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name: al-642-when-an-optical-inspection-alert-flags-a-board-have-a-fac
description: "NVIDIA’s Nov 4, 2026 technical blog describes the Factory Operations Blueprint (FOX): a Factory Manager Agent that connects existing MES/ERP and machine data and coordinates specialist agents on an SMT PCB line. On an AOI alert the manager retrieves the board ID and image, a Visual Inspection Agent (NVIDIA Cosmos) confirms or clears the defect, a Fleet Management Agent (shown with Isaac Sim and ROS 2) can move a confirmed board to rework after operator approval, and a Root Cause Analysis Agent (Kumo Anomaly plus production history) returns a PDF with evidence and recommended corrective action. FOX can run fully on-premises on a DGX Station. Siemens production-planning agents built with the same blueprint are cited for up to 20% cost savings (vendor-reported). Use when the user wants help with factory aoi defect multi-agent investigation (operations) for a small business."
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# When an optical-inspection alert flags a board, have a factory-manager agent pull the image and history, ask a visual-inspection agent for a second look, route confirmed defects to rework, and have a root-cause agent return a report with evidence

NVIDIA’s Nov 4, 2026 technical blog describes the Factory Operations Blueprint (FOX): a Factory Manager Agent that connects existing MES/ERP and machine data and coordinates specialist agents on an SMT PCB line. On an AOI alert the manager retrieves the board ID and image, a Visual Inspection Agent (NVIDIA Cosmos) confirms or clears the defect, a Fleet Management Agent (shown with Isaac Sim and ROS 2) can move a confirmed board to rework after operator approval, and a Root Cause Analysis Agent (Kumo Anomaly plus production history) returns a PDF with evidence and recommended corrective action. FOX can run fully on-premises on a DGX Station. Siemens production-planning agents built with the same blueprint are cited for up to 20% cost savings (vendor-reported).

## Inputs to collect first
Ask the user for anything below that they haven't already given you. Don't guess missing facts.

- The material the task is about (pasted text, notes or data)

## Instructions

Do the task below with the user's inputs in place of each [bracket].

1. List your defect trigger (e.g. AOI fail, functional-test fail) and the systems that hold board ID, images, station history and machine readings.
2. Write three specialist jobs: (a) second-look inspection against approved examples, (b) move-to-rework only after a human approves, (c) root-cause report that cites source records and recommends a fix.
3. Give a manager agent those three tools plus read-only access to the board’s production history; tell it to escalate inconclusive inspections to a person.
4. Require operator approval before any physical handling; never auto-scrap or auto-adjust oven settings.
5. Output for each alert: decision (clear / rework / human), evidence links, and a one-page RCA draft if rework.
6. Pilot on one line for a week and compare false-positive rate and time-to-RCA against today’s manual process.

## Safety checks (share these with the user)

- Check every figure, price and total against your own records before anything is sent, posted or booked. A person approves refunds, discounts, payments and price changes.
- Check names, dates, numbers and any claim against your own source material before you use the answer. AI can misread or invent details.
- Say clearly which parts need a person to review or approve before anything is sent, paid, posted or filed.

## About this skill

- Works with: NVIDIA Factory Operations Blueprint (FOX), NemoClaw, NVIDIA Cosmos, Isaac Sim, ROS 2, Kumo Anomaly, MES/ERP APIs, MCP
- Based on this real-world example: https://developer.nvidia.com/blog/how-nvidia-factory-operations-blueprint-coordinates-ai-agents-to-investigate-production-issues
- Free prompt from AgentPlaybook Real Estate: https://agentic-library.netlify.app/prompt/al-642-when-an-optical-inspection-alert-flags-a-board-have-a-factor/
- To install in an agent that supports Agent Skills, save this file as SKILL.md in a folder with the same name as `name` above (for example in your skills directory). Install steps for Claude.ai, Claude Code, Cursor and Codex: https://agentic-library.netlify.app/skills/