The Audit Room at 9pm

What this means for you

Traceo is a requirements management platform built for the room a systems engineer is sitting in at 9pm with three baselines open in a diff. Audit grade for the procurement reviewer. Modern enough that a senior developer adopts it without grimacing. One product, both audiences, no compromise on either side.

The pitch

Capture intent, trace it through the system, baseline it, prove it. Versioned snapshots of every requirement, traceability surfaced as a graph instead of a hidden tab, and AI-assisted authoring that respects state instead of inventing it.

Who it’s for

The team writing requirements that have to survive a TÜV or FAA inspection, and the team writing requirements that have to survive a code review. Same job, different rooms.

Proof points

• Two real audiences named in PRODUCT.md, neither a primary: regulated systems and safety engineers, and software teams treating requirements like code
• Baseline management is a first-class concept, not a settings page: versioned snapshots of documents, code, and diagrams via the Ariel pipeline
• Design north star is a working room, not a marketing aesthetic: graphite chrome, one ember accent on no more than ten percent of any screen, no gradients in headers
• WCAG 2.2 AA strict is the floor, including data visualisation, because procurement teams run automated audits

mindmap
  root((Traceo))
    Capture
      AI-assisted authoring
      sessions
    Trace
      graph as a first-class view
      link types encoded redundantly
    Baseline
      versioned snapshots
      diff between releases
    Prove
      audit log
      procurement-grade clarity