Built by an Engineer
Not an IT department. Not a startup. A surveyor who automates his own workflows and repackages them for others.
From the Field to the Forge
Forge Cloud started in a home office in Greensboro, NC. Joseph Thompson — surveyor, builder services specialist, running a one-man operation — was doing the work of an entire team: generating proposals, processing orders, managing emails, coordinating with builders and title companies.
The problem wasn't skill. It was bandwidth. One person can only context-switch so many times before things slip through the cracks.
So he started building tools. An email processor that categorizes and triages 6,800+ messages. A proposal generator that builds quotes in seconds from client data. An AI plugin that reads and writes Civil 3D files in real time. A voice assistant that drafts proposals while he's driving to job sites.
Then he realized: if these tools work for me, they work for anyone in the industry.
By the Numbers
"A full-service firm has: marketing team, receptionist, field crew coordinator, full staff. My office has: me and one CAD tech. The agents fill the gaps."
The Forge Metaphor
A forge doesn't just heat metal. It transforms raw material into something useful, precise, and durable. That's what this infrastructure does with compute power.
The Forge is the hardware — a PowerSpec G913 with a Ryzen 9 9900X3D, 128GB DDR5, and RTX GPUs. Raw power.
The tools are the software — C3D MCP, CivilStream, voice AI pipelines, 20+ automation agents. What shapes the raw power into useful work.
The smith is the person who built it, uses it daily, and customizes it for every client. Not a generic IT consultant. A surveyor who understands the work.
Every client gets their workload molded to their specific needs. Not a one-size-fits-all cloud instance. A forged solution.
ChatGPT with a name
A chatbot that responds to messages
A toy that's fun for a week
# What Forge Cloud agents actually are:
Isolated environment (separate from your files)
Named identity (personality + rules + memory)
Git-tracked workspace (audit trail of everything)
Recovery kit (rebuildable from scratch)
Conversational control (Discord/Telegram, not dashboards)
= A teammate you can trust over time.
Not a chatbot. Not a toy.
The Technical Foundation
Every deployment follows the same battle-tested architecture. Five pillars. Proven in production. Running 24/7.
Infrastructure
Ubuntu + Proxmox hypervisor. Client VMs isolated with dedicated resources. Tailscale VPN mesh for secure access from anywhere. Daily automated backups.
AI Stack
Three-tier model routing: fast (Llama 8B), complex (DeepSeek 32B), expert (Claude). Response caching. Cost tracking. All inference local except expert tier.
Security
VM hardening with AppLocker. Egress firewall. Tag-based client isolation. Client certificate auth. Automated incident response on threshold breaches.
Automation
Five agents: VM provisioner, client onboarder, health monitor, backup manager, usage tracker. All auto-registered, all testable, all audited.
Monitoring
Real-time health checks. CPU/memory thresholds. VM suspension on violation. Teams/email alerts. WebSocket dashboard for live status.
Billing
Stripe integration for subscriptions and webhooks. Usage-based tracking. Automated invoicing. Clean, predictable monthly billing.
What Can't Be Copied
Domain Expertise
IT companies don't understand surveying. Surveying firms don't understand infrastructure. We do both. Every tool is built by someone who uses it on real projects, every day.
Proprietary Tools
C3D MCP, CivilStream, Auto Proposals — these don't exist anywhere else. They live on The Forge. Clients access them as part of the subscription. They can't be copied or taken.
Direct Relationship
No ticket queues. No tier-1 support reading a script. Call the person who built the system. One owner. One relationship. Complete accountability.
Ready to See It In Action?
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