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# Every shift starts with better context.

Bring production handovers, quality documents, and maintenance preparation into focused workflows for your teams.

[Explore the possibilities](#industry-workflows)

A day in manufacturing

## A quality deviation that reaches the next shift.

- ### The signal

An inspection identifies a dimensional deviation in a production batch.

- ### The context

The agent assembles inspection notes, batch genealogy, work instructions, and the current quality hold from authorized plant records.

- ### The next move

It prepares a shift brief with the affected batch and missing checks. Quality engineers decide disposition; Cortex does not command machinery or clear the hold.

Illustrative workspace · Sample data

### Quality engineer desk

BatchLOT–042

ObservationDimension outside tolerance

DispositionQuality hold

Next stepEngineering assessment

Prepared for human review

A workflow concept, not a connected system or a customer result.

Where to start

## A production issue keeps its context across shifts.

Production context is spread across operator notes, inspection files, and maintenance systems. Give the team a shared place to prepare a handover and understand the evidence before deciding what to do.

What you could build

## Keep production context connected.

A useful app for your team. A focused role for the agent. Real sources behind the work.

01

### Production handovers

The appA shift board for open issues, observations, and follow-up owners.

The agentPrepare the next shift's briefing from authorized production records.

The evidenceOperator notes, recorded events, and the age of the latest update.

02

### Quality documentation

The appA review queue for inspection documents and incomplete supporting evidence.

The agentExtract available information and flag missing fields against the approved checklist.

The evidenceOriginal inspection records and the source of each extracted field.

03

### Maintenance preparation

The appA workspace for preparing maintenance requests and finding the right procedure.

The agentGather equipment context and summarize approved documentation for the technician.

The evidenceMaintenance logs and current procedures; no autonomous machine control.

Your context, connected

## Work with the systems you already rely on.

Configure authorized API, database, or MCP connections around the workflow. Source access, freshness, and permitted actions stay explicit.

[How Cortex connects context](/docs/)

- Authorized production views

- Inspection documents

- Maintenance records

- Approved operating procedures

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Explore the workflow

## Daily team handover

Replace a scattered handover with a shared checklist, visible responsibilities, and an assistant that helps prepare the context.](/use-cases/daily-handover/)[02

Explore the workflow

## Internal knowledge assistant

Give teams an assistant that works with approved knowledge, explains its sources, and knows when the answer is missing.](/use-cases/knowledge-assistant/)

Design the boundaries

## Useful work needs clear limits.

- Keep machine control and safety decisions in the existing authorized process.

- Limit access to the records needed for the selected line or team.

- Require people to approve quality sign-off and maintenance actions.

A practical first step

## Start focused. Learn from real work.

Start with a read-only shift handover on one production line. Keep equipment control, safety decisions, and quality sign-off in the existing authorized process.

### What to measure in your pilot

- Issues carried across shifts without context

- Time spent assembling inspection evidence

- Maintenance requests missing key details

Agree on a baseline with your team. These are suggested measures, not promised results.

Start with your work

## What would you build first?

Bring one process. Let’s explore what it could become.

Let’s talk about your workflow

## Meet your next way of working.

Demo bookings are coming soon. For now, take a look around the interactive preview to see how Cortex brings apps, agents, and oversight together.

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[Documentation](https://usecortex.co/docs/) · [Agent index](https://usecortex.co/llms.txt)