# Lighting Report Extract

> Extract reported lighting results by room, surface and source page.

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## Start here

- [Install](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities/skill-lighting-report-extract#capability-setup)
- [New to skills?](https://architecturestudio.ai/docs/agents)
- [All skills](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities?kind=skills)

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## What it does

Give Norma a lighting report and the rooms or surfaces to examine. Norma extracts the report’s values and keeps calculation results separate from fixture inventory. Norma does not run a new lighting simulation.

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## 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.

- [Add to Claude](https://architecturestudio.ai/docs/install?host=claude&surface=app&method=mcp)
- [Add to ChatGPT](https://architecturestudio.ai/docs/install?host=chatgpt&surface=app&method=mcp)
- [Setup guide](https://architecturestudio.ai/docs/install)

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## 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: Lighting reports — Check reported lighting quantities and results in supplied simulation PDFs without recalculating them.

- [Hosted release details](https://architecturestudio.ai/releases/hosted-1-5-1-2-0692a162)
- [Read public source](https://github.com/AlpacaLabsLLC/skills-for-architects/blob/b85cba155ddbabe8e721fc79044e5a9ef4aa7540/skills/lighting-report-extract/SKILL.md)
- [Public release details](https://architecturestudio.ai/releases/public-1-5-1-2)

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## 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.

```text
Use Arch Studio to extract the reported lighting results for Room 201 from this PDF. Keep the workplane separate from the floor surface, cite the actual pages and distinguish fixture inventory from calculation results.
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## What it extracts

### Calculation results

Norma retains each reported metric, unit, surface and room with its table or page reference.

### Fixture inventory

Norma records inventory separately so repeated tables are not added together as new fixtures.

### Report coverage

Norma distinguishes physical pages from printed labels and identifies missing or unreadable portions of the report.

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## Workflow

1. **Read** — Norma inventories the actual report pages and selected scope.
2. **Extract** — Norma reads the relevant tables and retains exact source locations.
3. **Review** — Norma reports the extracted values and any ambiguous or missing evidence.

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## Pairs with

Norma can compare a properly scoped inventory extraction with another quantity source.

- [Schedule Quantity Reconcile](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities/skill-schedule-quantity-reconcile)

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## Related skills

Schedule Quantity Reconcile — Compare quantity sources without changing either record.

Drawing Quantity Extract — Count drawing instances with a location for every finding.

- [Schedule Quantity Reconcile](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities/skill-schedule-quantity-reconcile)
- [Drawing Quantity Extract](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities/skill-drawing-quantity-extract)