# Skill directory

> Find the Arch Studio skill that fits your task.

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## Start here

- [Install](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities/skill-tool-catalog#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

Ask Norma what Arch Studio can help with or name the task you want to perform. Norma reads the current catalog and shows relevant skills, roles or external-source links without requiring workspace setup just to answer.

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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: Skill directory — Browse available AS skills and commands, plus Claude Code's specialist agents.

- [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/tool-catalog/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 show which skills can research product options, check selected specifications and prepare product sheets. Explain the handoff between them and what access my assistant would need.
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## What it shows

### Skills and roles

Norma lists matching methods and explains their purposes and actual host support.

### External sources

Norma can list registered source links filtered by geography and topic, with the limits of catalog coverage stated.

### Next steps

Norma suggests focused next actions and distinguishes available instructions from execution that needs a compatible host.

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## Workflow

1. **Read** — Norma identifies the task or directory scope in your question.
2. **Find** — Norma selects relevant entries from the current maintained catalog.
3. **Explain** — Norma returns their purposes and practical next steps.

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## Pairs with

Norma can coordinate the selected methods when your task spans more than one skill.

- [Norma](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities/skill-norma)

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## Related skills

Research products — Find product candidates that fit your design brief.

Product Audit — Check a selected product against its source evidence.

Product Cut Sheet — Create a product sheet from reviewed specifications and images.

- [Research products](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities/skill-product-research)
- [Product Audit](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities/skill-product-audit)
- [Product Cut Sheet](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities/skill-product-cut-sheet)