Concepts
Cases
Each problem in Mike Trace gets a case, the persistent record of its investigation.
A case is the persistent record for a single problem. It has its own reference, such as
MT-0009, and it keeps everything learned during the investigation, no matter how many people,
agents or sessions are involved.
What a case holds
- Reports: what went wrong, kept in the reporter’s own words.
- Evidence: screenshots, observations and the context they were captured in.
- Explanations: possible causes, including the ones that were ruled out.
- Attempts: what was tried and what happened.
- Handoff: where the investigation stands right now and the next sensible step.
- Resolution: the cause, the fix and the evidence that it worked.
Where cases live
Cases are organized inside your account:
- Account: your isolated space in Mike Trace.
- Workspace: a team, product line or client.
- Project: an application or service.
- Case: one problem, investigated start to finish.
Agents are approved per project, so they only see the cases they need.
Why it matters
Because a case persists, an investigation can pause for a day, move between agents or pass to a teammate without losing anything. When the case is resolved, it becomes part of your history: a record of why your systems failed and how they were fixed.