, map them to the target architecture, and trace every requirement through implementation. Teams report 40% faster migrations with zero business logic loss.

Is Catalio secure enough for enterprise use?

Enterprise-grade encryption at rest and in transit, role-based access control, comprehensive audit logging, and SSO support via SAML 2.0 and OAuth 2.0. Security and data protection are foundational to our platform.

What if we don't have legacy systems?

Catalio is for any organization that wants to understand and document how their software works. New platforms benefit from living documentation too — start the spec before you build, and keep it current as the system grows.