SkillsBase Forge - early access

Build your own AI.
No code required.

Train custom computer vision models on your specific faults. Deploy to your team's phones in days, not months.

No data scientists, no consultants - just your team.

No commitment. We'll reach out when early access opens.

ISO 27001
EU data residency

Deployed in UK telecoms, utilities, and infrastructure

Openreach 12 fault types · 200+ inspectors
AFL Fibre inspection · field QC
DexGreen Utilities infrastructure
Hyperoptic Network build quality
0%
of production facilities still rely on manual visual inspection Gartner, 2021
0%
of employers say AI skills are now the hardest roles to fill globally ManpowerGroup, 2026
5+
months
to deploy a custom AI model to production McKinsey, 2024

Step 01 · Label your Images What labelling means You're teaching the model what each fault looks like by drawing a box around it and giving it a name. About 50 examples per fault is usually enough to start. The same image can have multiple fault types tagged.

Teach your AI
what to look for.

Draw a box, name the fault, and repeat - no ML background needed.

01 Missing Screw Error
Fibre distribution unit being labelled
Missing Screw
Missing Holder
Loose Cable
Missing Screw
0 / 4 labels

Step 02 · Train your Model What training does When you press Train, Forge sends the labelled images to our cloud, fine-tunes a vision model on your specific faults, and runs validation. No data science required - pre-checks, training, and packaging happen automatically. Most models are ready in under an hour.

One click,
Forge does
the rest

No infrastructure,
no data scientists,
just press train.

app.skillsbase.io / forge / fault-detector-v1
Fault Detector · READY
Training images50
Label classes4
StatusReady
Fault Detector · TRAINING
Training model 0%
Starting training pipeline
Pre-checks complete
Image upload
Training model
Training complete

Step 03 · Build Your Workflow What a workflow is A workflow is the steps an inspector follows in the field - show a tutorial, run the AI on each photo, and capture notes. Drag-and-drop modules to compose it. Forge ships the workflow inside the inspector's mobile app.

app.skillsbase.io / forge / workflows / inspection-v1
Workflow · Draft
Module 01 Tutorial Guide inspectors through the steps.
Video
Module 02 AI Analysis Run Fault Detector on each photo.
AI
Module 03 Feedback Capture inspector notes and approvals.
Form

Step 04 · Deploy to your team How deploy works Once a workflow is built, deploying pushes it to every inspector's phone (or fixed-site camera) over-the-air. Devices keep working offline - they cache the model and sync results when they reconnect. New versions roll out the same way.

One tap, every inspector, every device.

Inspector
Offline
Field Tech
Supervisor
QC Lead
Offline capable Inspectors keep working in tunnels, basements, and the middle of nowhere.
Live on 0 devices

The journey, end to end

From a folder of photos to AI in the field.

Started with

A folder of inspection photos.

Faults you care about, around 50 examples per type. No labelled dataset, no ML team.

You did

Drew boxes, named the faults, trained, built a workflow.

Four point-and-click steps in the Forge portal. No code, no consultants, no infrastructure to set up.

You got

A custom AI live on every inspector's phone.

Flagging faults in seconds, working offline, and getting smarter with every correction your team makes.

What to expect

What you actually get.

In the box

A web portal and a branded mobile app.

Label, train, and manage models in the Forge portal. Push them to field teams through our iOS and Android app - or into your existing inspection tools via REST API.

iOS · Android · REST API

Data you'll need

Start with around 50 photos per fault.

No datasets, no thousands-of-samples minimum. Box about 50 examples of each fault type and most teams reach 90%+ detection on common classes. Accuracy climbs with every correction.

~50 images / class

Accuracy you can trust

Every detection ships with a confidence score.

Low-confidence predictions are flagged for inspector review instead of silently accepted. You set the threshold. Humans stay in the loop for the edge cases that matter - and every review feeds the next training round.

Confidence scoring · Human-in-the-loop

Keeps getting smarter

Retrain in one click as things change.

Add new fault classes, correct mistakes, or push a retrained model over-the-air to every phone and camera. Model drift gets caught before it bites - updates ship in minutes, not months, with zero device touching.

One-click retrain · OTA updates

How we compare

Forge vs. the alternatives.

Most computer-vision tools were built for ML teams shipping cloud APIs. Forge is built for inspection teams shipping models to phones in the field.

SkillsBase ForgeCustom CV for field inspection RoboflowGeneric CV platform LandingLensIndustrial visual AI Vertex AI / Custom VisionHyperscaler ML In-house / consultancyBuild it yourself
Built for field inspectionvs. generic CV Yes Generic Manufacturing only Generic Custom build
End-to-end no-codeincl. deploy to inspectors Yes Deploy via SDK Integration via API Code required All custom
Inspector mobile appiOS & Android, branded Included Edge SDK only Cloud / API-first Edge runtimes only Build it yourself
Offline on the devicetunnels, basements, no signal Yes, runs on phone Edge devices, not phone Cloud-first Edge runtime, you wire it Depends on the build
Time to first deployed model Days Weeks Weeks Weeks to months 3 to 6 months
Data to startper fault class ~50 images Hundreds to thousands Hundreds Thousands Thousands
Confidence + human-in-the-loopbuilt into the workflow Built in Build it yourself Some review tooling Build it yourself Build it yourself

Comparison reflects publicly listed product features and pricing as of April 2026, drawn from Roboflow, LandingLens, Azure Custom Vision, and Google Vertex AI. All trademarks property of their respective owners.

The platform

Label, train and deploy, all in one platform

Most tools stop at labelling. SkillsBase Forge takes you all the way to mobile deployment - no code, no consultants.

Train any fault

Classification, detection, OCR, counting. Train models on your specific use case - no data science team needed.

Build mobile flows

Drag-and-drop FlowBuilder creates inspection workflows your team runs on their phone. Publish in minutes.

Works offline

Inspect in dead zones. Full flow execution without signal. Results sync automatically when you're back online.

Industries

Built for inspection at scale

Telecoms
Manufacturing
Utilities
Construction

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