standards-compliance-checker

What This Skill Does

The standards-compliance-checker is a specialized AI agent skill designed to automate the verification of construction data against industry-standard protocols. In an industry defined by complex regulatory frameworks, this tool ensures that your project data aligns with international requirements such as ISO 19650, IFC (Industry Foundation Classes), COBie (Construction Operations Building information exchange), UniFormat, OmniClass, and MasterFormat. By automating the validation process, the skill eliminates human error, ensures data interoperability, and prevents costly downstream issues caused by non-compliant documentation.

The skill operates by scanning input datasets or file metadata against a robust library of predefined rules. It returns a detailed ComplianceReport that categorizes results by severity, identifying non-compliant fields, missing required attributes, or incorrect naming conventions before they ever enter the Common Data Environment (CDE).

Installation

To install the skill, use the following command in your terminal or OpenClaw interface:

clawhub install openclaw/skills/skills/datadrivenconstruction/standards-compliance-checker

Use Cases

• Automated Validation of BIM deliverables: Ensure all uploaded IFC files meet organizational naming and structure requirements.
• Pre-submission Audit: Run a check on COBie spreadsheets before delivering data to the client to ensure all facility information is present.
• Automated Governance: Enforce ISO 19650 naming conventions across all project files in a CDE to maintain consistent file structures throughout the project lifecycle.
• Data Cleaning: Identify objects within IFC models that lack mandatory ObjectTypes or naming attributes before running cost estimation or scheduling simulations.

Example Prompts

1. "Analyze this IFC file and generate a compliance report against the current IFC standard, specifically checking for required Name and ObjectType fields."
2. "Check the current project folder for any files that violate the ISO 19650 naming convention and provide a list of the specific files that need renaming."
3. "Validate this COBie dataset against standard facility requirements and highlight any missing mandatory fields in the component tab."

Tips & Limitations

• Tip: Use the compliance report severity levels to prioritize fixes. Address 'MAJOR_ISSUES' before 'MINOR_ISSUES' to ensure critical regulatory compliance first.
• Tip: Integrate this skill into your CI/CD pipelines for construction data to catch errors at the time of upload.
• Limitation: The skill currently requires well-structured input data. While it validates formats effectively, it cannot 'guess' missing data that is architecturally ambiguous or incomplete in the source model.
• Limitation: Ensure your model exported formats match the versions supported by the checker to avoid schema mismatch errors during analysis.