Make every HR process accurate, repeatable, and ready for the next handoff

Trails helps HR Operations, People Operations, and HRIS teams turn onboarding, employee-data, payroll, benefits, and compliance workflows into clear step-by-step guides and videos without rebuilding every SOP by hand.

BadgePass
Canary Technologies
DEGY Entertainment
Conestoga Valley School District
Beacon IT
ClassRanked

The old way vs. with Trails

HR work crosses systems, policies, and people. Trails captures the procedure behind the checklist so every owner can complete the work consistently.

xThe old way
With Trails
The checklist names the HR task, but the clicks, approvals, judgment calls, and exception paths still live in one person's head
Capture the real workflow with the context behind each step so another teammate can run it accurately
Each new hire gets a slightly different onboarding experience depending on their manager, location, and start date
Give every employee and manager a clear, reusable path through the right onboarding tasks
HRIS screenshots and SOPs fall out of date as fields, policies, owners, and approval paths change
Update the affected Trail once and keep the current process available everywhere it is shared
People Ops answers the same questions about time off, benefits, profile changes, and manager tasks in one-off messages
Turn the first clear answer into self-serve guidance employees and managers can revisit
Audits, leave cases, and offboarding trigger a scramble to reconstruct the correct sequence and handoffs
Give process owners a consistent procedure with version history and controlled access

From one walkthrough to a repeatable HR process.

Capture the HR process while you run it

Start a capture, complete the onboarding, employee-data, payroll, or benefits workflow, and let Trails record the sequence. Add the HR context that explains approvals, timing, and exceptions, not only where to click.

Turn one walkthrough into a guide and video

Trails creates clear written steps and a naturally narrated video from the same workflow. Teammates can skim the procedure, search for a specific step, or watch the full process.

Remove employee details before sharing

Use smart blur and on-device redaction to hide compensation, addresses, employee IDs, benefits selections, and other sensitive data before captured images are uploaded or shared.

Publish it into the HR stack

Link or embed the Trail in the HRIS, onboarding hub, knowledge base, or team channel where employees, managers, and HR partners already go for the next step.

One reliable way to run every employee change.

Reduce key-person risk, protect data quality, and give every process owner the context behind the checklist.

HR & People Operations

Give every employee lifecycle change a reliable path

Standardize the handoffs behind hiring, onboarding, benefits, leave, role changes, and offboarding. Keep service consistent without asking People Ops to repeat the same walkthrough for every employee or manager.

HRIS & HR Operations

Protect data quality when systems and ownership change

Document field updates, approvals, reporting, and recurring administration with the context that prevents avoidable errors. Give backup owners a process they can follow when your primary expert is unavailable.

What HR teams document with Trails

Capture the recurring work that keeps employee experiences consistent, records accurate, and high-stakes handoffs on track.

Recruiting, hiring, and onboarding

Standardize candidate handoffs, offer workflows, preboarding, new-hire setup, manager tasks, and location-specific onboarding without rebuilding the instructions for every start date.

Employee records and HRIS administration

Document data changes, access requests, role updates, reporting, imports, approvals, and the validation steps that keep employee records accurate.

Payroll, benefits, and leave changes

Give HR partners a dependable process for payroll inputs, benefits events, time-off administration, leave cases, and the handoffs that cross HR and Finance.

Compliance, audits, and offboarding

Keep recurring compliance tasks, access removal, final-pay handoffs, record retention, and audit walkthroughs clear enough for every owner to follow consistently.

Put every HR answer where people already look.

Link or embed Trails from the HRIS, payroll, recruiting, knowledge, and communication tools your team checks throughout the employee lifecycle.

Built for sensitive, fast-changing HR work.

On-device redaction

Hide employee and compensation details before captured images leave the device.

Guide and video together

Create written steps and a naturally narrated video from one walkthrough.

Searchable steps

Jump to the exact HR task instead of scrubbing through a recording.

Team permissions

Control who can view, create, edit, and manage each procedure.

Version history

Keep every change and restore an earlier version when a process rolls back.

Translation

Publish guides and narrated videos for a distributed workforce in 75+ languages.

Flexible export

Share a link or export to PDF, HTML, and Markdown for review and retention.

Enterprise readiness

SSO, SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA

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What our customers have to say

It helps us build critical docs quickly that are really easy for our customers to follow.

It's a user-friendly platform that lets us turn complex workflows into simple walkthroughs. It gives us speed on our end and usability on the customer's end. Exactly what we need when we don't have enough time.

Andy Ju
Andy Ju
Head of Product at ClassRanked
It helped me stop being the single point of failure.

I'm director-level. I shouldn't be doing every small thing, and I definitely can't teach the same task on Zoom three or four times. Trails let me document it once and delegate with confidence.

Michael Silver
Michael Silver
Special Projects Director at Degy Entertainment
It's simple, polished, and works across devices.

We're a public school district supporting a wide range of technology and the ‘how do I do this?’ questions never stop. Trails gives us a better way to create actionable training for parents and staff. It’s a no-brainer for us.

Adam McGraw
Adam McGraw
Director of Instructional Technology
The automatic video generation. It’s amazing.

Having the video AND the step-by-step instructions written out below with screenshots is killer. Great for all kinds of learning styles.

Mike Styer
Mike Styer
Owner, Mike Styer Photography
It’s the easiest way I’ve found to create documentation that people actually use.

We previously used Scribe for guides, but still had to rely on tools like Canva and Vimeo for video. Trails feels like an AI-first approach: guide-to-video, video-to-guide, the full workflow in one place.

Fatima Jaferi
Fatima Jaferi
Sr. CS Enablement Manager at Canary Technologies
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Frequently asked questions

No. Keep the systems and policy sources your team already trusts. Trails captures the detailed how-to procedure behind each employee workflow, then lets you link or embed that guidance wherever people manage or complete the work.

The logos show common systems where HR teams capture workflows or share Trails; they do not all represent native, two-way integrations. You can use a share link or embed wherever the destination supports it. Confirm app-specific automation or data-sync requirements with our team.

Yes. Smart blur and on-device redaction help you hide compensation, addresses, employee IDs, benefits selections, payroll details, and other sensitive fields before captured images are uploaded or shared.

Use the browser extension for web-based workflows. For a desktop-specific process, import an existing screen recording and turn it into a step-by-step Trail, then review the wording and redactions before publishing.

Keep the approved policy or handbook as the source of truth for what is required. Use Trails for the operational procedure: who completes each step, where the work happens, which handoffs matter, and how to handle the standard path.

Edit the affected Trail and keep the current procedure available anywhere it is shared. Version history preserves earlier changes so the team can restore a previous version when needed.

Yes. Create audience-specific Trails and share each one with the appropriate access settings. Per-guide permissions help control who can view and change the source procedure.

Yes. Multiple teammates can create and edit content in a shared workspace. Viewer, editor, and admin roles, plus per-guide permissions, control who can access and change each guide.

Make every employee process easier to follow.