A clear passage for AI.
More work is being done by AI agents. They need the right data, with the right meaning and the right permissions. Portward is the port they pass through.
01Request
Your AI is ready to work.
Give it the knowledge your work depends on. A question sails in from the AI tool your team already uses, and only the sources that can answer it light up.
From Claude, asked by the finance leadAt the portWhy did revenue change?
02Sources
Bring the right data into reach.
The port gathers the data this question needs from your databases and business apps. Your data stays in its sources, and unrelated cargo never leaves the warehouse.
- In this task
Billing database · Database
Monthly invoices and refunds
- In this task
CRM · Business app
Customer emails, to be checked at the port
- Stays in source
Contracts · Documents
Signed agreements
03Rules
Every crossing follows your rules.
Before anything moves, the port checks the person, the agent, the data, the operation and the destination.
Access
May this person and agent use it?
Yes. Finance lead, through Claude.
PassedConfidentiality
Which sensitive fields must stay protected?
Card and bank details are removed before anything moves.
PassedPrivacy
Does this expose someone else's information?
Customer emails are not needed. That crate stays ashore.
HeldIntegrity
Is the requested operation permitted?
A read-only monthly total. Permitted.
Passed
04Meaning
Send the meaning with the data.
The permitted package goes to the team knowledge office. It leaves with its paperwork attached: what the number means, how to use it, where it came from and how current it is.
Revenue is invoiced revenue after refunds, excluding tax, in USD.
Approved by the finance team. Version 3.
Interpretation: refunds rose after the August price change. Proposed by an agent, not yet reviewed.
Provisional05Delivery
Keep working in the AI tools you use.
Pick a dock. Portward carries the governed data and its meaning over MCP, and the conversation stays in your AI tool.
In ClaudeYour conversation, your toolWhy did revenue change?
September revenue fell 4.2% against August. Most of the drop is refunds that followed the August price change.
Revenue definitionBilling, SepRefund readingExample answer. The reply is written by Claude; Portward supplies the governed data and its meaning.
06Learning
What your team learns should improve its next answer.
A source changes or an agent proposes a correction. It comes back to the lighthouse, and a person reviews it before it becomes shared knowledge.
Pending reviewProposed by Claude for the finance lead
Revenue should exclude intercompany transfers.
v3Revenue after refunds. Excludes tax.v4Revenue after refunds. Excludes tax and intercompany transfers.A finance reviewer must approve this.
Give your AI a clear passage to your data.
Connect a source, set what AI may see, agree on what your numbers mean, and review what it learns. Your people keep working in the assistant they already use.