The Skill Designer is the cloud-based core of ABBYY Vantage for creating, training, and deploying document processing skills. Use it to build extraction rules, classify documents, and assemble multi-step processing workflows directly from your browser.Documentation Index
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Skill Designer is the right tool for most skills. For Document Splitter skills, or for Document skills that need custom activities, scripting, or many varying layouts, use the desktop Advanced Designer instead.
Types of skills
The Skill Designer supports four types of skills:| Skill type | Description |
|---|---|
| Classification skill | Identifies which type of document you have and routes it to the correct handler. |
| Document skill | Defines document type layouts and extraction rules for pulling structured data from documents. |
| OCR skill | Controls text recognition settings such as languages, PDF processing mode, and output format. |
| Process skill | Combines Classification skills, Document skills, and business rules into multi-step processing workflows. |
How it works
The order below is typical for a Document skill. The exact steps vary by skill type — OCR and Process skills, for example, do not require labeling or model training.Collect sample documents
Gather representative documents of the types you want to process — structured, semi-structured, or unstructured.
Classify documents
If you have multiple document types, build a Classification skill to automatically route each document to the right Document skill or extraction step.
Label and annotate fields
Define which pieces of data you want extracted by marking fields on your sample documents.
Train the skill
Use ABBYY’s training pipeline (fast learning or deep learning) to train the extraction model.
Review and validate
Use human review to catch low-confidence extractions. Adjust labeling and business rules to improve accuracy.
Publish and deploy
Publish the skill so it can be used within business workflows and called via APIs.
What’s next
Classification skill setup
Configure a Classification skill from scratch to route documents by type.
Document skill setup
Set up a Document skill and define extraction fields for structured data.
OCR skill setup
Configure an OCR skill for languages, PDF mode, and output format.
Process skill activities
Chain Classification, Document, and OCR skills into a workflow.