# Receive

> Register received documents without losing their identity.

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## Start here

- [Install](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities/skill-receive#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 the source files and the project they belong to. Norma preserves received filenames and source information, places the files using the project’s rules and verifies their registration.

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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: Receive documents — Register received or authored project documents by confirmed coordinates, preserving filenames and provenance.

- [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/receive/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 receive this consultant PDF into the selected project. Preserve its filename and issue date, link it as a revision of the previous registered document, and verify the stored file.
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## What it preserves

### File identity

Norma retains received names and the internal structure of supplied packages.

### Document context

Norma records the known issue date, originator, kind, scope and original source. Arrival date does not replace an unknown issue date.

### Revision history

Norma links revised documents to earlier records without overwriting the prior source.

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## Workflow

1. **Identify** — Norma resolves the project and missing document coordinates.
2. **Register** — Norma places and records the authorized files.
3. **Verify** — Norma reopens the registered record and checks the actual saved files.

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## Pairs with

Norma can use selected registered documents as evidence for confirmed project facts or decisions.

- [Project records](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities/skill-project)

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## Related skills

Project records — Keep current project facts and decisions traceable.

Meeting minutes — Turn meeting notes into a clear, source-linked record.

- [Project records](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities/skill-project)
- [Meeting minutes](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities/skill-meeting-minutes)