Evidence by screenshot
Change approval "records" are Slack threads and ticket comments, reassembled by hand every time compliance asks.
Use case · Compliance & audit
Prove who changed what, and who approved it.
When the auditor asks how production data is protected from unauthorized changes, the answer should be a filterable log — not a folder of screenshots. Shipyard makes separation of duties and change evidence a byproduct of how your team already works.
The problem
Audit season shouldn't be an archaeology project.
No separation of duties
The person who writes the change is the person who runs it. There is no enforced second set of eyes on production writes.
Access nobody can explain
Shared credentials and direct prod connections mean you cannot say who touched the database — let alone why.
How Shipyard helps
Controls that generate their own evidence.
Every migration, approval, release, and admin action is recorded as it happens — so the audit trail is always current.
System-wide audit log
Every action — migrations, approvals, releases, user and settings changes — lands in a filterable, admin-only audit log.
Enforced approvals
Require as many distinct approvals as your policy demands, and decide whether authors may approve their own changes.
Separation of duties, built in
Authors propose, reviewers approve, releasers apply — through a dedicated write connection only Shipyard controls.
Environment-aware policy
Production can require a stricter approval bar than staging. The rules live with the project, not in a wiki.
How it works
From first connection to governed changes.
Encode your change policy
Set approvers, releasers, approval counts, and self-approval rules per project and environment.
Route all writes through Shipyard
Keep the production write credential behind Shipyard so every change follows the governed path.
Work normally
The team proposes, reviews, and releases migrations — evidence accumulates automatically.
Answer auditors in minutes
Filter the audit log by actor, action, or time range and export the story of any change.
Make your next audit a filter, not a fire drill.
Self-host Shipyard so the evidence never leaves your infrastructure.