Copilot for Requirements Engineering

Domain-Driven Requirement
Engineering
Built for Developers and AI

Structured, atomic, workflow-ready requirements for execution. Always in sync.

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83+ structured fields

Each requirement carries acceptance criteria, risk flags, domain tags, and traceability. No blanks, no guessing.

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Workflows, modeled

Every actor, step, and decision mapped from your real process. End-to-end visibility, ready to execute.

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One click handoff

Export an SRS, open Jira tickets, sync Linear, or stream specs to AI agents over MCP.

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Compliance ready

Output maps to ISO 29148, IEEE 830, and SOC 2. Ready for audit review from day one.

THE PROBLEM

Software doesn't fail in code.
It fails at the requirements

  • Months lost to manual requirement gathering.avg 3–6 months · per release cycle
  • Ambiguity causes rework and missed deadlines.~40% of dev time · spent re-clarifying
  • AI tools fail without structured inputs.prose ≠ spec · models can't reason on it
THE SOLUTION · ZAPTOLINE

A live requirements graph.
Not a one-shot generator.

CORE CAPABILITIES

Built for Enterprise-Scale Engineering

The full requirements stack: structured, atomic, compliant, and AI-ready. All under one graph.

01 · STRUCTURED

Structured Requirement System

EPIC → Feature → Story → Use Case with full traceability and hierarchy.

  • 4-level requirement tree
  • Parent-child link integrity
  • Drill-down from epic to test
EPIC · AuthFeature · MFAStory · LoginUse CaseTest · TC-04REQUIREMENT TREE
02 · ATOMIC

Atomic-Level Precision

Attribute-level detailing eliminates ambiguity for Developers and AI.

  • 83 fields per spec
  • Trigger · action · acceptance
  • Auto-linked tests & SLAs
UC-AUTH-001 · MFA Verifyv1.4TRIGGERUser submits OTP within 30 sACTIONValidate TOTP store + audit logACCEPT2xx in <200 ms · 0 % driftTEST · TC-04SLA · 99.9 %
03 · COMPLIANCE

Business Rules & Compliance

Built-in validations, regulatory rules, and edge case coverage.

  • NIST · GDPR · HIPAA · PCI
  • Citation pinned to clause
  • Re-validated on rule change
If txn > $10 000 → trigger AML review31 CFR § 1020.315(a)(1)NISTGDPRHIPAAPCI-DSSEDGE CASESBoundary $9 999.99Currency conv.
04 · COVERAGE

API, UI & Integration Coverage

Covers front-end, backend, APIs, and system integrations end-to-end.

  • UI · API · Integrations
  • OpenAPI 3.0 contract export
  • Cross-system traceability
UI · ReactAPI · FastDB · PGopenapi.yaml · v3.1.0paths:/auth/verify:post: MFA verify {…}
05 · AI-READY

AI + Developer Ready

Outputs optimized for human teams and AI code-generation agents.

  • SRS · BPMN · Jira · Linear
  • MCP-ready for Cursor & Claude
  • One-click handoff & sync
SRS74 reqsJJira24 ticketsLLinearsyncedMCPCursor+ ClaudeOne-click handoffSynced 12 s ago · 24 tickets
CODEBASE → REQUIREMENTS

Legacy code
reverse engineering

Point Zaptoline at a GitHub URL, a ZIP, or a paste of code. Three passes detect the language, framework, and architecture, then ship atomic requirements, NFR checks, and a workflow you can hand to a new team.

Ingest from

GitHub
GitLab
ZIP
Paste code
ingest.log
stack.json
graph.yaml
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$ curl -X POST /api/v1/codebase/import -d '{"source": "github.com/acme/loan-origination"}'
 
[pass 1 · reconnaissance]
→ fetched 412 files · 187k LOC
→ languages:Python 71%TypeScript 22%SQL 5%YAML 2%
→ frameworks:FastAPISQLAlchemyReactCeleryRedis
→ industry:banking → loan origination
 
[pass 2 · per-module requirements]
→ auth/ 14 requirements · 3 NFRs
→ kyc/ 22 requirements · 5 NFRsFFIEC · CCPA
→ underwriting/ 19 requirements · 4 NFRs
→ disbursement/ 11 requirements · 2 NFRsPCI-DSS
 
[pass 3 · synthesis]
→ resolved 7 contradictions · 412 dependency edges
→ traceability matrix built · swimlane rendered
 
✓ done in 1m 47s · 74 requirements · 17 NFRs · 17 citations
DELIVERABLES / INTEGRATIONS

Build-ready artifacts, every release

Every output is generated from the same atomic requirements graph, so an SRS, a BPMN, and a Jira ticket can never disagree.

SRS · DOCX
WWordXCSV
Full SRS Document
IEEE-style sections, traceability matrix, compliance appendix. Exported as Word DOCX or CSV.
BPMN 2.0
CCamundaDdraw.io
Swimlane / BPMN
Standards-compliant BPMN XML. Imports into any BPMN modeler.
TICKETS
JJiraLLinear
Jira / Linear Tickets
Bi-directional sync · acceptance criteria pushed as subtasks.
MCP · IDE
CCursorAClaude
MCP Server
Read & write requirements from any MCP-compatible IDE agent.
ATOMIC-LEVEL REQUIREMENTS

Atomic Requirements

Typical · how most docs write it
Not executable
REQ-001 · Authentication
“The system shall be secure and authenticate users in a timely manner.”
  • × no priority · no trigger / action
  • × no acceptance criteria · no tests
  • × no citation · no traceability
Zaptoline · atomic, machine-ready
Build-ready
REQ-AUTH-014 · v3
The system SHALL verify second-factor OTP within 30 seconds of password submission
MUST
Type
Functional → Authentication · Security
Trigger
on password.verified == true
Action
send OTP via gateway · 30s SLA · retry 1×
Citation
NIST 800-63B · §5.1.4
Tests
TC-AUTH-014.1 · .2 · .3
Linked
REQ-AUTH-013 · NODE-LOGIN-04
Acceptance
OTP delivered <30s for 99% of requests
CLOSED-LOOP SPEC ENGINEERING

Know what breaks before you export

Talk to them. Edit them. Prove them. Every change is impact-checked, audit-logged, and compliance-validated. One closed loop from ask to audit.

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ASK · EDIT · DELETE

Just chat.

live · banking · loan-origination
Edit REQ-AUTH-008: session timeout → 15 min.
↳ impact-checkedUpdated. 2 nodes touched · still passes PCI-DSS 8.2.8.
Delete the duplicate OTP retry rule.
↳ audit-loggedRemoved REQ-AUTH-014. Revert + diff in the ISO 27001 trail.

Ask a regulation, edit a requirement, delete what's wrong. The graph stays consistent.

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IMPACT · BLAST RADIUS

Before you save.

IMPACT PREVIEW · runningMEDIUM
16 items will be touched if you save
7REQS
3NODES
2RULES
4TESTS

Real-time blast radius across links, workflow, compliance, tests, and semantically-similar specs. Severity-ranked.

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AUDIT · COMPLIANCE

Auditor-ready trail.

AUDIT TRAIL · written
14:02:11REQ-AUTH-014 edit · alice@
14:02:13REQ-AUTH-014 saved · diff preserved
14:02:14CITATION NIST-800-63B re-validated
↩ One-click revert · CSV-exportable

Diff preserved, citations re-validated, one-click revert. Ready for ISO 27001 and SOC 2 evidence packs.

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