55 tools for this part of the work. Skills load themselves when the conversation matches; commands are typed with a slash; agents review in their own context and report back.
Interrogate a brief for gaps, contradictions, and unstated assumptions
Write what the project is, for a reader who was not in the room
Read an elevation for what it decides and what it flattens away
Build a side-by-side comparison of design options for a decision
Read a plan for what is on it, what is missing, and what it implies
Find architectural precedents for a concept or condition
Read a brief or programme document for what its numbers rest on
Read a section for what it resolves and what it draws around
Read a sketch, an image, or a model view and say what it commits to
Build the matrix from who actually moves, not from who says they are close
Establish which area standard governs and what actually counts in it
Close the gap between the programme and the budget, and price what goes
Trace each journey through the plan and find where two that should not meet do
Work out how deep daylight reaches into each room, and which rooms stay dark
Work out how new construction meets the building already there
Lay out a bathroom around the plumbing wall and the door swing
Add up the core from your own dimensions and check its share of the plate
Work the entry as a sequence from the street to the second door
Decide what the interior has to do before detailing any part of it
Lay out a kitchen around the work that happens in it, and the services
Detail built-in joinery so the shop can price it and the wall can hold it
Build up an interior partition and decide where it stops
Record what is actually there, and mark what you did not verify
Find the one idea the scheme is actually organized by, and test it
Plan construction phases around a building that stays open through them
Critique your scheme through lenses drawn from precedents you supply
Read a plan for how it will be misused, not for what it is called
Compute sun angles and shadow reach for a massing, date, and place
Read a site for what it decides, before anything is drawn on it
Track the room list, target areas, and designed areas as they move
Stack the programme against what the floor plate and the core will actually take
Compare massing options by computed GFA, height, and net area
A 25-year architect's gut-check on what will break the project
A reuse architect on what the building allows, and what it costs to find out
A healthcare architect's read on a hospital or clinic plan
A campus architect's read on a university project
A preservation architect's read on work to a historic building
A hotel architect on the guest sequence, key count, and back of house
An industrial architect on the clear span, the dock, and the yard
An interior architect's read on finishes, partitions, and millwork
A lab architect on the module, the services, and what the science needs
A library architect on a building type that changed under everyone
A housing architect on the unit mix, the plate, and the core
A custom-home architect on the site, the plan, and the budget not yet said
A restaurant architect on the kitchen, the covers, and the queue
A retail architect on the frontage, the flow, and the landlord's rules
A senior-living architect's read on an aging-care project
A recreation architect on the wet side, the dry side, and the noise
A workplace architect on density, the core, and how people actually work
Verify exit counts, widths, separation, and travel distance
Lay out parking around the bay, the aisle, and the ramp
Carry structure, water, and insulation past the wall without losing any