skills-for-architects

Look up ACRIS property transaction records for any NYC property — deeds, mortgages, satisfactions, liens, and ownership history. Use when the user asks who owns a building, when it last sold or for how much, or whether there are mortgages or liens against it. NYC only; for permits or violations use the DOB skills.

Look up Board of Standards and Appeals (BSA) variances and special permits for any NYC property. Use when checking whether a lot carries zoning relief — variances, special permits, appeals — that modifies its as-of-right envelope. NYC only; for base zoning controls use /zoning-analysis-nyc.

Look up DOB permit and job filing history for any NYC building — new-building, alteration, and demolition filings with status and dates. Use when the user asks what work was filed or permitted at an address, or to gauge renovation history during due diligence. NYC only; for open violations use /nyc-dob-violations.

Look up open and resolved DOB and ECB violations for any NYC building, with class, status, and penalty detail. Use when the user asks whether a building has violations, stop-work orders, or outstanding ECB penalties. NYC only; for housing-code violations use /nyc-hpd.

Look up HPD violations, complaints, and building registration for residential buildings.

Check if a NYC building is landmarked or in a historic district using LPC data.

Combined NYC property report — landmarks, DOB permits, violations, ACRIS records, HPD, and BSA variances.

Demographics and market site analysis — population, income, age, housing market, and employment data from an address.

Climate and environmental site analysis — temperature, precipitation, wind, sun angles, flood zones, seismic risk, soil, and topography from an address.

Neighborhood context and history — adjacent uses, architectural character, landmarks, commercial activity, and planned development from an address.

Transit and mobility site analysis — subway, bus, bike, pedestrian infrastructure, walk scores, and airport access from an address.

Analyze zoning envelope rules for lots in New York City using PLUTO data and the NYC Zoning Resolution

Generate interactive 3D zoning envelope viewers from zoning analysis reports. Requires a zoning analysis report as input.

IBC occupancy load calculator — calculates maximum occupant loads per area from IBC Table 1004.5, with gross vs net area handling, use group classification, and exportable reports.

AI workplace strategy consultant that builds office space programs through conversation — area splits, room schedules, seat counts, and reports.

CSI outline specification writer — takes a materials or products list and generates structured specs with MasterFormat divisions, performance criteria, and acceptable manufacturers.

Generate CSI-formatted specification sections requiring EPDs and setting maximum GWP thresholds. References ISO 14025, ISO 21930, EN 15804.

Convert a CSV or Excel FF&E product list to SIF (Standard Interchange Format) for dealer and procurement systems.

Silent setup check. Verifies master-schedule.json exists and the sheet is accessible. If not, copies the template sheet to the user's account and writes master-schedule.json. Called automatically by other skills before reading or writing product data.

Auto-tag FF&E products with categories, colors, materials, and style tags using AI.

Download, resize, and remove backgrounds from product images at scale

Find visually or functionally similar products from an image, name, or description.

Suggest complementary products that pair well with a given item — side tables for sofas, task lights for desks, etc.

Convert a SIF (Standard Interchange Format) file to a clean, readable CSV or Google Sheet.

Color palette generator — creates harmonious color palettes from descriptions, moods, or images. Outputs a self-contained HTML file with swatches, hex/RGB/HSL codes, contrast ratios, and example pairings.

Generate a polished HTML slide deck from a topic, outline, or data. Outputs a self-contained .html file with keyboard/touch navigation, responsive typography, and the ALPA (Alpaca Labs) design system — Helvetica, editorial layout, clean white backgrounds.

Show all available skills, agents, and how to use them — organized by task.

Smart router — describe your task and get routed to the right agent or skill. Start here if you don't know which skill to use.

Capture a project decision as an ADR-style record in decisions/NNNN-slug.md — context, options considered, the call, consequences, status. Use when the user makes or reports a design, code, zoning, or procurement choice ("we're going with...", "the client decided..."), when an analysis surfaces options that force a choice, or to supersede an earlier decision. Records reasoning — current facts live in PROJECT.md via /project-dossier.

Create or update the project dossier — a PROJECT.md file in the working directory holding persistent project facts (identity, site, zoning, program, code edition) plus an index of decisions. Use when starting a project, when the user says "set up the project" or "remember this for the project", or when an analysis skill needs somewhere to record findings. Facts only — to record a decision with its rationale, use /decision.

Fetch structured FF&E product specs from a list of URLs. Extracts name, brand, dimensions, materials, price, and images into a standardized schedule.

Compare 2+ products side-by-side on environmental impact metrics. Normalizes declared units, checks system boundary alignment, and flags LEED MRc2 compliance.

Parse EPD (Environmental Product Declaration) PDF documents to extract structured environmental impact data — GWP, life cycle stages, certifications, and compliance metrics.

Search for EPDs by product category, CSI division, or material type. Finds EPDs from EC3, program operator registries, and manufacturer sites.

Clean up an FF&E schedule — normalize casing, dimensions, units, language, materials, and formatting for consistency.

Generate a formatted FF&E specification schedule from raw product data — notes, CSV, or pasted lists. Outputs a structured schedule compatible with the 33-column master schema.

FF&E product research — receives a brief from the designer, searches the web for matching products, and returns structured candidates to save to the master Google Sheet.

Extract structured FF&E product specs from PDF files — price books, fact sheets, and spec sheets. Claude reads extracted text and structures products into a standardized schedule.

Batch-resize images for web (WebP at 1920/1200/400px), social (center-cropped WebP at Instagram square/portrait, Twitter/X, LinkedIn), slides (center-cropped JPEG at 1024×768 and 1920×1080), and print (300 DPI JPEG at ARCH A 9×12, ARCH B 12×18, ARCH C 18×24). Asks user for source folder, outputs resized copies into subfolders within that folder.