TheLunarEngine

Systems shaped around the hand-offs

Work breaks where it changes hands. These illustrative lanes show where requests, decisions, and records move in HR, legal, and management work, and what we connect at each point.

HR operations

Onboarding, approvals, and employee records that move without chasing email threads.

Route that usually fitsImplement an existing system when an HR platform and task system already exist; use a full setup when teams need one shared case and access model.

  1. triggerOffer accepted in the HR system
  2. ownerHR opens the starter case
  3. handoffIT and facilities tasks created
  4. decisionManager approves exceptions
  5. outcomeStarter ready on day one

Illustrative scenario: An accepted offer starts an onboarding case. HR owns the record; IT and facilities receive tasks; a manager approves exceptions before the starter arrives.

Inside this workflow

Workflows

  • Onboarding and offboarding
  • Multi-step approvals
  • Employee records and document requests
  • Policy acknowledgements

What changes

  • New starters receive equipment, access, and paperwork in a predictable sequence
  • Approvers see exactly what needs their decision, with history attached
  • HR teams spend less time re-keying the same data across systems
  • Access to personal records is limited by role and logged

Systems we connect

  • HR systemStarter record and agreed changes
  • Identity serviceAccount and role requests
  • JiraIT and facilities work items
  • Document storageScoped paperwork and acknowledgements

Management intelligence

Dashboards and reporting built on controlled access to the data leaders actually need.

Route that usually fitsImplement existing reporting tools when definitions and access can be repaired; use a full setup when a shared data model and workflow controls are missing.

  1. triggerScheduled job gathers sources
  2. handoffRecords pulled from existing systems
  3. decisionDefinitions reconciled, exceptions flagged
  4. recordGoverned reporting store
  5. outcomeEach department sees the same figures

Illustrative scenario: A scheduled job gathers agreed source records, reconciles definitions and exceptions, then publishes a view each department can access at its level.

Inside this workflow

Workflows

  • Operational dashboards
  • Scheduled and on-demand reporting
  • Cross-system data consolidation
  • Role-based data access

What changes

  • One trusted view of operational data instead of competing spreadsheets
  • Reports that refresh from source systems rather than manual exports
  • Department heads see their scope; executives see the whole picture
  • Clear lineage from every figure back to the system it came from

Systems we connect

  • MySQLExisting source records
  • JiraWork status and ownership
  • Finance or ERP exportAgreed scheduled data feed
  • PostgreSQLControlled reporting store

Technology by department

Typical roles in each lane, not a required stack: we choose during scoping, around the systems you already run.

Technologies typically used in each department's workflow
DepartmentTypeScriptNode.jsPythonReact NativeJiraPostgreSQLMySQLSupabaseVercelSentry
HR operationsTypically usedTypically usedNot typicalTypically usedTypically usedTypically usedNot typicalNot typicalTypically usedTypically used
Legal operationsTypically usedTypically usedTypically usedNot typicalTypically usedTypically usedNot typicalNot typicalNot typicalTypically used
Management intelligenceTypically usedNot typicalTypically usedNot typicalTypically usedTypically usedTypically usedTypically usedNot typicalTypically used

Rules that hold in every lane

  • Permission follows responsibility

    We agree who can open a case, decide, change a record, and see sensitive details. Every action has an owner and an audited change.

  • Failures stay visible

    Delayed sources, denied access, duplicate events, and failed adapters raise alerts and land with an owner, never in silence.

  • People stay in their tools

    Teams keep working where they already do, such as Jira or the HR system; the automation carries the hand-off between them.

Compliance requirements depend on your jurisdiction, industry, and project scope. We design with your legal and security teams to meet the obligations you identify; we do not claim certifications or legal guarantees.

Common questions

Can we keep our existing tools?

Often. We check configuration, API access, data ownership, and whether the tools can support the workflow before choosing a route.

Who can see sensitive records?

We define access by role and case responsibility with your data owners, then test both the allowed and the denied paths.

What happens when a source system is down?

We surface the failure, retry when it is safe, alert an owner, and give them a way to reconcile the case.

Can we begin with one department?

Yes. One scoped workflow establishes the rules, interfaces, and adoption path before the next team joins.

Tell us where the hand-off breaks

One workflow is enough to start. We map it with you and show where automation helps.

Discuss a workflow