Browsing the tool registry
For: any employee. Takes about 4 minutes.
What this is
The tool registry is a page that lists every tool your company uses. You can search or browse it to see what's available, who owns each tool, and how to get access if you need it.
You don't need to be an admin to use it. Every employee can look.
Signing in
The registry only shows your own company's tools. To open it, sign in with your work Google account. It's not open to the public internet, and nobody outside your company can see it.
Once you're signed in, you stay signed in until you sign out or your access changes.
What a tool card shows
Each tool in the registry gets its own card. A card shows:
- The tool's icon, name, and category (which department it belongs to).
- An Internal badge, when it applies. See below.
- A short description of what the tool does. Sometimes there's also a note from your admin with company-specific guidance, like where the login lives.
- The tool's admins: the people to contact about it. The highlighted admin is the best first contact. Their name is a clickable
mailto:link that opens your email app. - A note if access to the tool is a single shared login rather than individual seats. If your admin has recorded where to find the credential, the note says that too.
- An account rep, when your company has chosen to show one. This is the contact at the vendor, not someone at your company.
- The tool's login URL, so you can open it directly.
The "Internal" badge
Some tools aren't bought from a vendor. They're built in-house. Those cards carry an Internal badge next to the category.
Internal is a tag, not a lifecycle status. An internal tool can still be Managed, Watching, or any other status, like any other tool.
Requesting access
If a tool's card has a Request access button, use it. It means your company has set up an access workflow for that tool. Stacktic takes your request through it and keeps you posted in Slack. See Requesting access to a tool.
If there's no button, email the admin or account rep listed on the card. Their name and email are right there as mailto: links. That email is where the conversation starts.
Something on a card may look wrong, such as a stale owner, a dead login link, or a tool that's actually retired. If so, use Suggest a correction at the bottom of the card. It sends a short note to the team that manages tools. You don't need to fix it yourself.
Asking for a tool that isn't here
Click Add a tool at the top of the registry. It tells the team that manages tools about a tool that isn't listed. That could be:
- one that's missing;
- one you built in-house;
- one you'd like the company to start using.
Finding a tool
Use the search box at the top to search by name, owner, or department. Or browse tools grouped by category. If you'd rather scan alphabetically, switch to an A–Z list.