For non-profit operations teams

Keep the knowledge when volunteers and staff move on.

Program vans, kitchen equipment, HVAC, generators — with service history, warranties, and grant-funded equipment proof attached to the asset, not lost in a departed volunteer's inbox.

Equipment records and service history without a full CMMS rollout. Free 30-day self-serve trial, full access, no card.

Create your free account — no card Free founding-customer guided setup

OctoVault by Innovate-Ops — equipment service records and repair history for small operators. Questions first? Call (226) 243-0172.

Illustrative example

INVService invoiceNOTEVolunteer notePDFGrant filePHOTOVan photo

Equipment memoryRecord assembled from the sources above

Program van — Unit 1 RECORD IN26060011

ASKWhere is the van's maintenance history?

All on this record: brakes done Feb 3, oil service on schedule. The grant file notes the van was purchased under the 2024 mobility grant.

Proof sources

Service invoice
Volunteer note
Grant documentation

Handled byCedar Auto — 4 visits on record

MissingCurrent insurance certificate — not uploaded yet.

Sources visible — answer locked to the records shown. No guessing.

Founding-customer guided setup is free for the agreed starting scope in exchange for honest feedback.

Start with one machine, one nameplate photo, and one repair invoice. Ask what fixed this last time. Prefer to talk? Call (226) 243-0172.

Answers cite sourcesMissing proof is called outRecords stay exportableYou approve every fact

Your first machine, phone in hand

Your first asset record in under five minutes.

Two of these three steps are yours, and both take seconds. The one in the middle is the work, and AI does it.

📷Photo of the nameplate
🎤Voice note
✉️Forwarded email
📄Manual or invoice
📊Your spreadsheet

You

You take one photo

The nameplate on the machine. However grubby it is, however bad the light.

AI writes the record

Make, model, serial, year, voltage — read straight off the photo and laid out as a record.

You

You tap Approve

Nothing lands until you say so. From then on you can ask that machine anything.

No setup project. No importing week. No training. Start with the machine that hurt you most recently.

When it matters

TURNOVERThe volunteer who handled the vans moved away — with the history in their head.

THE GRANTThe funder asks for proof the equipment is maintained. It's somewhere.

THE BREAKDOWNThe kitchen freezer dies on a Friday. Who fixed it last time?

The equipment this covers

PRProgram vans

KIKitchen equipment

HVHVAC

GEGenerators

FRFreezers

BOBoilers

SESecurity systems

DODonated equipment

Operations starting point

Start with the van, freezer, HVAC unit, or grant-funded equipment record.

Volunteer notes, service invoices, grant proof, and warranty files stay with the asset the next staff member inherits.

Reads the photo

A nameplate or equipment photo starts the record. OctoVault pulls out the useful identity clues and keeps the image as a source — you approve every fact.

Links the files

Drag in a manual, a warranty, an invoice, a photo. Each file lands on the right record — linked, not lost in a folder.

Imports the list

The spreadsheet you already keep, messy rows and all. Every row becomes a record you can attach proof to and ask.

Answers with proof

Ask what happened, what is covered, or what is missing. Every answer shows the sources it used — and gaps are called out, not papered over.

The old way, and this way

You hand it the mess. AI does the rest.

Nothing on the right is a promise about the future. It is what happens the first afternoon you use it.

The old way

With OctoVault

The old wayRetype the spreadsheet into new software

With OctoVaultImport it as-is — “ask Mike” and #REF! included

The old wayFile PDFs into folders you'll never open

With OctoVaultDrop them in; each lands on its machine

The old wayRing the contractor to ask what he did in March

With OctoVaultAsk the record; the invoice is attached

The old wayThe binder, if you can find the binder

With OctoVaultIn your pocket, answerable in plain language

The old wayNew hire shadows you for a month

With OctoVaultThey open the machine's record and start informed

📱

Keep it on your home screen. The vault opens where the machines are — at the machine. Nothing to install from a store; your phone adds it straight from the browser.

What you can ask

Where is the van's maintenance history?Is the freezer still under warranty?What proof does the grant report need?Who serviced the generator?

Why operators trust it

Answers cite sources

Every serious answer points at the records behind it — invoice, manual, note, photo.

Missing proof is called out

Gaps show up in amber, not papered over. “Missing” is a first-class answer.

Records stay exportable

Your records are never held hostage — we export everything for you anytime you ask.

Operational limits are explicit

OctoVault shows sources, flags missing proof, and makes guided setup available when your team wants help.

Three ways to start

Start on your own, or let us do it with you.

Most people never need us. The offer is there anyway.

Do it yourself

Open the app and photograph one nameplate. Your first equipment record takes under five minutes. Free 30-day self-serve trial, full access, no card.

Create your free account — no card

Free 20-minute call

Twenty minutes with the people who built OctoVault. Bring one machine and you leave the call with its record made.

Book a time

We load it for you

FREE RIGHT NOW

Founding-customer guided setup is free for the agreed starting scope in exchange for honest feedback. Send the photos, PDFs or spreadsheet you already have; this is separate from the self-serve trial.

Tell us what you have

Help is optional

Rather not do the loading yourself?

Founding-customer guided setup is free for the agreed starting scope in exchange for honest feedback. We reply within one business day.

What to try first: Start with one machine, one nameplate photo, and one repair invoice. Ask what fixed this last time. Your records stay exportable, and every answer shows the sources behind it.

FAQ

Short answers for busy operators.

We run on volunteers. Is this realistic for us?

That's the design constraint. One photo starts a record; notes are a few typed lines. The value shows up at handoff — the next volunteer inherits records, not a mystery.

What should I try first?

One record. Snap a nameplate photo, attach one manual or service invoice, then ask: what fixed this last time? If the answer isn't useful, you've lost ten minutes.

What if the AI misreads something?

Nothing lands in a record until you approve it. Every answer shows its sources, and when proof is missing OctoVault says "missing" instead of guessing.

Where does my data live?

In your own workspace, isolated from every other customer and verified by automated tests on every build. Real records onboard through guided setup — and we export everything for you anytime you ask.

Create your free account — no card Free guided setup