# ALPA — alpa.llc
> Research, strategy, and technology for the built environment.

- [Full details](https://alpa.llc/llms-full.txt)

ALPA is a design and technology studio focused on the built environment. We partner with architecture, construction, and product teams creating better ways to live, work, and play.

## Developer resources
- Developer index: https://alpa.llc/developers/
- OpenAPI 3.1 specification: https://alpa.llc/openapi.json
- Public site metadata API: https://alpa.llc/api/site
- API index: https://alpa.llc/api
- Markdown content negotiation: send `Accept: text/markdown` to public editorial URLs
- Errors: `/api/` errors are JSON with `code`, `message`, and `resolution`
- Authentication: none for the documented public API
- MCP and webhooks: alpa.llc exposes neither; Norma MCP is separate at https://norma.llc
- Sitemap: https://alpa.llc/sitemap-index.xml

## Services
- Strategy & Research: Market analysis, product definition, organizational roadmaps
- Workflow Design: Product design, UX, service design for AEC platforms
- Data & Analysis: Sensor integration, space utilization, analytics pipelines
- AI & Automation: Document intelligence, data extraction, workflow automation
- Software Development: Custom platforms, internal tools, web applications

## Products
- Norma (beta): A materials library and agent for architects and designers. Turns vendor emails, PDFs, quotes, links, and schedules into a governed, cited library — reachable by email and chat, or by your own agents through MCP. https://norma.llc
- Mapa (beta): Parcel-level price and zoning intelligence for Maldonado, Uruguay. 67,000+ urban and rural padrones with TONE zoning overlays, manzana price references, and one-click envelope analysis. Built for Estudio Local.
- Arch Studio (live): A terminal-first agentic studio for architecture practice. Ships today as a single open-source plugin, MIT licensed — 46 skills run on both Codex and Claude Code; the 7 native agents and 4 hooks are Claude Code only. https://github.com/AlpacaLabsLLC/skills-for-architects
- Canoa (deprecated): A browser-based vector canvas for designing with real FF&E product data. Retired; its product-data research continues in Norma.

## Arch Studio agents
Domain specialists that orchestrate skills end-to-end:
- Site Planner: address to design-ready site brief
- NYC Zoning Expert: property and zoning analysis for any New York City lot
- Workplace Strategist: headcount and work style to a defended space program
- FF&E Designer: raw product data to a clean, QA'd, client-ready schedule
- Product & Materials Researcher: structured product research and spec extraction
- Sustainability Specialist: EPD research, embodied carbon, green building compliance
- Brand Manager: presentations and visual systems from any content or analysis

## Arch Studio skills
46 open-source skills for Codex and Claude Code, built for architects, designers, and AEC professionals. Full index at https://alpa.llc/skills. Families:
- Zoning & NYC property: zoning analysis, 3D buildable envelopes, landmarks, DOB permits and violations, HPD, BSA, ACRIS, combined due-diligence reports
- Site analysis: environmental, mobility, demographics, neighborhood history
- Workplace: space programming, IBC occupancy load calculation
- FF&E and product data: research, matching, pairing, enrichment, cleanup, spec extraction from URLs and PDFs, SIF dealer import/export
- Sustainability: EPD research, parsing, comparison, and spec language
- Specifications: CSI outline specs from a materials list
- Project records: project facts and decisions, meeting minutes, site visit reports, task lists, work plans, time reconstruction
- Studio tooling: skill scaffolding, tool catalog, slide decks, color palettes, image resizing, a guided Claude Code course

## Contact
- Website: https://alpa.llc
- Email: hi@alpacalabs.co