# 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.

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## 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.

- [Hosted release details](https://architecturestudio.ai/releases/hosted-1-5-1-2-0692a162)
- [Public release details](https://architecturestudio.ai/releases/public-1-5-1-2)

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## 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.

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## How the work comes together.

Illustrative sequence to adapt; each step requires its inputs, host capabilities and review.

Find the evidence — Research EPD candidates and retain their source references.

Make a fair comparison — Check units and system boundaries before comparing impacts.

Draft the requirement — Use reviewed evidence and project criteria to prepare specification clauses.

- [Find EPDs](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities/skill-epd-research)
- [Compare EPDs](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities/skill-epd-compare)
- [EPD specification clauses](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities/skill-epd-to-spec)

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## Use it in your practice.

Combine Arch Studio methods with ChatGPT or Claude and the apps your team uses. These are illustrative sequences to adapt, with the required connections and review steps stated for each example.

Provide authorized inputs and the required host capabilities, then review the result before saving or issuing it.

- [Setup guide](https://architecturestudio.ai/docs/install)

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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.

- [Explore ways to extend your studio](https://architecturestudio.ai/framework/execution#skills-extend)
- [Create or adapt a skill](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities/skill-skill-maker)
- [Working with Arch Studio in your assistant](https://architecturestudio.ai/docs/agents)

## Source provenance

Illustrative composition of skills from Arch Studio 1.5.1.2 · MCP.

- [Release details](https://architecturestudio.ai/releases/hosted-1-5-1-2-0692a162)
- [Back to catalog](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities?kind=workflows)