Trace intelligence for expert workflows

Turn expert workflows into traceable intelligence.

Ekkovia captures how experts work, compares the documents behind the process, highlights source evidence, and turns tribal knowledge into searchable workflows your team can reuse.

Capture the process once. Let the knowledge echo forward.
Ekkovia — Trace · First Article Inspection
Extracted path
1Open work instruction WI-204Rev C · loaded from document control
2Check torque spec against Table 3references SPEC-118
3Capture measurement evidencecaliper reading · 12.04 mm
4Flag for QA reviewrequirement added in Rev C
Proof of work
WI-204 · Rev Cp. 4, §3.2verified

Built for the teams that run on tribal knowledge

Small manufacturersHardware startupsMachine shops Aerospace suppliersQuality & QA teamsContract manufacturers
The problem

Your best process lives in someone's head.

Critical work depends on people who know the real process — the shortcuts, the exceptions, the traps. When they're busy, work stalls. When they leave, the knowledge leaves with them.

Tribal knowledge walks out the door

The documented process isn't always the real one. The expert knows what actually works — and that knowledge isn't written down anywhere.

Work happens in motion, not in documents

The process lives in the clicks, the searches, the decisions, and the handoffs. Traditional documentation starts only after the work is already done.

Your experts became search engines

Where's that SOP? Which revision applies? What changed? Where does it say that? The same people get interrupted with the same questions all day.

Documentation is a bottleneck

Procedures change but training falls behind. Reports take longer than the investigation. Evidence gets pasted into PowerPoint by hand.

Revision changes hide real risk

What changed between Rev B and Rev C? Did a rule change or just the wording? Does it affect operators, QA, engineering, or audits?

Problem-solving never transfers

An expert doesn't just follow steps — they know what to check first, which evidence matters, and when to stop and ask engineering.

The intelligence layer

Ekkovia captures the path behind the work.

Instead of documenting after the fact, Ekkovia captures expert workflows as they happen and turns them into structured, searchable, reusable operational intelligence — while keeping human judgment in the loop.

Ghost Path

An expert performs a workflow. Ekkovia records the process, extracts the steps, captures the evidence, and creates a path another person — or an AI agent — can follow.

Trace

A trace is not just a recording. It's captured meaning — the action, the context, the evidence, the intent, the confidence, and the review state, all preserved together.

Echo

Expert knowledge shouldn't vanish when the task is done. It echoes forward as training, SOPs, search, audit evidence, and eventually AI-assisted execution.

The expert creates a ghost of their expertise.

ScreenTrace · Ghost Path

Capture tribal knowledge as it happens.

Ekkovia turns expert screen recordings into structured workflow traces, so teams can learn the process without chasing the expert every time. Record the expert once — reuse the path forever.

  • Captures the workflow straight from a screen recording
  • Extracts the steps and drafts an SOP automatically
  • Links the screenshots and clips that prove each step
  • Trains new hires by letting them follow the trace
  • Prepares workflows for future AI-agent assistance

Record the expert once. Reuse the path forever.

Steps extracted from recording
1Launch quoting toolcaptured · 0:04
2Apply material multiplierexpert shortcut · evidence attached
3Cross-check against price sheet Rev 90:41
4Export quote & log to job folder0:58
Impact Diff

Show what changed — and what it means for the work.

Ekkovia doesn't just show redlines. It explains whether a change affects operators, QA, engineering, training, or compliance — so a small edit never turns into a silent risk.

  • Side-by-side comparison of two revisions
  • Added, removed, and modified text — plus table and reference changes
  • Detects requirement and approval changes
  • Human-impact summary with the roles affected
  • Suggested actions and review flags

Show what changed and what it means for the work.

WI-204 · Rev B
Inspect every 50 parts
Torque: 8–12 Nm
Approval: Operator
WI-204 · Rev C
Inspect every 25 parts
Torque: 8–12 Nm
Approval: QA required
Impact: Inspection frequency doubled and a QA approval step was added. Affects Operators and QA. Update training and floor instructions.
Proof of Work

Every claim should have proof.

Ekkovia shows its work by capturing the exact source evidence behind every answer — so audits, engineering reviews, and customer questions are backed by proof, not assertions.

  • Source screenshots with bounding boxes around the evidence
  • Document metadata, revision context, and page / section references
  • Source file hash for traceability
  • Exportable, audit-ready evidence packet
  • A review trail that records who confirmed what

Every claim should have proof.

Source evidence
SPEC-118 · Rev 4p. 2, §1.4hash ✓signed: J. Ortiz, QA
Nested SOP Trace

Ask the SOP. See the rule chain.

When one procedure points to another, Ekkovia follows the trail and shows the rule chain behind the answer — including the conditions, exceptions, and anything that's missing.

  • Search across SOPs, specs, work instructions, and tables
  • Follow nested references across documents
  • Identify missing documents and unknown revisions
  • Extract conditions and exceptions into clear answer cards
  • Require human review wherever it matters

Ask the SOP. See the rule chain.

SOP QA-12 · Final inspection
↓ references
WI WI-204 · Torque procedure (Rev C)
↓ references
SPEC SPEC-118 · Fastener table
↓ references
! DRW-455 — referenced revision not found
Who it's for

For teams that run on expertise, not just paperwork.

Ekkovia fits companies moving from informal processes to digital workflows — teams that need workflow intelligence but aren't ready for a full MES.

Small manufacturers Hardware startups Production teams Quality & QA teams Operations teams Manufacturing engineers Document control Contract manufacturers Machine shops Aerospace suppliers Continuous improvement leads Teams with retiring experts
Before & after

From "ask the expert again" to "follow the trace."

Before Ekkovia

  • The expert repeats the same explanation
  • Screen recordings sit unused
  • SOPs are searched by hand
  • Revisions are compared by eye
  • Evidence is pasted into PowerPoint
  • New hires learn through interruption
  • Problem-solving paths disappear

With Ekkovia

  • The expert records the process once
  • Ekkovia extracts the reusable path
  • Workflows become searchable
  • Changes are summarized by impact
  • Source evidence is captured automatically
  • New hires follow the trace
  • Human review is always preserved
Trust & safety

AI finds the evidence. Humans make the call.

Ekkovia is built to amplify expert judgment, never to replace it. It surfaces the proof and flags what's uncertain — the final decision stays with your people.

It shows source evidence

Every answer points back to the exact document, page, and region it came from.

It flags uncertainty

Missing references, unknown revisions, and conditional rules are surfaced, not hidden.

It preserves review trails

Who confirmed what, and when — kept with the trace for audits and accountability.

Ekkovia does not approve controlled decisions. Humans make the final call.

Stop letting critical know-how disappear.

Capture your first expert workflow and turn tribal knowledge into traceable intelligence.

The expert does the work once. Ekkovia captures the path so the knowledge can echo forward.