AI Connector

AI That Reads Your Plans and Builds the Items You Review

Connect Claude Desktop or Claude Code to your open project. Ask what changed, find any callout, check for missed quantities, and build items from the quantities tables. You approve every edit, all in a native Windows app.

Read-only by default • Works with Claude Desktop & Claude Code • 30-day free trial

Hand Off the Busywork

More than 100 tools across your pages, materials, utilities, search, and navigation. Grouped into the jobs estimators actually need done.

Read the Whole Set

Ask what's on a page, what a callout means, or for a health digest of the entire project.

Turn Schedules Into Items

Have it read a detected quantities table and build your takeoff items in bulk. You review before they land.

See What Changed

Ask what changed between revisions and cross-reference details across the set. It answers from the sheets and takes you there.

Catch Missed Quantities

Ask it to check your takeoff against the schedule quantities and flag anything you haven't measured yet.

Clean Up the Plan Set

Audit and standardize sheet titles, set and calibrate scales, group and rotate pages, and assemble by match line.

Find Anything, Fast

Search any text with plain words or regex, jump to the sheet, and render any detail as an image so you can read it.

The Claude AI connector building takeoff items from a plan schedule in chat

From Plan Sheets to Takeoff Items

Smart plan detection finds the quantities table as your plans import. The assistant maps the columns and builds the items in bulk, and you review every one.

  • Reads detected quantities tables
  • Maps Code · Name · Qty · Unit
  • Creates items in bulk
  • Works with any table on the plans
  • You review before it commits

Talk to Your Plans

List every sheet that mentions ‘silt fence’ and jump me to the first one.

3 sheets call it out: C-104, C-105 and C-501. Taking you to C-104.

Build items from the erosion control quantities on C-104 and show me before saving.

Mapped Code · Name · Qty · Unit. 18 items ready for your review before anything saves.

Did I miss measuring anything on the quantities schedule?

Two items have no takeoff yet: curb ramps and detectable warning surfaces.

Render the detail at the bottom-right of C-501 so I can read it.

You're in Control

The connector runs on your machine, in its own process, against your open project.

Read-Only by Default

Reading is always safe. Writes stay blocked until you grant permission.

You Approve Every Write

Turn on edits when you want them, preview changes before they apply, and review what the assistant changed in your project.

Runs on Your Machine

A local broker connects your assistant to your open project, right on your desktop.

What the AI won't do

It builds catalogs and reference data, not the physical takeoff. That's by design.

  • Won't draw or place pipe runs
  • Won't edit placed-run hydraulics
  • Won't set trench profiles

Already Connected

Intuitive registers the connector with Claude Desktop for you. No JSON editing, no manual wiring, and you can opt out anytime.

Common Questions

Do I need Claude Desktop or Claude Code?

Either one works, plus the Advanced plan and AI access on your account. The connector links it to your open Intuitive project.

Can the AI change my takeoff without asking?

No. The connector is read-only by default; write operations are blocked until you explicitly grant permission, and you review every change.

Is there an AI chat panel inside Intuitive?

No. You work in Claude Desktop or Claude Code, and the connector acts on your open project. There's no in-app chatbot.

Does it draw my pipe runs for me?

No. The assistant builds catalogs, takeoff items, and reference data from your schedules. You place the physical runs and measurements yourself.

Where does my project data go?

The connector runs locally and links your assistant to your project on your machine. See our privacy policy for how data is handled.

What is MCP / the Model Context Protocol?

It's the open standard an AI assistant uses to connect to external tools. Intuitive ships an MCP connector so an assistant can work with your live plan set - it registers with Claude Desktop and Claude Code for you, and any other MCP-capable client can connect to the same broker. There's no JSON to edit and nothing to wire up by hand.

Guides & Tutorials

Put AI to Work on Your Next Takeoff

Download Intuitive and try the AI connector free for 30 days, full access.