Attention Cards Workflow
How to spot and resolve cards that need your eyes — fix them inline on the Available tab via Quick Edit or the Focus Review overlay.
Overview
When RocketAI isn't fully confident in a card identification — or when a card lands without a price match — RocketVault flags it as needing attention rather than letting it slip into your active listing batch. This protects you from listing errors: a misidentified parallel or wrong player name can mean a big pricing mistake.
Attention-flagged cards now live alongside everything else on the Available tab. A small blue eye chip on the row tells you a card is worth a second look; clicking it opens Quick Edit so you can fix what's flagged in seconds without leaving the inventory list.
Why Cards Get Flagged
Cards are flagged for attention when any of the following are true:
| Trigger | Why It Matters |
|---|---|
| Missing fields | Player name, set, year, or card number is empty — RocketAI couldn't extract it from the image |
| Parallel uncertainty | A parallel was detected but the exact variant isn't confirmed |
| Autograph detected | Autographed cards need verification because they carry significant premiums |
| Memorabilia detected | Game-used material cards need manual confirmation |
| High estimated value | Cards above your value threshold (default: $50) carry an attention badge so you verify before listing |
| No price match | RocketVault's catalog didn't match and eBay comps came back empty — you'll need to set a price manually |
| Fallback price | Pricing fell back to a tier estimate; the card lists "no comps" until you confirm or override |
Adjust Your Threshold
You can change the high-value threshold in Settings → Review. A higher threshold means fewer cards get flagged for value (faster pipeline) but more risk of accidentally listing premium cards without a second look.
Black parallels always need a serial number
Real Black parallels — Topps Chrome Black, Bowman Chrome Black, Prizm Black, Select Black — are nearly always serial-numbered. If RocketAI calls a card "Black" but no /XX serial is visible (often because the scan is dim and the chrome reflection reads as the matte-black finish), we default it to base and queue it under Verify Parallel so you can confirm in Focus Review.
Spotting Attention Cards
Three places surface flagged cards:
- Per-row chip — every card needing a look shows a small blue eye chip on its row in the inventory list. Hover (desktop) or tap (mobile) to see exactly what's flagged.
- Tab badge — the AVAILABLE tab pill carries a secondary blue eye sub-badge with a count, so you always know how many flagged cards live in your inventory.
- Filter chip bar — above the inventory grid, click Needs Attention to filter to just flagged cards. Specific chips (Verify Parallel, No Price, Missing Data, Inserts) narrow further to one category.
Fixing Cards Inline (Quick Edit)
Step 01
Click the eye chip
On any flagged row, click the blue eye chip. Quick Edit opens immediately on desktop. On mobile, tapping the chip opens a bottom sheet listing the specific reasons with a Fix in Quick Edit button.
Step 02
Resolve what's flagged
Quick Edit surfaces the fields most likely to need attention:
- Parallel picker — pick the correct parallel from the AI's top candidates or the full set roster
- Insert toggle + name — confirm an insert and supply the insert series name
- Price — set or override the suggested price when comps came back empty
- Serial / print run — fill in /XX numbering for serialized cards
- Player, set, year, card number — patch any missing identification
Step 03
Save
Hit Save. RocketVault re-runs status checks against the updated card. If the last review reason resolves, the card automatically promotes to Ready — no separate "approve" click needed. Pricing reruns in the background.
Auto-promote on save
Editing a card that resolves all of its review reasons auto-promotes it to Ready. Parallel-bearing cards stay flagged until you explicitly approve them via Focus Review (parallels carry inherent value uncertainty that warrants a deliberate confirmation step).
Power-User Path: Focus Review
If you have dozens or hundreds of attention cards (after a bulk upload, for example), the per-card Quick Edit dance is slow. Focus Review is the keyboard-driven workspace for blasting through a queue.
Step 01
Open Focus Review
On the Available tab, click the Focus Review button next to the chip bar. The button only appears when you have flagged cards.
Step 02
Triage with the keyboard
Focus Review puts a single card front-and-center with image, AI candidates, and a parallel picker. Use:
- A — approve (move to Ready)
- S — skip (next card without changing status)
- F — flip (toggle front/back image)
- E — edit image
- ← → — previous / next
- Esc — close the overlay
The active filter from the Available tab carries through, so launching Focus Review while the Verify Parallel chip is active scopes the queue to just parallel-flagged cards.
Step 03
Cluster mode for parallels
When several cards in a row share the same set + parallel candidate, Focus Review groups them into a cluster. Confirm the parallel once and the whole cluster is approved — handy after uploading a Bowman Chrome box where dozens of cards share the same Refractor pattern.
Bulk Publish Safety
When you bulk-publish from the Available tab, RocketVault automatically holds back attention-flagged cards by default. The publish modal shows a Skip cards needing review checkbox with a count of how many would be filtered. Uncheck it only when you're certain you want to publish flagged cards as-is.
The response surfaces the IDs that were skipped so you can fix and republish in a follow-up batch.
Common Questions
Can I reprocess a card instead of manually correcting it? Yes. If the image quality is decent but the AI got it wrong, click Reprocess on the card detail page. This runs a fresh AI analysis. See the Reprocessing Cards guide for details.
Do reviewed cards get re-identified automatically? No. Once you fix and save a card, the identification is locked. RocketAI's background enrichment may add supplementary data (like updated pricing or catalog links), but won't change your approved identification.
What if I had bookmarks to the old /needs-review page?
Old links redirect into the consolidated Available tab with the attention filter pre-applied (/cards?attention=1). Your bookmarks keep working.
AI Card Identification
How RocketAI automatically identifies your cards, extracts metadata, and detects parallels and variants.
Inventory Management
Browse, filter, sort, and manage your card inventory. Tabbed pipeline view, bulk operations, attention chips, and per-card detail.
Reprocessing Cards
Re-run AI identification on cards that were misidentified or need updated data.