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Mira Prompt Use Cases: Architecture & Engineering Firms

A reference guide for Mira prompt use cases across architecture and engineering firms, drawn from customer calls.

Mira is Pirros's AI Revit agent. It works best on systematic, model-wide tasks — bulk edits, cleanup, standardization, and anything you'd otherwise do manually across dozens of views or elements. The prompts below are drawn from how firms are actively using Mira today.

💡 Best practice: Mira works most effectively when given specific, targeted instructions. Vague or open-ended creative prompts (e.g., "design me a new detail") won't perform as well as action-oriented ones. For repeatable tasks, save your prompt as a Skill (a shareable .md file) so your whole team can reuse it.

For Architecture Firms

Use Case

Example Prompt

Convert Section Views to Detail Views

"Convert all Section Views in this model to Detail Views so they can be synced to Pirros."

Rename views to match standards

"Rename all drafting views that include 'metal' to use 'STL' instead, following our abbreviation standard."

Standardize hatch patterns across details

"Find all details using a non-standard hatch pattern and replace them with [firm standard hatch name]."

Purge duplicate line styles

"Identify and purge duplicate line styles from this model."

Purge duplicate dimension styles

"Identify and purge duplicate dimension styles and consolidate to our standard."

Purge duplicate text styles

"Find all non-standard text styles and flag any views using them."

Apply standards from a container file

"Analyze our container model's 62 typical details and create a rule set for text, line weights, and hatch patterns. Apply those rules to the new details I've imported."

Automated dimensioning

"Dimension all exterior walls in this drafting view using our standard dimension style."

Graphic standards check

"Run a graphic standards check on all details in this model and flag anything that doesn't match our standard text size, line weight, or hatch."

Merge duplicate families

"Find all families with duplicate names in this model and merge them into a single instance."

Standardize sheet numbering

"Review all detail sheets and flag any that don't follow our [A###] numbering convention."

View filter creation

"Create a view filter that highlights all walls with a fire rating parameter."

CAD/DWG to Drafting View conversion

"Convert this imported DWG file into a native Revit drafting view."

Scale check across details

"List all drafting views in this model that are not set to 1:10 or 1:20 scale."

For Engineering Firms

Use Case

Example Prompt

Convert Section Views to Detail Views

"Convert all Section Views in this model to Detail Views so they can be synced to Pirros."

Standardize sheet numbering

"Review all structural detail sheets and flag any that don't follow our [S###] numbering convention — e.g., 25 Steel Foundation."

Purge duplicate families

"Find all duplicate structural families in this model and flag them for review."

Merge duplicate line styles

"Identify and purge duplicate line styles, consolidating to our standard pen weights."

Apply standards from a typical library

"Analyze our mechanical container file and create a rule set for text styles, line types, and annotation. Apply those rules to new details added this week."

Bulk rename views by discipline

"Rename all mechanical drafting views to include the prefix 'M-' if they don't already."

Standardize annotation across MEP details

"Find all annotation in mechanical details that use a non-standard text size and flag the views."

Create view filters for fire protection

"Create a view filter that highlights all fire-rated assemblies in this model."

Structural detail dimensioning

"Dimension all connection details in this view using our standard structural dimension style."

Closeout model cleanup

"At project closeout, purge all unused families, line styles, and view templates from this model."

Flag non-standard detail components

"Identify any detail components in structural views that are not from our approved family library."

Enforce naming conventions model-wide

"Find all views in this model that don't follow our [Discipline-Type-Number] naming format and list them."

Tips for Getting the Most Out of Mira

  • Be specific about the element type. "Rename all drafting views" performs better than "rename views."

  • Reference your standard. When possible, point Mira to your container file or typical details as the benchmark — e.g., "match the line weights in our container model."

  • Save as a Skill. Any prompt you use more than once should be saved as a .md Skill file and shared with your team via Teams or Slack so everyone runs the same standard check.

  • Use Undo freely. All Mira actions can be undone with Ctrl+Z and nothing saves until you sync to central — so testing prompts is low risk.

  • Start with cleanup tasks. Firms new to Mira consistently get the most immediate value from purge/cleanup tasks before moving to more complex standardization workflows.

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