A desktop app that takes a whole stack of photos, or a few words about what's wrong, and works out the problem on the computer itself. No upload, no browser tab. It's running today as a prototype, and this is the first look.
Core is built from the same engines, text models and repair guides as the phone apps, in a window made for the work that ends up at a desk.
These are captures of the prototype as it runs today, not mockups.
A phone is built for one photo at a time. A desk is where the whole folder ends up: the walk-through of a house, a dozen pictures of the same leak. Core takes them all at once and works down the list. Pick any photo to see its result, the runners-up and the repair guide.
Pick car, home or boat and describe the problem the way you'd say it out loud. Core ranks the likely causes, re-ranks them with each detail you add, and asks a follow-up question while the description could still go either way.
Add to project on any repair guide copies its steps into a project, starting with what you'll need. Check them off as you go, and the project keeps count of how far along you are.
Core is a prototype. Here's what that means today.
Windows is the platform it's being built for. It also runs on the Mac, which is where it's developed. There's no download yet.
Core runs Emerald 5.3, the broadest fi[x]in engine. It recognizes 13 kinds of problem Sapphire doesn't, and Sapphire 4.3 is one click away on any photo.
Core now keeps your recent photos and turns repair guides into projects you can work through. The OBD-II reader is still a phone-app feature and isn't in Core yet.
If a desktop app is what would put fi[x]in to work in your shop, your boatyard or your office, tell us what you'd use it for. Send a feature request and it goes straight into what Core becomes.