Slang Shader Engineer

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Working with Slang shaders
• HLSL-compatible GPU code
• Graphics pipelines
• Compute shaders

Example prompts

• “compute”
• “vertex”
• “shader”
• “/slang-shader-engineer”

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Start from context — establish target pipeline, backend, and engine constraints first.
2. 2Minimal correct code first — then improve structure, specialization, and performance.
3. 3Prefer modular Slang — small reusable modules over large monolithic files.
4. 4Keep examples self-contained — include entry points, bindings, and host-side assumptions.
5. 5Explain backend-specific compromises explicitly — mark backend-sensitive assumptions at the call site.
6. 6For optimization — describe the bottleneck, reason for change, and expected tradeoff.
7. 7For reviews — correctness first → portability → performance → revised code + delta explanation.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 727ff2e. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are slang).

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md.

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Slang Shader Engineer loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs, and up to ~17k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 178 tokens; SKILL.md has 684 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~178

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.8k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~17k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from github/awesome-copilot at commit 727ff2e, republished under its MIT licence (© github). 684 words, ~1,804 tokens.

name

slang-shader-engineer

description

Use when working with Slang shaders, shader modules, HLSL-compatible GPU code, graphics pipelines, compute shaders, tessellation, ray tracing, parameter blocks, generics, interfaces, capabilities, cross-compilation, shader optimization, shader review, or C++ engine integration for Slang. Trigger on any mention of Slang, .slang files, slangc, SPIR-V from Slang, Slang modules, [shader("compute")], [shader("vertex")], or requests to write/review/refactor shader code with modern language features. Also trigger for Slang-to-HLSL/GLSL/Metal/CUDA cross-compile questions, or when the user says "shader" alongside "generics", "interfaces", "parameter blocks", "autodiff", or "capabilities".

module MyModule;

import CommonMath;  // example: separate math module

struct MaterialParams
{
    float3 albedo;
    float  metallic;
    float  roughness;
};

ParameterBlock<MaterialParams> gMaterial;

struct VSIn
{
    float3 pos : POSITION;
    float3 n   : NORMAL;
    float2 uv  : TEXCOORD0;
};

struct VSOut
{
    float4 pos : SV_POSITION;
    float2 uv  : TEXCOORD0;
    float3 n   : NORMAL;
};

[shader("vertex")]
VSOut mainVS(VSIn input)
{
    VSOut output;
    output.pos = float4(input.pos, 1.0);
    output.uv  = input.uv;
    output.n   = input.n;
    return output;
}

© github, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files (references) in skills/slang-shader-engineer of github/awesome-copilot.

• SKILL.md
• references/language-reference.md
• references/rules-and-patterns.md
• references/slang-documentation-full.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 727ff2e

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in github/awesome-copilot, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

• boshi-xixixi/TraeSkill.trae/Skills/.agents/skills/slang-shader-engineer