Atlasly

Atlasly is an AI workspace for architects and urban designers, positioned as assisting with the process from site research to design pre-preparation alongside existing CAD and GIS tools. Its core goal is to bring planning, environmental, and site intelligence together into a single workflow, helping users understand site constraints before they start drawing.

Purpose and Positioning Atlasly is used for site research, map preparation, and visual research, rather than replacing CAD or BIM software. The official description explicitly states that it works in parallel with your existing design tools: use Atlasly for site research, map preparation, and visual research, then check the supported export files in a CAD or GIS application. Images are not editable CAD geometry.

Main Capabilities

1. Site research and planning intelligence: Review available planning, terrain, and environmental evidence, and retain source dates and unresolved issues. Provides on-demand planning intelligence, can search available policy libraries and trace back to source documents, but current adopted policies and their applicability must be confirmed with the relevant authorities.
2. Map and CAD handoff: Prepare site context, provide DXF and GeoJSON output, and check coordinates, units, and alignment in the receiving application.
3. Architectural visualization: Develop visual studies from sketches, photos, or CAD screenshots, and compare with the original design before presentation.
4. Constraint layers: Overlay available constraints such as listed buildings, conservation areas, and flood risk on street maps for preliminary review.
5. Site review workflow: Explore nearby daily services and walking accessibility; before using scores, check route methodology, access barriers, and missing facilities.
6. Conversational query: Supports the "Ask. Reason. Design." mode, allowing exploration of available planning and terrain evidence, follow-up questions, and viewing the sources behind findings. Example commands include "Run a constraints check here," "Show me the tall buildings cluster," "Go back to Manchester," and "Compare massing."
7. Developer workflow (Atlasly Developments): Provides per-project record features for developers managing multiple sites, including plots, evidence, options, assessments, actions, and packaged files, using the same account as Atlas AI. Specifically includes: viewing all projects by stage with overdue and changes; document and email files with versions, readable status, and page references; options and assessments can be compared on the same data andPricing features selected revisions, with every input source labeled; the packaged file permanently records the project and the exact versions it used, and can be printed or shared.
8. Chat integration: Atlasly can be connected to compatible assistants to explore available site information in conversation. Public access requires no API key, focuses on the UK, coverage varies by region, lists 27 public checks, and requires no account. Users can start with "Appraise [address] for [use] at [stage]" to review available evidence, source links, and unknowns.

How to use

• Start for free: Begin with UK planning screening, free, with no account or credit card required. Registering afterward gives 5 full site analyses per month.
• Connect an assistant: In the settings of Claude, ChatGPT, or your chosen AI, find the Connectors or Custom Tools menu, add a custom connector, and paste the Atlasly link, with no installation or download required. Then run /atlasly or ask "Appraise [address] for [use] at [stage]". Public checks require no Atlasly account, and source coverage varies by region.
• Advanced user setup: Codex, Claude Code, and Cursor can be detected, then Atlasly actions and connections are installed securely. This command is optional for people working in local coding tools.
• Export and handoff: Use supported DXF and GeoJSON outputs, and check format, units, and placement in the receiving application.

Use cases

• Architects and urban designers reviewing site constraints before the first sketch.
• Developers managing multiple sites who need project-based records of evidence, options, and assessments.
• Design teams that need to prepare site context as a map or CAD handoff file.
• Those who want to develop architectural visual studies from sketches, photos, or CAD screenshots and compare them with the original design.
• Querying site information in conversational AI assistants to obtain sources and coverage.

Limitations and considerations

• Atlasly does not replace CAD or BIM software; images are not editable CAD geometry.
• UK planning screening uses jurisdiction-specific evidence and does not constitute US zoning or permitting coverage. US projects require separate checks of zoning sources and export coordinates.
• Site context and map workflows depend on the sources available in the location.
• Rhino 8 (macOS) is an upcoming private Alpha, and QGIS is an experimental plugin offered through an early access waitlist; compatibility and supported tasks must be confirmed before joining.
• Planning intelligence must be confirmed with the relevant authorities regarding currently adopted policies and their applicability.
• Important constraints should be confirmed with the relevant authorities or experts.
• Public check coverage varies by region.

More details such as pricing and platforms are not yet available.