# Framework: Studio, Knowledge, Tooling and Memory

> Four pillars for an AI studio inside Claude or ChatGPT: how your practice is set up, what it knows, what it does and what it carries forward.

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## The four pillars

Studio — How your firm sets up and assures the work. (Account and access, Configuration, Standards, Assurance)

Knowledge — What the work draws on. (External references, Your firm’s data, Provenance)

Tooling — How operations are performed or coordinated. (Skills, Tools, Agents, Workflows)

Memory — What carries forward. (Firm decisions, Project context, Working records, Continuity)

- [Studio](https://architecturestudio.ai/framework/governance)
- [Knowledge](https://architecturestudio.ai/framework/knowledge)
- [Tooling](https://architecturestudio.ai/framework/execution)
- [Memory](https://architecturestudio.ai/framework/memory)

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## Practice areas

A practice area collects the skills, tools, agents, workflows and references for one kind of work. It is an index over the four pillars, not a pillar of its own.

- [The nine practice areas](https://architecturestudio.ai/framework/knowledge#practice-areas)

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## Get started.

Connect Arch Studio to the Claude or ChatGPT account your firm already uses.

- [Add to Claude or ChatGPT](https://architecturestudio.ai/docs/install)
- [Browse the catalog](https://architecturestudio.ai/capabilities)