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How ShipTale works

A Tale turns release signals into one explainable sequence

ShipTale connects read-only provider data, normalizes it into a common timeline, and marks successful Vercel or GitHub production events as releases. It associates Sentry and supported Stripe events using stored evidence and schedules aggregate PostHog measurements, then presents each release as a Tale with confidence labels and source links.

Example ShipTale release timeline with release, error, product, and customer context
Provider context stays traceable to its source and qualified by the available evidence.

What is a Tale?

A Tale is the release-centered view in ShipTale. It begins with a production release and follows the operational and customer signals that ShipTale can defensibly associate, while standalone events remain available in the wider timeline.

Why does ShipTale store correlation evidence?

A readable narrative is useful only when its limits are visible. ShipTale stores the method, confidence, algorithm version, and correlation time so an association can be explained and reconciled as provider history arrives.

What ShipTale supports—and where it stops

AreaSupportsDoes not claim or do
ImportSelected provider projects and supported event fieldsAn unrestricted copy of provider data
NormalizationOne provider-neutral event modelDiscarding provider identity
PresentationChronology, evidence, and source linksReplacing provider consoles

How the workflow runs

  1. 01

    Connect and select

    Add read-capable credentials and choose the provider projects to monitor.

  2. 02

    Normalize and reconcile

    Import events, mark releases, deduplicate records, and evaluate correlation evidence.

  3. 03

    Read and investigate

    Use the Tale as a starting point, then follow source links for native detail.

Frequently asked questions

Does every event belong to a Tale?
No. Events without sufficient release evidence stay standalone, which prevents forced and misleading associations.
How often does ShipTale reconcile provider data?
ShipTale reconciles Vercel, GitHub, Sentry, and Stripe on a schedule with overlap for provider clock skew. PostHog runs aggregate 1h and 24h release checkpoints.

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