Decades of business logic are trapped in systems nobody fully understands. Engineers who built core systems retired – their knowledge went with them. Business rules are buried in COBOL, stored procedures, and tribal knowledge. Every modernization project is a high-risk bet because you don’t know what you’ll break.
Catalio changes this.
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 Catalio Does
Extract Institutional Knowledge
AI connects to your platforms and surfaces every business rule, process, and dependency automatically. Whether it’s a legacy ERP, a customized Salesforce org, or an internal tool built over 15 years – Catalio pulls in the complete picture.
Create Living Specifications
Get a complete picture of your software that’s always accurate, never stale. Unlike static documentation that drifts from reality the moment it’s written, Catalio’s living specification updates as your systems change.
Modernize with Confidence
Plan and deliver changes with full context. Catalio’s AI gap analysis compares what exists today against where you want to go – ensuring nothing slips through the cracks during migrations and transformations.
What You Get
| Outcome | How Catalio gets you there |
|---|---|
| Faster migrations | Start from a complete, verified picture instead of guesswork |
| Better AI code generation | AI tools get the exact business rules and context they need |
| Business rules preserved | Gap analysis surfaces every rule so nothing is lost silently |
| No lost knowledge | Institutional knowledge is captured, structured, and searchable |
Platform Support
Catalio works with the systems your team already uses:
- Available today: Salesforce (Beta), GitHub, Linear, Azure DevOps (work-item linking), Slack, and Microsoft Teams
- On the roadmap: ServiceNow and NetSuite
- Universal support: Any application with APIs or metadata access – COBOL mainframes, custom ERP, internal tools, legacy databases
- Modern platforms: Already on a modern platform? Catalio documents your existing customizations too
Azure DevOps work-item linking is available today through Issue Links; repository sync as a code provider is Planned.
See also: Salesforce · Azure DevOps · Issue Links · ServiceNow · SaaS Platform Configuration
Getting Started
Tip
- How Catalio Works – Understand the Extract, Understand, and Evolve approach
- Quick Start – Connect your first application
- Your First Catalio Workflow – Move from context to a working specification
- The Living Specification – Learn about always-current documentation
- Driving Catalio from Your IDE over MCP – Use Catalio from your development environment
- MCP Authentication – Authenticate your MCP client
Support
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