Know when a business definition changes, what it breaks, and what it costs.
SynkBase watches the definitions your reports, teams and AI assistants depend on. When one changes in one place and not the others, you see everything it affects and the rework cost, calculated from your own delivery data.
In developmentBuilt with a small group of design partners
Built to connect to the tools where definitions live
None of these connectors is live yet. Design partners decide which ones we build first.
- JiraTickets & specsPlanned
- ConfluenceWiki pagesPlanned
- SharePointDocumentsPlanned
- WordDocumentsPlanned
- Power BIDashboardsPlanned
- TableauDashboardsPlanned
- SAPERPPlanned
- DatabasesSQL tables & viewsPlanned
- Notion & ObsidianDocs & notesPlanned
- Trello & ClickUpTask boardsPlanned
- GitHub & GitLabCode repositoriesPlanned
- AI assistantsReceive approved definitionsPlanned
Missing a tool? Request an integration and tell us what you keep in it.
Four systems, four definitions of the same customer
Business definitions are copied into tickets, wikis, dashboards and now AI assistants. Each copy drifts on its own schedule. The difference shows up as two numbers that should match and don't, usually in front of someone senior.
What definition drift isThe same edit, two very different months
- 1Day 1 A definition is edited in one ticket. The wiki, the dashboard and the AI assistant keep using the old one.
- 2Day 9 A dashboard refresh still runs on the old version. Nothing flags it.
- 3Day 28 Two numbers that should match disagree at month end. Nobody can say what else depended on the change.
- 4Day 30 Rework is logged as unplanned work with no figure attached. The approval history is an email thread, if there is one.
- 1Day 1 The change is compared with the approved version, and the owners of every dependent term, report and ticket are told.
- 2Day 2 Everything downstream is listed with its path, and the rework is priced from story points, day rates and ticket status.
- 3Day 3 The decision is approved and recorded in an append-only trail.
One governed layer between where definitions are written and where they are used
From a quiet edit to a decision on record
- Step 1DetectA connected system moves away from the approved definition.
- Step 2TraceEvery term, report and ticket that depends on it is listed.
- Step 3PriceRework cost is calculated from your tracker data.
- Step 4GovernThe change goes to the right approvers and is recorded.
- Step 5ServePeople and AI assistants get the approved version.
A cost figure you can check line by line
SynkBase calculates the rework cost of a definition change from story points, role day rates and ticket status in your own tracker. No language model is involved, and every total opens up to the tickets behind it.
See the calculationNotes on definitions, drift and cost
What breaks when a business definition changes
A definition is rarely stored in one place. When one copy moves and the others don't, the damage shows up far from the edit, and late.
How we calculate the rework cost of a definition change
Story points, role day rates and ticket status. Why the figure is plain arithmetic, how gaps are handled, and why no AI model is involved.
Questions we get asked
Something else? Ask the founders.
What does SynkBase do?
It keeps an approved version of each business definition, detects when a connected system moves away from it, traces every term, report, document and work item that depends on it, and calculates the rework cost of the change from your own delivery data. Changes then go through approval and are recorded in an append-only audit trail.
Is the rework cost estimated by AI?
No. It is plain arithmetic: story points, converted to days, multiplied by the role day rate and a multiplier for how far each ticket had progressed. Your organisation sets the rates and multipliers. The same inputs always give the same result, and every total opens up to the tickets behind it.
Which systems does it connect to?
Planned connectors cover Jira and Confluence, Word and SharePoint, Power BI and Tableau, SAP and relational databases, and collaboration tools such as Notion. Design partners influence which come first.
Can I use it today?
Not yet as a general product. We are building SynkBase with a small number of design partners, who get early access on their own definitions.
How does it work with AI assistants?
Assistants and agents can ask SynkBase for a term and receive the approved definition with its version and approval state, instead of whatever text they find first. They see only what the person they act for is allowed to see.
Who is it for?
Organisations where a changed definition has an audit, regulatory or board-level consequence. Inside them: finance, engineering, audit and compliance, and quality leaders, who usually feel the same change in four different ways.