Skill Claude · ChatGPT / MCP
NYC zoning analysis
Understand a NYC site’s use and envelope constraints.
What it does
Give Norma the NYC lot and the proposed use or development question. Norma reads applicable original zoning sources, checks the selected lot data and presents source-linked findings for preliminary planning and professional review.
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: NYC zoning analysis — Research lot zoning, permitted uses, floor area, height and setbacks for a New York City site.
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 analyze the proposed use and envelope constraints for the NYC lot in this brief. Verify current applicable sources, cite the controlling sections and distinguish confirmed lot data from unresolved conditions.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 analyzes
Site and source identity
Norma resolves the lot, analysis date, relevant maps and any geometry needed for the question.
Use and bulk controls
Norma researches applicable use, floor-area, height and setback provisions from original sources.
Calculations and conditions
Norma calculates from verified inputs and keeps unresolved special conditions or source gaps visible.
Workflow
- Locate — Norma confirms the selected lot and requested analysis.
- Research — Norma retrieves the applicable original text and source metadata.
- Analyze — Norma explains the supported controls and calculations with section links and limitations.
Pairs with
3D zoning envelopes. Norma can visualize the envelope after the analysis has supplied the necessary report data.