About Brief Stack

Brief Stack is an automated change-intelligence service that monitors infrastructure providers and API platforms for breaking changes. We generate structured diffs, migration checklists, and developer-focused update reports — so engineering teams can upgrade with confidence.

What We Do

Every time a Terraform provider releases a new version or an API platform updates its OpenAPI specification, Brief Stack runs a field-by-field diff to detect exactly what changed. We classify changes by severity — breaking, deprecation, behavior, and feature — and generate detailed Update Briefs with migration guidance.

Supported Platforms

Infrastructure Providers

• Terraform AWS Provider — hashicorp/terraform-provider-aws
• Terraform Azure Provider — hashicorp/terraform-provider-azurerm
• Terraform GCP Provider — hashicorp/terraform-provider-google
• Terraform Kubernetes Provider — hashicorp/terraform-provider-kubernetes

API Platforms

• Stripe API — Payment processing API changes
• GitHub REST API — Developer platform API changes
• Twilio API — Communications API changes
• Cloudflare API — Edge computing and CDN API changes
• Slack Web API — Workplace messaging API changes

How It Works

1. Automated Detection — We monitor GitHub releases and OpenAPI specification repositories for supported providers
2. Schema Diffing — We compare consecutive version schemas using structured diff engines to find every field-level change
3. Severity Scoring — Each change is classified and scored by its impact on existing workflows
4. Quality Gates — Content is verified for accuracy, source citation, and completeness before publishing
5. Update Briefs — Published reports include structured diffs, migration checklists, and links to original sources

Our Mission

Infrastructure and API changes are inevitable, but breaking production shouldn't be. We believe that every engineering team deserves clear, timely, and accurate information about the tools they depend on. Brief Stack automates the tedious process of reading changelogs and diffing schemas so you can focus on building.

Contact

Questions or feedback? Visit our contact page.