Skill Claude · ChatGPT / MCP
Site history and context
Trace a site’s history and neighborhood context.
What it does
Give Norma a site, historic records or a period to investigate. Norma researches applicable archives and public sources and connects the evidence into a dated account of change.
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
Add to ChatGPTVersions 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 history and context — Research a site's surroundings, architectural character, history and planned development.
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 research how the neighborhood around this site changed over time. Start with the supplied historic maps, add relevant archival sources and distinguish what the maps show from interpretations.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
Historic records
Norma reads relevant maps, archival documents and institutional histories.
Development over time
Norma compares supported changes in the site and surrounding neighborhood.
Sources and uncertainty
Norma keeps dates and references attached and distinguishes observed changes from explanations that need corroboration.
Workflow
- Locate — Norma establishes the place and historical question.
- Research — Norma reviews the supplied records and relevant local archives.
- Explain — Norma returns the supported account with gaps or conflicting sources identified.
Pairs with
Site demographics. Norma can add current population and housing context to the historical account.