Atlas Card

An Atlas Card is the picture-first card. It covers one area of a machine and answers two questions Technicians ask all the time: "where is it?" and "what does it look like?" Each picture says what you see, why it matters, and which card explains the fix. For how Atlas Cards fit with the other card types, see Field Cards.

This page shows a complete Atlas Card, explains what each section captures, and then shows how to create one with the InSkill Field Card Creator skill.

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Note

The example is built from fictional AZ Copper Works records and the AZ Machine Works AM-650 manuals. Its pictures are illustrations marked For demo purposes only. A real atlas uses the site's own photos.

The Example Card

What Each Section Covers

An atlas starts with a figure index so Technicians can find a picture fast. Photo plates start on page 2 and are grouped by area.

Example Questions

These questions were asked in Ask on Copilot (Truck) with the card uploaded, and InSkill GPT answered them correctly. Use them to check the card after you upload it.

How to Create an Atlas Card

Atlas Cards are created in Claude with the InSkill Field Card Creator skill. It views every photo before captioning it, describes only what is visible, and takes the reason the photo matters from the record it belongs to.

Follow these five stages in order:

1. Gather the source data
2. Run the skill
3. Review the card
4. Upload to InSkill
5. Test the card in Ask

Gather the source data

Collect the photos Technicians took, and the records that say why each photo was taken. When you make Fault and Procedure Cards from the same records, make them first: the atlas then uses the photos those cards don't need, so pictures aren't duplicated. Aim for 8 to 16 pictures per atlas, and split larger areas into more than one atlas.

The source for this example is the typed AZ Copper Works field log, with a photo for each record. These are the rows the skill used:

id,date,shift,unit,tech,area,entry
E0003,2026-07-08,Day,B43558,JM,Body,"Prop pin found in its bracket on the left frame rail without the retaining clip lanyard; clip loose on the deck. Replaced clip 650-4189-00. Photo of the storage bracket taken."
E0005,2026-07-12,Day,B43558,JM,Body,"50 h hoist cylinder visual check. Raised empty body to the yellow alignment mark, prop pin installed through frame and body lugs, clip fitted, body lowered onto the pin, locked out. No leaks on either cylinder. Photo of pin installed."
E0006,2026-07-14,Day,B43558,RT,Hoist,"Operator radioed 'hoist dead' at Shovel 2. CD-7 showed Hoist Locked - Park Brake. Operator had not applied the park brake before dumping. Applied park brake, body raised normally. No fault; operator briefed."
E0016,2026-08-07,Day,B43113,BS,Body,"500 h hoist cylinder inspection on the prop pin. Light scoring on stage 2 rod of the left cylinder, did not catch a fingernail; dressed with a fine stone. Pin radial play 0.02 in. Retainer bolts checked at 428 lb-ft. Photo of the rod taken."
E0017,2026-08-10,Day,B43558,AL,Hydraulic,"Tank breather color indicator pink at about 640 h since last change. Replaced breather 650-4330-00 hand tight. Photo of old breather."
E0022,2026-08-21,Day,B43558,DR,Body,"CD-7 Body Up - Travel Limited, AM-4002, with the body down. Body pads measured 1.3 in. Replaced pads. Body-down switch gap set to 0.25 in. Code cleared."

The skill also used the component locations table in the AMW-MP-650-25 Maintenance and Parts Manual (page 10) for the two truck overview plates.

Run the skill

In Claude, attach the photos, the field log, the manual and the customer logo, and use a prompt like this:

Use the InSkill Field Card Creator skill.

Create an atlas card for the hoist, body, prop pin and hydraulic tank area of the
AMW AM-650 haul truck.
- Copilot: Copilot (Truck)
- Site: AZ Copper Works (prefix ACW)
- Keep the card generic to the AM-650: no unit numbers; note model-year differences
- Source: the attached photos and field log, July to September 2026
- Use the component locations table in the attached AMW-MP-650-25 manual (page 10)
- Group the plates by area, and point each plate to the card that explains the fix
- Header: the attached AZ Machine Works logo

Review the card

Before you upload the card, check:

• Every page reads cleanly, no heading is stranded at the bottom of a page, and the card ID fits the header.
• Every field value appears in the source records, and every source ID on the card exists.
• Every value taken from the manual cites its page.
• The To be confirmed list names every gap, and who should close it.
• The settings file has InSkill GPT Answers, App and Web all on.
• Every plate cites its source record, and What you see describes only what is in the picture.

Upload to InSkill

Field cards are uploaded with InSkill GPT Answers, App and Web all on. With App and Web off, InSkill GPT still uses a card, but doesn't show it as a resource in the answer.

1. Open the copilot, here Copilot (Truck), and open its Resources tab.
2. Click Bulk Upload and add the PDF.
3. Under Configure defaults for uploaded files, leave Published on. Under Visibility, leave App, Web and InSkill GPT Answers selected. Under InSkill GPT, leave Searchable and Parse selected.
4. Click Create 1 Resources, then Done.
5. Open the new resource and set Name, Keywords and Description from the settings file. Leave Prompt empty. Click Save. See Editing Resource Attributes.

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Note

Claude can do step 5 for you through the InSkill MCP Server: ask it to apply the .inskill.json settings file to the uploaded resource.

In this example the resource name is Field Card (Atlas) | Hoist and body: where things are and what they look like.

Test the card in Ask

Ask the example questions in Ask on the copilot and check the answers against the card.

Output Reference

Files

The skill writes two files for each card:

The skill writes the card in English, even when the source records are in another language. It writes another language version, for example ACW-AZMachineWorks-AM650-Truck-A-001-ES.pdf, only when you ask for one. On request, it also delivers a kit with the template, builder, content files and images, so the card can be rebuilt after edits.

Card ID

Every card ID follows the pattern <Site>-<Brand>-<Model>-<MachineType>-<Code>-<Number>, and each language version adds a suffix:

Value tags

Every value on the card is tagged so Technicians and InSkill GPT know how far to trust it:

Status, version and review

Settings file

The settings file for this Atlas Card:

{
  "card_id": "ACW-AZMachineWorks-AM650-Truck-A-001",
  "resource_title": "Field Card (Atlas) | Hoist and body: where things are and what they look like",
  "language": "en",
  "base_language": "en",
  "is_base": true,
  "translation_group": "ACW-AZMachineWorks-AM650-Truck-A-001",
  "card_type": "atlas",
  "status": "field",
  "version": "0.1",
  "review_date": "2027-01-29",
  "owner": "To be assigned",
  "copilot": "Copilot (Truck)",
  "visibility": {"vis_mvn": true, "vis_web": true, "vis_app": true},
  "keywords": ["where is", "location", "prop pin location", "body pin", "ML screw location", "hoist valve", "test panel location", "test ports", "TP-2", "rod scoring", "cylinder scratches", "body pads", "body-down sensor", "AM-4002", "pink breather", "sight gauge", "Hoist Locked", "picture", "what does it look like", "AM-650"],
  "mvn_desc": "Hoist and body: where things are and what they look like. Atlas card for the AMW AM-650 rigid haul truck.",
  "source_entries": "E0002, E0003, E0005, E0006, E0009, E0010, E0016, E0017, E0019, E0022, E0024, E0029 (AZ Copper Works field log, Jul–Sep 2026, fictional demo data). Manuals: SM pp. 33, 39; MP pp. 10, 12–13, 37. SM = AMW-SM-650-25 Rev. A Service Manual, MP = AMW-MP-650-25 Rev. A Maintenance and Parts Manual.",
  "file": "ACW-AZMachineWorks-AM650-Truck-A-001-EN.pdf"
}