71 Design Skills for Claude

Claude is a powerful AI. But out of the box, it doesn't know your egress calculations, your FAR envelopes, your passive house targets, or your country's building code.

This suite fixes that.

70 skills across 4 categories — installed once, active in every session.

What's inside

01 — Building Architecture · 18 skills

Codes, structure, envelope, fire & life safety, acoustic design, daylighting, sustainability certifications (LEED, BREEAM, Passive House, WELL v2), construction documentation, and accessibility. Includes a calculator skill with 7 Python-backed tools: area/density, U-value, daylight factor, egress compliance, structural loads, energy demand, and construction cost.

02 — Urban Design & Planning · 18 skills

Masterplanning, block and density, street design (NACTO), mobility and TOD, public space, zoning, climate-responsive design, urban regeneration, sustainability scoring (LEED-ND, BREEAM Communities), and a calculator for FAR, population, and open space ratios.

03 — Computational Design · 18 skills

Parametric modeling (Grasshopper, Dynamo), generative design (Galapagos, Octopus), environmental simulation (Ladybug Tools, EnergyPlus), BIM scripting (Revit API, pyRevit, IFC), facade computation, structural computation (Karamba3D), digital fabrication, ML for AEC, and algorithmic patterns.

04 — Country Codes & Regulations · 10 country dossiers + auto-router

Jurisdiction-specific regulatory references for India, UAE, Saudi Arabia, USA, UK, Germany, Singapore, Japan, China, and Australia. Includes a geographic-foundations router that auto-detects the jurisdiction from your query and activates the correct dossier — no manual switching.

05 — Visualization Tools · 5 skills (pre-installed with Cowork)

Home design, floor plan 3D, Vastu analysis, landscape design, and urban district visualization. These come with Claude Cowork and activate automatically.

How skills work

Skills are knowledge modules for Claude in Cowork. You install them once via the Cowork desktop app — then they activate automatically based on context. Ask a question about egress, the fire & life safety skill loads. Mention India in a codes question, the India dossier activates. No manual invocation, no prompting tricks.

What you get

• 65 .skill files organized into 4 category folders
• Installation guide (step-by-step, with troubleshooting)
• Skills work across all future Cowork sessions

Requirements

• Claude desktop app (claude.ai/download)
• Cowork mode (Settings → Capabilities)

Who this is for

• Architects who want Claude to actually know building codes, not hallucinate them
• Urban designers working on masterplans, density studies, and mobility frameworks
• Computational designers using Grasshopper, Dynamo, Revit, or writing scripts for AEC
• Design studios integrating AI into their workflow
• Anyone tired of explaining the same regulatory context every session