ChainSafe HR Case Vault

Healthcare
🔥
9/10
Demand Score
Active investigations and audits require immediate, defensible documentation; missing or altered records create legal exposure.
🌊
8/10
Blue Ocean
Competition Level
💰
$1k-5k
Price/Month
Predicted customer spend
⏱️
14 days
Time to MVP
Difficulty: Moderate

The Problem

An HR-specific case repository that turns scattered emails, chats, and files into a tamper-evident, audit-ready case record. Outlook/Gmail add-ins and Slack/Teams bots let managers save messages, atta

🔗 Validated by Real User Complaints

This problem has been verified through 1 real user complaints:

Competitor Landscape

  • NAVEX (EthicsPoint/Case Mgmt)
  • HR Acuity
  • Case IQ (i-Sight)
  • Workday Employee Relations
  • Microsoft Purview eDiscovery
  • Smarsh
  • Onna

Must-Have Features for MVP

Outlook/Gmail add-ins and Slack/Teams capture
WORM storage with object lock and hash-chained audit log
Auto case timeline and provenance view
Legal hold and retention schedules
Full-text search with OCR on uploads and scans
Role-based access, redaction, and privileged-note handling
One-click audit/export (PDF/CSV/native)
SSO/SCIM provisioning and DLP controls
API connectors to HRIS for employee/context sync

⚠️ Potential Challenges

  • M365/Google admin consent for mailbox and chat APIs
  • Data residency and retention policy alignment
  • Works council/union and legal review
  • Change management for manager adoption
  • Security certifications (SOC 2, ISO 27001)

Risk Level: High

🎯 Keys to Success

  • Capture friction near zero (1–2 clicks)
  • Provable immutability and chain-of-custody
  • Fast, precise search across evidence
  • Low-effort deployment in M365/Google/Slack/Teams
  • Trusted compliance posture (SOC 2/ISO/penetration tests)

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This moderate-difficulty project could be your next micro-SaaS success.