Build your SR&ED claim from real engineering data.

Your engineers don't change a thing. Lucius reads what they're already logging and starts building the technical foundation for your claim from there.

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What Chrono R&D does for the technical side of SR&ED

Pulls from the work your team already logged

Commits, tickets, sprint notes, and other logged engineering work become the starting point.

Gives your team something real to react to

Lucius drafts technical write-ups from the work already logged. Your team edits and adds context rather than writing from scratch.

Surfaces likely-eligible work for review

Lucius surfaces work that may qualify for SR&ED and suggests project groupings, but your team decides what fits.

Keeps the claim foundation building year-round

Lucius builds from your engineering activity as it happens, instead of scrambling when filing season forces the issue.

Is Chrono R&D a fit for your team?

Chrono R&D works best for teams that already have engineering tooling in place. If your team logs work in Jira, GitHub, Azure DevOps, or similar systems, Lucius has real activity to work from.

Teams filing SR&ED internally

  • Reconstruct R&D hours without chasing people for timesheets
  • Start from structured draft narratives instead of a blank form

Teams working with an SR&ED consultant

  • Give your consultant organized, source-backed documentation to start from
  • Reduce the manual reconstruction work that usually happens late in the process
  • Keep the technical side of the claim more traceable from the start

Teams with messy or mixed systems

  • Pull from multiple tools instead of relying on one perfect setup
  • Work from partial or imperfect data without starting over
  • Surface useful draft material from the systems your team already uses

Where SR&ED claims usually get stuck

We spent weeks rewriting our report, and it still didn't feel right.

Lucius drafts technical narratives from your actual work data, giving your team something real to review and build on instead of starting from a blank form.

We're always late because no one logs their hours properly.

Lucius reconstructs R&D hours from activity already captured in your PM tools and repos, so you're working from what's already there instead of chasing engineers for details weeks after the sprint closed.

We're not always sure what qualifies, and we don't want to guess.

Lucius analyzes your engineering activity and surfaces work that may qualify for SR&ED, along with suggested project groupings. Your team reviews what fits and decides what belongs in the claim.

We've been flagged for audit even when we thought we got it right.

Lucius organizes claim material in a way your team can review and support later. If questions come up, you're working from the underlying evidence rather than trying to recreate it after the fact.

How Chrono R&D works

Chrono R&D turns your team's daily activity into draft claim material to review and build from. Run it alongside your engineering work so the documentation builds as the work happens.

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Connect and capture

Chrono R&D connects to Jira, GitHub, Azure DevOps, Slack, and the other tools your team already uses to pull in what your engineers have actually been working on. Lucius sorts through that activity and flags the work that looks relevant to R&D. Nothing gets filtered out before your team sees it.

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Review and organize

Lucius pulls together work that may qualify for SR&ED and suggests how it could be grouped. Your team reviews the output and adds context where the source data falls short.

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Export and file

Export your draft claim package to share with your consultant or use it as your starting point for filing. Everything in the export stays tied to the work your team logged, so anyone reviewing it is working from the same underlying activity.

What Lucius surfaces as you work

Lucius analyzes your engineering activity and flags patterns that look relevant to R&D activity. It drafts summaries and highlights areas that may need a closer look.

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Q2 refactor mapped to eligible software development. Add more context?

Infra work in September sprint. Confirm if R&D or routine?

API rebuild flagged as a cluster. Ready to draft summary?

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FAQs — Frequently Asked Questions

How is Chrono R&D different from other SR&ED tools?
Most tools help you organize what you've already documented. Lucius works from engineering activity you have not documented yet, such as commits, tickets, and sprint data, and turns it into draft claim material as the work happens. The difference is starting with real work instead of a form.
How does Chrono R&D work with our existing tools?
Lucius connects to Jira, Asana, Azure DevOps, GitHub, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and your calendars to pull in real engineering activity across your stack. Your workflow does not need to change.
Will this work if our data is spread across multiple tools or not perfectly organized?
Yes. Chrono R&D is built for real engineering environments where data lives across multiple tools and isn't always clean. Lucius works with what you have and reconstructs what it can, flagging gaps where your team may need to add context manually. You don't need a perfect setup to get useful output, but the more activity your tools have captured, the more Lucius has to work from.
How does Chrono R&D estimate SR&ED hours if my team doesn't track time?
Lucius reconstructs hours from activity already captured in your tools — commits, tickets, sprint records, and similar signals. It reads what your team logged and organizes it into a time picture with each entry linked to its source record. If something doesn't look right, you can see exactly where it came from and correct it before anything is exported. Want a rough sense of what your claim could look like? Try the SR&ED estimator.
Can I review and edit what Lucius identifies before it goes into my claim?
Yes. Lucius surfaces candidates and builds draft narratives, but your team decides what belongs in the claim. That step is where your expertise matters.
What part of the SR&ED process does Chrono R&D cover today?
Chrono R&D covers the technical documentation and time reconstruction side of SR&ED, turning engineering activity into draft claim material your team can review and use as the foundation for filing. Expense calculations and contractor cost tracking fall outside the current scope.
Do I still need an SR&ED consultant?
That depends on your team's comfort with the filing process and the complexity of your claim. Chrono R&D handles the technical documentation and time reconstruction side, but some teams still want a consultant involved. If you work with one, Chrono R&D gives them organized, source-backed material to start from. If you file yourself, the same output gives your team a stronger starting point.
Is our data secure?
Chrono R&D uses end-to-end encryption and role-based access controls. All data is hosted in Canada, and the platform is SOC 2 compliant.
Does Chrono R&D guarantee CRA approval?
No software can guarantee CRA approval. Chrono R&D helps reduce risk by building claim material from real engineering activity instead of estimates made after the fact. Your team reviews the output before it is used, and the supporting detail stays visible if questions come up later.

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