Drawing Checklist

Overview

Generate a phase-specific drawing-set checklist (SD / DD / CD / IFC) for an architectural project, scoped to project type and primary discipline, with cross-discipline coordination flags. The checklist lives in docs/checklists/ and serves as a working punch-list before issuing the set.

When to use

Trigger on:

• Phase + project-type context ("DD set for a 5-story commercial", "IFC review for civic project").
• Explicit asks: "make a checklist", "review the drawing set", "DD set review", "CD checklist", "drawing checklist for <phase>".
• Pre-issue review of a drawing set when the user wants a structured pass.

Do NOT trigger for design critique (use design-critic), RFI generation (use rfi-writer), or general drafting standards questions.

Workflow

Step 1 — Bootstrap if needed

Check docs/checklists/index.md exists. If not:

python scripts/init_checklist_workspace.py

Step 2 — Gather context

• Read docs/project.md if present for site, program, scale, project type.
• Identify the phase (SD / DD / CD / IFC), discipline (architectural primary, with structural/MEP coordination notes), and project type (residential / commercial / civic / mixed-use / industrial).
• If the phase or project type is ambiguous, ask one clarifying question before continuing.

Step 3 — Load references

• references/phase_deliverables.md — percent-complete and deliverable expectations per phase (AIA B101 / industry norm).
• references/sheet_types.md — required sheet content per phase by sheet series.
• references/coordination_flags.md — common architectural-to-structural and architectural-to-MEP coordination items.

Step 4 — Compose the checklist

Build the checklist around:

• Required sheet types at this phase, by series (G / A / structural-coord / MEP-coord).
• Level of detail expected per sheet type at this phase.
• Common missing items: callouts, dimension strings, key plans, tags, north arrow consistency.
• Cross-discipline coordination flags: structural grid alignment, MEP chase locations, ceiling height conflicts, slab depressions, roof penetrations.
• Title block / sheet numbering / revision cloud hygiene.
• Phase-specific deliverable expectations (SD ~15-30%, DD ~35-50%, CD 100% biddable, IFC 100% issued).

Step 5 — Write the checklist file

Read assets/checklist-template.md, fill placeholders. Filename:

docs/checklists/<phase>-<discipline>-checklist.md

Slug rule: lowercase, [^a-z0-9-] removed. Example: dd-architectural-checklist.md, cd-architectural-checklist.md. If a checklist with the same name exists, suffix -<n>.

Step 6 — Update the checklist index

python scripts/append_to_index.py \
  --date 2026-05-06 \
  --phase DD \
  --discipline architectural \
  --project-type commercial \
  --slug dd-architectural-checklist

The script appends a row to docs/checklists/index.md. Do NOT edit the index manually.

Step 7 — Report

Tell the user:

• Path to the checklist file.
• The 2-3 highest-risk items at this phase for this project type.
• Whether any cross-discipline coordination items need to be raised with consultants now.

Rules

• Tie every item to either a sheet, a deliverable percent, or a coordination interface — no vague "make sure it's coordinated".
• Phase percent-complete is a guide, not a contract — note if the project's contract defines its own thresholds.
• Architectural is the primary discipline; structural and MEP appear only as coordination flags, not as full discipline checklists.
• For IFC, every "TBD" / "by others" / "VIF" callout is a defect. Flag explicitly.

Anti-patterns

• Generic checklists that ignore project type (a residential CD set is not a civic CD set).
• Listing every conceivable sheet type regardless of project scope.
• Mixing critique with checklist — this skill checks completeness, not design quality.
• Editing index.md manually instead of using append_to_index.py.
• Restating CAD/BIM standards the office already enforces — focus on the per-phase delta.

Resources

• scripts/init_checklist_workspace.py — bootstrap docs/checklists/ and the checklist index
• scripts/append_to_index.py — append a row to docs/checklists/index.md
• references/phase_deliverables.md — SD / DD / CD / IFC deliverable expectations and percent-complete
• references/sheet_types.md — architectural sheet types with required content per phase
• references/coordination_flags.md — architectural-to-structural / architectural-to-MEP coordination items
• assets/checklist-template.md — checklist markdown template