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/ About /

Catio is an Architecture IDE that helps engineering teams make deliberate, well-grounded architecture decisions rather than letting systems evolve through drift. It connects live system context with decision-making workflows, enabling teams to define what gets built, generate execution-ready specs, and detect drift over time. It sits above coding IDEs, providing the decision layer that guides what those tools actually execute.

/ How it works /

Catio ingests live system and business context to surface dependencies and risks, helps evaluate options and trade-offs, produces execution-ready specs, and monitors for drift as the system evolves.

/ Who it's for /

Engineering and architecture teams at software companies

/ More info /

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Status
launched
Business model
unknown
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