How it works

Four stages.
Each one has a boundary.

Seamward carries one integration incident from redacted evidence to a validated, approved repair. Every stage has a defined limit, and the limits are the product.

  1. 01

    Observe

    Evidence leaves your process as structure.

  2. 02

    Detect

    Contract, behaviour, and outcome are compared.

  3. 03

    Reproduce

    The failure replays with the network denied.

  4. 04

    Approve

    You record the decision. Nothing deploys.

01 · Observe

Add evidence without moving traffic

The collector wraps an integration after its normal execution path. It never proxies a request, and it fails open. Redaction and hashing run in your process, so what leaves it is structure: field paths, types, hashes, and timing. The same shape of call exists for webhooks, outbound HTTP, queues, and scheduled feeds.

Never on the request path. If Seamward is down, your integration is not.

candidate-webhook.tsShipped
import { createSeamwardCollector } from "@seamward/collector";

const webhookCollector = createSeamwardCollector({
  connectionKey: process.env.SEAMWARD_CONNECTION_KEY,
  ingestToken: process.env.SEAMWARD_INGEST_TOKEN,
  deployment: { service: "candidate-api", commitSha: process.env.GITHUB_SHA },
});

// Wrap the handler you already have. The response you return is what your
// caller receives. Seamward records structure after it has been sent.
export const handleCandidateWebhook = webhookCollector.observeWebhook(
  { routeTemplate: "/webhooks/candidates" },
  async (payload) => {
    const candidate = await candidateService.accept(payload);

    return {
      statusCode: 202,
      eventType: "candidate.create",
      outcome: {
        accepted: true,
        businessObjectType: "candidate",
        businessObjectId: candidate.id,
      },
    };
  },
);
observation · what Seamward receivesstructure only
event
candidate.create
transport
POST /integrations/events · 202 · 84 ms
shape
id: string · event_type: string · candidate_email: string
correlation
sha256:seed-candidate-001
payload
not stored · redaction pol_seed_1

02 · Detect

Catch drift and missing outcomes

Observed shapes are compared with the declared contract and with the baseline of previous observations. Expected-outcome rules check that the business result which should follow a call actually appeared. A 200 is evidence, not proof.

Findings name the exact path, the sample count, and the window. Nothing is inferred from a single event.

changeobserved
  • field renamed from email_address to candidate_email

    $.email_address

    Field renamed · 42 samples

    12 Aug 2026

  • auth failure rate rose from 0.0% to 28.6%

    Authentication failures changed · 42 samples

    12 Aug 2026

  • provider response status distribution changed

    Status code distribution changed · 396 samples

    11 Aug 2026

Candidate ATS · production · seeded demo workspace

03 · Reproduce

Replay the failure with the network denied

Approved evidence becomes an immutable, redacted fixture set. The current adapter and each repair candidate run against the same fixtures in an isolated child process. The comparison is deterministic: identical input gives identical result.

Network denied. 64 MB of memory. Five seconds. Nothing in replay can reach a live system.

replay datasetrds_seed_candidate_missing
immutable
fixtures
3 · redacted with pol_seed_1
isolation
child process · network denied
limits
64 MB memory · 5 s wall clock
comparator
deterministic · transport and business outcome

current adapter

failed

0/ 3 fixtures

candidate-email-fix

passed

3/ 3 fixtures

fixturebeforeafter
fixture_candidate_accepted_1failpass
fixture_candidate_accepted_2failpass
fixture_candidate_accepted_3failpass

04 · Approve

Deliver a proposal with its proof attached

A model can explain the evidence and propose a bounded mapping change. Deterministic validation remains authoritative. Your team records the approval with a rationale, and only then can Seamward create a GitHub issue or draft pull request for your normal review.

Approval records a decision. It does not deploy, merge, or edit customer code.

proposed repairapproved
low risk · 24

bounded mapping

$.candidate_email$.email_address
incident
3 candidate outcomes missing · 1 tenant
dataset
rds_seed_candidate_missing · 3 immutable fixtures
isolation
child process · network denied · 64 MB · 5 s
source
deterministic · no AI provider used

before repair

failed

0/ 3 fixtures

proposed repair

passed

3/ 3 fixtures

deterministic checks · 8 of 8 passed

  • Supported proposal format
  • Bounded operation count
  • Supported operations only
  • Safe field paths
  • Distinct source and target fields
  • Linked to incident evidence
  • Operations justified by cited evidence
  • Within approval risk policy

Approved by Demo Owner · workspace owner · 17 Aug 2026

sha256:9f2c…c41d

Replay fixtures and schema checks support this bounded mapping.

Where it sits

Every adjacent tool solves a fragment. The repair loop was unclaimed.

Seamward detects semantic drift, reproduces the failure, and repairs your existing code behind a validated, approved pull request, without sitting on the critical path.

Delivery infrastructure
Retries and replays webhook deliveries.
Sits on the request path. Cannot tell that a field was renamed.
Proxy-based healing
Repairs traffic that flows through its own proxy.
Requires re-platforming. Repairs its connectors, not your code.
Uptime and error monitoring
Alerts when a service is down or throwing.
A 200 with a missing record is not an error. No replay, no repair.
iPaaS and unified APIs
Owns the integration on your behalf.
Your existing code stays unrepaired. No business-outcome reconciliation.

Safety model

Automation stops where your judgement starts

Traffic
Observe asynchronously. Never proxy a healthy customer request.
Data
Redact and hash before transmission. Raw payload storage is off by default.
Validation
Replay without network access. Compare deterministically.
Delivery
Require a recorded approval before anything reaches GitHub.
Your service calls the third-party API on the request path. The collector observes after execution and sends structure, not payloads, to Seamward, which sits outside the request path. Seamward detects and scopes, replays with the network denied, and delivers to GitHub only after a recorded approval.Your servicecalls the providerThird-party APIor webhookrequest path · 202 · 84 msCollectorfails open · never proxiesobserves after executionstructure, not payloadsrequest pathobserve-only branchSeamwardoutside your request pathDetect and scopecontract vs observedexpected outcomesReplaynetwork denied64 MB · 5 s · isolatedDeliverGitHub issue or draft PRafter a recorded approval

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