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Architectural Programme Brief

by mohitagw15856 in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills

Turn a client's wishes into an architectural brief that can actually be designed against — the accommodation schedule, the adjacencies, the budget reality, and the constraints named before they…

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Install Architectural Programme Brief

skills CLI
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill architectural-programme-brief -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills architectural-programme-brief --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/architectural-programme-brief .claude/skills/architectural-programme-brief && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
architectural-programme-brief
GitHub stars
1.4k
Token cost
~1.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
785 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
1,348
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Turn a client's wishes into an architectural brief that can actually be designed against — the accommodation schedule, the adjacencies, the budget reality, and the constraints named before they…

  • Works in 6 steps: Brief the activity, not the room. 'A… → Put an area against everything. An… → Test the budget early and bluntly. Total… → …
  • Asked to write an architectural brief
  • SKILL.md covers What This Skill Produces, Required Inputs, Framework: Activities Before… and Deeper Material, plus 4 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Architectural Programme Brief is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Turn a client's wishes into an architectural brief that can actually be designed against — the accommodation schedule, the adjacencies, the budget reality, and the constraints named before they become change orders. Use when asked to write an architectural brief, prepare a project brief for a building, run a client briefing, or capture requirements for a new build or refurbishment. Produces the accommodation schedule with areas, the adjacency and circulation requirements, the site and statutory constraints, the…

Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/worked-example.md`).

The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Asked to write an architectural brief
  • Prepare a project brief for a building
  • Run a client briefing
  • Capture requirements for a new build

Example prompts

  • “/architectural-programme-brief”

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Brief the activity, not the room. 'A place for forty people to eat that empties in twenty minutes' designs better than 'a canteen'. Rooms…
  2. Put an area against everything. An unpriced schedule is a wish list. Areas are what make the budget conversation possible.
  3. Test the budget early and bluntly. Total area at a realistic rate per square metre, against the stated budget. If it does not work, say so…
  4. Map adjacencies as a matrix. Must-be-near, must-not-be-near, and the routes people take between them. This is where the plan actually…
  5. Name constraints before they become surprises. Planning context, rights of light, access, ground conditions, services capacity, listed…
  6. Write the exclusions down and get them agreed. The scope you did not include is only excluded if it is on paper.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Architectural Programme Brief loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.9k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 153 tokens; SKILL.md has 785 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~153
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.6k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.9k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 785 words, ~1,560 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/architectural-programme-brief/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
architectural-programme-brief
description
Turn a client's wishes into an architectural brief that can actually be designed against — the accommodation schedule, the adjacencies, the budget reality, and the constraints named before they become change orders. Use when asked to write an architectural brief, prepare a project brief for a building, run a client briefing, or capture requirements for a new build or refurbishment. Produces the accommodation schedule with areas, the adjacency and circulation requirements, the site and statutory constraints, the budget and programme reality check, and the explicit exclusions.

Architectural Programme Brief

Clients brief in rooms and adjectives; buildings are designed from areas, adjacencies and constraints. The gap between the two is where scope creep lives. This converts the conversation into a schedule you can design against, tests the budget against the areas before anyone draws anything, and writes down what the project is not — the single most valuable page in any brief.

What This Skill Produces

  • An accommodation schedule — every space with its area, occupancy, and the activity it must support
  • Adjacency and circulation requirements — what must be near what, what must never be, and the routes between
  • Site and statutory constraints — planning context, access, orientation, services, and known designations
  • Performance requirements — servicing, acoustics, daylight, accessibility, and environmental targets, stated as requirements rather than aspirations
  • The budget and programme reality check — the area total against the budget at a realistic rate, before design begins
  • Explicit exclusions — what this project is not doing, agreed and written down

Required Inputs

Ask for these if not provided:

  • The client and the driver — who they are, and what problem the building is supposed to solve
  • The activities — what will actually happen in the building, by whom, and when
  • The site — location, area, existing structures, access, orientation, and any known designations or constraints
  • The budget and programme — the number they have and the date they need it, however soft
  • The fixed points — anything already decided, promised, or non-negotiable

Framework: Activities Before Rooms, Areas Before Budget

  1. Brief the activity, not the room. 'A place for forty people to eat that empties in twenty minutes' designs better than 'a canteen'. Rooms are a solution; activities are the requirement.
  2. Put an area against everything. An unpriced schedule is a wish list. Areas are what make the budget conversation possible.
  3. Test the budget early and bluntly. Total area at a realistic rate per square metre, against the stated budget. If it does not work, say so in the brief rather than discovering it at tender.
  4. Map adjacencies as a matrix. Must-be-near, must-not-be-near, and the routes people take between them. This is where the plan actually comes from.
  5. Name constraints before they become surprises. Planning context, rights of light, access, ground conditions, services capacity, listed status.
  6. Write the exclusions down and get them agreed. The scope you did not include is only excluded if it is on paper.

Deeper Material

  • references/worked-example.md — a community hall whose budget is £461k short of its own accommodation schedule, found before anyone drew a line. Read it when the shape of a good output is unclear, or to calibrate how specific the entries should be.

Output Format

Show full SKILL.md (345 more words)Show less
Project brief: [project] · [client] · [date] · rev [n]

Project driver: [the problem the building solves, in one paragraph]

Accommodation schedule

SpaceActivity supportedArea (m²)OccupancyKey requirements
Net area: [x] m² · Gross (at [n]% circulation/plant): [y] m²

Adjacencies: must be adjacent [pairs] · must be separated [pairs] · key routes [list]

Site & statutory: [location, area, access, orientation, existing structures, designations, planning context, known constraints]

Performance: accessibility [standard] · environmental target [standard/rating] · acoustics [where it matters] · daylight [requirement] · servicing strategy [outline]

Budget check: [y] m² × [rate]/m² = [construction cost estimate] vs stated budget [amount] → [aligned / gap of [amount]] If there is a gap: [the options — reduce area, change specification, phase, or increase budget]

Programme: [key dates, and whether they are achievable against a realistic consent and construction period]

Explicitly excluded: [what this project does not include — agreed with client on [date]]

Assumptions: [what has been assumed pending information, and what would change if wrong]

Quality Checks

  • Every space is justified by an activity, not just named
  • Areas are stated and totalled, gross as well as net
  • The budget is tested against the area before design begins
  • Adjacencies are recorded as requirements, not left to the plan
  • Statutory and site constraints are named rather than assumed away
  • Exclusions are written down and agreed
  • Assumptions are flagged with what changes if they turn out wrong

Anti-Patterns

  • Briefing in room names. Locks in a solution before the requirement is understood.
  • A schedule with no areas. Guarantees the budget conversation happens after the design.
  • Deferring the budget test. The gap does not shrink by being discovered later; it just costs more to fix.
  • Aspirations written as requirements. 'Sustainable' is not a requirement; a target rating is.
  • No exclusions page. Every undocumented exclusion becomes a variation.
  • Accepting a programme without testing it. Consent periods are not negotiable by optimism.

Example Trigger Phrases

  • "Write an architectural brief for a new community building"
  • "Help me capture what the client actually needs"
  • "Turn these client notes into a project brief"
  • "Does this budget work for the accommodation they are asking for?"
  • "Write a brief for a house extension"

© mohitagw15856, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in skills/architectural-programme-brief of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/worked-example.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0

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Questions about Architectural Programme Brief

What does Architectural Programme Brief do?

Turn a client's wishes into an architectural brief that can actually be designed against — the accommodation schedule, the adjacencies, the budget reality, and the constraints named before they…. Architectural Programme Brief is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Turn a client's wishes into an architectural brief that can actually be designed against — the accommodation schedule, the adjacencies, the budget reality, and the constraints named before they become change orders.

When should I use Architectural Programme Brief?

Architectural Programme Brief fits situations like: asked to write an architectural brief; prepare a project brief for a building; run a client briefing; capture requirements for a new build.

How do I install Architectural Programme Brief in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill architectural-programme-brief -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/architectural-programme-brief in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/architectural-programme-brief in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Architectural Programme Brief in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill architectural-programme-brief -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/architectural-programme-brief in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/architectural-programme-brief in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Architectural Programme Brief in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill architectural-programme-brief -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/architectural-programme-brief, .gemini/skills/architectural-programme-brief, .github/skills/architectural-programme-brief and .opencode/skills/architectural-programme-brief in your project.

What does Architectural Programme Brief need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Architectural Programme Brief is instructions for the agent only.

Does Architectural Programme Brief access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Architectural Programme Brief safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Architectural Programme Brief use?

Architectural Programme Brief is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Architectural Programme Brief use?

About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 1.3k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

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Who maintains Architectural Programme Brief?

mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,434 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 9, 2026.

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