# SIF to CSV

> Turn a dealer-system SIF file into a readable product schedule.

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## Start here

- [Install](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities/skill-sif-to-csv#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 SIF file and its originating format specification. Norma parses the records into CSV while retaining product identities, options and price meaning, and reports anything the mapping cannot preserve.

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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: SIF to CSV — Preview dealer SIF data and optionally add converted products to your CSV library.

- [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/sif-to-csv/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.

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Use Arch Studio to convert this SIF file to CSV using its supplied format specification. Preserve product codes and repeated options. Keep list price, discounts and sell price separate, and report fields that cannot be mapped.
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## What it extracts

### Record membership

Norma retains the selected records and exact product identities from the supplied file.

### Options and attributes

Norma preserves repeated options rather than keeping only the last occurrence.

### Prices and quantities

Norma keeps list price, discounts, sell price, currency and quantity separate according to the verified source format.

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## Workflow

1. **Identify** — Norma reads the source format, version and encoding.
2. **Parse** — Norma extracts the records and previews the proposed CSV mapping.
3. **Verify** — Norma creates the CSV and compares the reopened file with the source records.

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## Pairs with

Norma can use the converted rows as inputs to a reviewed FF&E schedule.

- [Import product data](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities/skill-product-data-import)

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## Related skills

CSV to SIF — Export a product CSV for a specified dealer system.

Import product data — Turn product notes and lists into a structured FF&E schedule.

- [CSV to SIF](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities/skill-csv-to-sif)
- [Import product data](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities/skill-product-data-import)