Rocket-proven: Boosting shop-floor efficiency with AI

Boltline Agent is already proven on rockets. Now, it is ready for complex hardware teams everywhere. 

Boltline Agent is the AI already at work on Stoke Space’s rocket shop floor. Ask Boltline Agent what’s blocking a unit, what keeps failing inspection, or which step causes the most rework. Every answer links to the records behind it, so you can check the source before you act. 

Powering it all is Boltline, the software platform Stoke Space created to build reusable rockets: one system to plan, build, inspect, test, operate, and sustain hardware. Boltline is available to complex hardware teams in any industry, and many already depend on it. 

“Boltline Agent works from a team’s complete, connected record of their hardware, and that changes what engineers can ask,” said Brent Bradbury, Head of Business at Boltline. “An engineer can get instant answers to questions about day-to-day execution intel that used to take a lot of hunting around to find: build blockers, delayed orders, NCRs. But AI is so powerful now that Boltline Agent can synthesize true engineering guidance, like tying root causes to test results and suggesting the paths a part could take within its requirements.” 

Clear the path to the next build 

Questions that used to mean digging through spreadsheets, PDFs, or an engineer’s memory now get answered in seconds. Ask what could block the next build, and Boltline Agent points to the open items standing in the way, such as parts still in inspection, materials awaiting certification, or quality issues that need a decision. Each item links to its source record, so the team can verify the answer and act on it. 

On Stoke Space’s shop floor, Boltline Agent has already turned a recurring paperwork task from hours into minutes. Pulling the paperwork for a build used to mean clicking through dozens of records one at a time. Now it’s a saved skill, set up without any coding, that does the job in a few clicks every time that build comes through the shop. 

Put Boltline Agent to work 

• Ask: Get cited answers about inventory, orders, non-conformance reports (NCRs), work plans, runs, and measurements. 
• Analyze: Compare builds and measurement data in seconds to surface out-of-spec readings. 
• Generate: Check a spreadsheet against the live Boltline record, then export a CSV, PDF report, or HTML dashboard. 
• Report: Turn live work into a weekly summary of completed work, open blockers, and changes. 
• Act: Prepare new work plan runs from existing templates, with a person approving every action. 
• Run Skills: Make your team’s workflows repeatable with Boltline’s skill templates, or create your own around your team’s tools and operational knowledge. 

Secure by design, with your team in control 

Each organization’s data stays isolated and is never used to train shared AI models. Boltline supports ITAR-controlled programs and has completed a SOC 1 Type I/II audit. Boltline Agent never writes to your records on its own: it can prepare a change, but nothing is saved until someone on your team approves it. 

“Accuracy, human oversight, and security came first for us. Our first customer was our own shop floor, where a wrong answer slows down a real rocket build,” said Ed Castaneda, Head of Engineering at Boltline. “So Boltline Agent shows the record behind every answer, waits for a person before it changes anything, and keeps each customer’s data separate. We ran it that way for three months before opening it to external customers.” 

About Boltline 

Boltline was born at Stoke Space, a company building fully reusable rockets, where paper travelers and spreadsheets couldn’t keep up with hardware that has to be traced through every flight, test, and rebuild. Proven on reusable rockets, Boltline is now a standalone product that brings the same rigor to advanced manufacturing teams everywhere. Boltline customers, including ispace, Quantum Space, Intuitive Machines, and Xcimer, continue to push the platform forward with every test, rebuild, and program. 

Proven on rockets, Boltline Agent is now ready to help you build what’s next, regardless of your industry. Explore Boltline Agent or request a demo to see how Boltline fits into your current operation.