Execution / Workflow / illustrative sequence

From EPD evidence to a specification

Connect material research, a checked comparison and draft specification language.

Start with
A material category, applicable EPDs and the project’s environmental criteria.
What it helps produce
An EPD comparison and draft specification clauses for professional review.

Available in your setup.

Versions can differ. The overview describes the hosted source; the public release and its instructions are shown separately below.

Arch Studio 1.5.1.2 · MCP

An illustrative sequence using hosted skills. It is not an additional installed skill or an automated pipeline.

Arch Studio 1.5.1.2 · Open source

This sequence is an example, not a separately released plugin capability. Check each linked skill’s availability before using the sequence locally.

Try a first task.

An example prompt to adapt with your own brief and inputs.

Use the Arch Studio skills in “From EPD evidence to a specification” as a guide. Check the inputs with me, work through one step at a time and pause for review before carrying records into the next step.

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.

How the work comes together.

  1. Find the evidence

    Research EPD candidates and retain their source references.

    Explore find epds →

  2. Make a fair comparison

    Check units and system boundaries before comparing impacts.

    Explore compare epds →

  3. Draft the requirement

    Use reviewed evidence and project criteria to prepare specification clauses.

    Explore epd specification clauses →

An example sequence to adapt. Each step needs the inputs, host capabilities and review described by its skill; this is not a prevalidated automated pipeline.

Use it in your practice.

Start with the first skill, review its output and deliberately carry the relevant records into the next step. Add your firm’s templates, review responsibilities and acceptance criteria.

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Make it your own.

Bring your standards, source material and review criteria. Define the expected output and where a person checks the work, then adapt the method as your practice learns. Keep firm-specific instructions in your studio, outside the installed plugin, so updates preserve your work.

Illustrative composition of skills from Arch Studio 1.5.1.2 · MCP. Hosted and public plugin releases are separate.