ICC Licensed Code Partner
Every code licensed directly from ICC (International Code Council). Not scraped. Not approximated. Always up-to-date.
Real codes, legally sourced
95%+ on Building Inspector Exams
Melt Code AI scored 95%+ on building inspector licensing exams across building, electrical, mechanical, and more.
Benchmarked, not just claimed
Every Logic & Reasoning Cited
Every logic and interpretation is backed with relevant granular section-level citation from the adopted codes and standard.
Traceable, not a black box.Great design work. Painful compliance.
The Code Research Tax
The Senior Bottleneck
The Consistency Problem
Every question spirals…IBC to NFPA to local amendment, and 2 hours later you have an answer, or a best guess.
Your code knowledge sits in 2 seniors’ heads. Everyone else waits. Projects slow down when they can’t afford to.
Two architects. Same project. Same question. Two different answers. Your code research isn’t standardized, so your risk isn’t either.
The Code Research Tax
Every question spirals…IBC to NFPA to local amendment, and 2 hours later you have an answer, or a best guess.
The Senior Bottleneck
Your code knowledge sits in 2 seniors’ heads. Everyone else waits. Projects slow down when they can’t afford to.
The Consistency Problem
Two architects. Same project. Same question. Two different answers. Your code research isn’t standardized, so your risk isn’t either.
Everything you need to make code decisions.
Nothing that sends you down a rabbit hole.
Ask any code question – get comprehensive compliance requirements for your exact design scenario. Dive deeper with intelligent follow ups, every answer cited.
Visualize alternate compliance paths with citations, so that you can take design decisions with confidence.
Build a list of code checks for any type of project or domain, so that knowledge doesn’t get lost with a colleague leaving the firm.
Key Features
AI Code Research
Ask any code question — Melt Code fetches every applicable code, resolves cross-references and exceptions, does the math, and delivers cited compliance requirements with step-by-step reasoning.
4–6 hours per decision → 15 minutes · With better coverage than manual research
Design Decision Trees
The right compliance path can often be "it depends". Get all dependencies visualized with citations, so you can take design decisions with confidence. Every logical branch is cited. Pick the right path and move on.
Faster decisions · No missed possibilities · Every option cited and defensible
Follow Up Research
Melt Code intelligently suggests options for follow up queries — either refine project parameters, choose a suggested deep dive topic, or ask your own.
Expert-like depth. No hidden compliance paths.
Projects
Create a project and every research thread, compliance path, and code decision lives in one place. New questions get answered in full project context…no one starts from scratch, no one re-explains the building.
Shared context. Every decision on record
Checklists
Build reusable code checklists for any project type or domain. Every new project starts with your firm’s best thinking already loaded, not rebuilt from scratch, not lost when someone leaves.
Reusable across projects · Firm knowledge that stays
Who is it for.
Architecture Firms
Code research for every design decision, without the grind and pulling your seniors off billable work.
Engineering Firms
Compliance answers across disciplines, including structural, mechanical, electrical…cited and ready to defend.
General Contractors
Code clarity during preconstruction and RFIs, without waiting on the design team for answers.
The proof is in the permits.
Pricing that works for your team.
Frequently asked questions about Melt Code.
MeltPlan's AI system helps you identify the most optimized compliance path for your design, as opposed to other tools that provide the most generic compliance requirements. Melt Code deeply understands codes, standards, and specially different compliance paths the code allows for any given situation. Other tools are either focused on providing a summary, or too generic, which is often an incomplete picture of how you can best achieve compliance.
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