Skill Claude · ChatGPT / MCP
Studio workspace
Set up the workspace around your firm’s conventions.
What it does
Ask Norma to open an existing studio or prepare a new one in the folder you choose. Norma configures the local workspace around your naming, units, document placement and project-registration preferences.
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: Studio workspace — Set up your studio, register projects and route architecture tasks to the right skill.
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 new studio workspace at this selected folder. Use millimetres, our supplied naming rules and no default jurisdiction. Show the exact files and project-registration approach before creating them.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 configures
Firm conventions
Norma records your selected units, naming policy, jurisdiction preference and stage vocabulary.
Workspace structure
Norma uses the confirmed folders and document-placement rules rather than imposing a cloud storage service.
Project directory
Norma registers projects and maintains routing to their records. Valid standalone projects can remain standalone.
Workflow
- Choose — You select the workspace location and confirm missing firm conventions.
- Preview — Norma shows the exact setup files and managed folders.
- Configure — Norma creates or updates the authorized workspace and verifies the project directory.
Pairs with
Project records. Norma uses Project records to initialize or maintain the projects registered in your studio.