Skill Claude · ChatGPT / MCP

Site demographics

Research the people, housing and economy around a site.

What it does

Give Norma a site and the area you want to understand. Norma researches demographic context from applicable public and institutional sources, keeping the geography and year of each measure visible.

Install

Connect Arch Studio in Claude or ChatGPT, then return to your conversation and ask Norma for the task. Your assistant uses its available file access and tools to carry out the skill.

Versions and source

Arch Studio 1.5.1.2 · MCP

Available as MCP workflow instructions in compatible Claude and ChatGPT connections. The assistant performs the work with its own tools and permissions and verifies the actual result before reporting completion.

Arch Studio 1.5.1.2 · Open source

Included in the public plugin for Claude Code and Codex. In this version: Site demographics — Research the population, housing, income and employment around a site.

Usage

Ask Norma in plain language. With Arch Studio connected through MCP, no $ or / command is required. Norma is your assistant working with Arch Studio.

Use Arch Studio to prepare a demographic profile for the site in this brief. Compare the surrounding study area with the city, retain the year and geography of every measure, and flag figures that cannot be compared directly.

The full catalog lives in your assistant once Arch Studio is connected. Ask: Norma, what can you do? List the skills, tools, agents and workflows available in this host, grouped by practice area.

What it researches

Population and age

Norma gathers population, density, growth and age data for the relevant study area.

Housing and income

Norma researches housing and income measures and compares compatible city or regional benchmarks.

Employment and coverage

Norma identifies employment context and makes missing data or incompatible time periods explicit.

Workflow

  1. Locate — Norma resolves the site and study geography.
  2. Research — Norma gathers the applicable published measures and source dates.
  3. Compare — Norma returns the profile with compatible benchmarks and stated gaps.

Pairs with

Site history and context. Norma can pair the demographic profile with the area’s historical development and context.