Agent skill

Save Load

A skill your agent uses when implementing save/load systems — ConfigFile, JSON, Resource serialization, save game architecture

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Install Save Load

skills CLI

$ npx skills add jame581/GodotPrompter --skill save-load -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install jame581/GodotPrompter save-load --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jame581/GodotPrompter.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/save-load .claude/skills/save-load && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "save-load" agent skill from https://github.com/jame581/GodotPrompter/tree/master/skills/save-load into .claude/skills/save-load/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "save-load", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/jame581/GodotPrompter/tree/master/skills/save-load

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add jame581/GodotPrompter --skill save-load -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install jame581/GodotPrompter save-load --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jame581/GodotPrompter.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/save-load .agents/skills/save-load && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "save-load" agent skill from https://github.com/jame581/GodotPrompter/tree/master/skills/save-load into .agents/skills/save-load/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "save-load", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add jame581/GodotPrompter --skill save-load -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install jame581/GodotPrompter save-load --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jame581/GodotPrompter.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/save-load .cursor/skills/save-load && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "save-load" agent skill from https://github.com/jame581/GodotPrompter/tree/master/skills/save-load into .cursor/skills/save-load/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "save-load", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/jame581/GodotPrompter.git --path skills/save-load

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add jame581/GodotPrompter --skill save-load -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install jame581/GodotPrompter save-load --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jame581/GodotPrompter.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/save-load .gemini/skills/save-load && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "save-load" agent skill from https://github.com/jame581/GodotPrompter/tree/master/skills/save-load into .gemini/skills/save-load/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "save-load", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install jame581/GodotPrompter save-load

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add jame581/GodotPrompter --skill save-load -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jame581/GodotPrompter.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/save-load .github/skills/save-load && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "save-load" agent skill from https://github.com/jame581/GodotPrompter/tree/master/skills/save-load into .github/skills/save-load/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "save-load", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add jame581/GodotPrompter --skill save-load -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install jame581/GodotPrompter save-load --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/jame581/GodotPrompter.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/save-load .opencode/skills/save-load && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "save-load" agent skill from https://github.com/jame581/GodotPrompter/tree/master/skills/save-load into .opencode/skills/save-load/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "save-load", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: save-load
GitHub stars: 799
Token cost: ~1.3k tokens
SKILL.md length: 512 words
Files: 5 (incl. references)
Skills in repo: 58
Repo updated: Oct 8, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when implementing save/load systems — ConfigFile, JSON, Resource serialization, save game architecture

Works in 7 steps: Strategy Comparison → ConfigFile — Settings → JSON — Game Saves → …
Implementing save/load systems — ConfigFile
SKILL.md covers 1. Strategy Comparison, 2. ConfigFile — Settings, 3. JSON — Game Saves and 4. Save Architecture Pattern, plus 3 more sections
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Save Load is an agent skill from jame581/GodotPrompter. Use when implementing save/load systems — ConfigFile, JSON, Resource serialization, save game architecture

Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 5 other files, including reference files (for example `references/configfile.md`, `references/json-saves.md` and `references/save-architecture.md`).

It sits in Game Development, covering Game development. It works with Godot. The repository describes itself as: Agentic skills framework for Godot 4.x. Domain-specific skills for AI coding agents (Claude Code, Copilot, Antigravity, Cursor). The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

Implementing save/load systems — ConfigFile
Resource serialization
Save game architecture

Example prompts

“/save-load”

Workflow steps

7 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

Strategy Comparison
ConfigFile — Settings
JSON — Game Saves
Save Architecture Pattern
Save File Locations
Version Migration
Implementation Checklist

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1e7d79d. 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.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
- github.com
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

Save Load loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs, and up to ~7k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 29 tokens; SKILL.md has 512 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~29
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1.3k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them: ~7k

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

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

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 jame581/GodotPrompter at commit 1e7d79d, republished under its MIT licence (© jame581). 512 words, ~1,307 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/save-load/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 4 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.

name: save-load
description: Use when implementing save/load systems — ConfigFile, JSON, Resource serialization, save game architecture

Save / Load Systems in Godot 4.3+

Choose the right serialization strategy for your data type. All examples target Godot 4.3+ with no deprecated APIs.

Related skills: resource-pattern for custom Resource data containers, inventory-system for inventory serialization patterns, godot-project-setup for SaveManager autoload setup, popochiu for adventure-framework saves.

1. Strategy Comparison

Strategy	Best For	Readable	Editor Support	Notes
ConfigFile	Settings, simple key-value data	Yes	No	Built-in INI-style, no extra deps
JSON	Game saves, flexible structures	Yes	No	Cross-platform, version-migratable
Resource .tres	Editor-integrated data	Yes	Yes	NOT secure — never load untrusted files
Resource .res	Fast binary data	No	Yes	NOT secure — never load untrusted files

Security warning: Loading .tres or .res files executes arbitrary GDScript embedded in the resource. Never load Resource files from untrusted sources (user-uploaded files, downloaded mods). Use ConfigFile or JSON for user-generated save data.

2. ConfigFile — Settings

ConfigFile writes INI-style sections — ideal for audio / video / controls settings (small, designer-debuggable). Use set_value(section, key, value) then save(path); load with load(path) and get_value(section, key, default).

See references/configfile.md for the full GDScript + C# settings save/load + typical settings-menu wiring.

3. JSON — Game Saves

JSON.stringify(dict) to serialize, JSON.parse_string(text) to deserialize. Read/write through FileAccess. Best for game saves where you want human-readable files. Build a Dictionary that captures all gameplay state (player position, inventory, world flags), serialize, write to user://save_<slot>.json.

See references/json-saves.md for the full GDScript + C# save/load implementation, including FileAccess wrapping and error handling.

⚠️ Changed in Godot 4.7: JSON.stringify(data, indent = "", sort_keys = true, full_precision = false) now serializes an empty Dictionary compactly as {} even when an indent is passed (GH-115883). Save files written with an indent change formatting for empty-dict fields after upgrading — anything that diffs or hashes save output byte-for-byte must tolerate the new form. Parsing is unaffected.

4. Save Architecture Pattern

For larger games, attach a SaveableComponent to each persistent node. Each component declares save_callable and load_callable. The save manager iterates components by ID, calls each one's save callable, builds a master Dictionary.

See references/save-architecture.md for the full SaveableComponent + save-manager implementation.

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5. Save File Locations

user:// resolves to a platform-specific writable directory outside the project folder.

Platform	Path
Windows	`%APPDATA%\Godot\app_userdata\<project-name>\`
macOS	`~/Library/Application Support/Godot/app_userdata/<project-name>/`
Linux	`~/.local/share/godot/app_userdata/<project-name>/`

Always use user:// for save data, never res://. The res:// path is read-only in exported builds.

6. Version Migration

Save files outlive the schema that wrote them. Always include "version": <int> at the top of the saved Dictionary; on load, switch on the version and migrate older saves forward incrementally (v1 → v2 → v3 → current). Never break old saves — always migrate.

See references/version-migration.md for the full migration helper pattern.

7. Implementation Checklist

Use ConfigFile for settings, JSON for game saves (not Resources)
Every save file includes a version integer field
Save path uses user://, never res://
Call DirAccess.make_dir_recursive_absolute() before writing saves
Vector2/Vector3 serialized as separate x/y/z floats (JSON has no Vector type)
All file operations check return codes and call push_error() on failure
_migrate() handles every version from 0 to current, applied incrementally
Resource files (.tres/.res) are never used for player-controlled save data
get_save_slots() and delete_save() helpers exist for UI slot management
Saveable nodes use stable IDs that do not change between sessions

Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files (references) in skills/save-load of jame581/GodotPrompter.

SKILL.md
references/configfile.md
references/json-saves.md
references/save-architecture.md
references/version-migration.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1e7d79d

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Questions about Save Load

What does Save Load do?

A skill your agent uses when implementing save/load systems — ConfigFile, JSON, Resource serialization, save game architecture. Save Load is an agent skill from jame581/GodotPrompter.

When should I use Save Load?

Save Load fits situations like: implementing save/load systems — ConfigFile; resource serialization; save game architecture.

How do I install Save Load in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add jame581/GodotPrompter --skill save-load -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/save-load in jame581/GodotPrompter) into .claude/skills/save-load in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Save Load in Codex?

Run `npx skills add jame581/GodotPrompter --skill save-load -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/save-load in jame581/GodotPrompter) into .agents/skills/save-load in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Save Load in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add jame581/GodotPrompter --skill save-load -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/save-load, .gemini/skills/save-load, .github/skills/save-load and .opencode/skills/save-load in your project.

What does Save Load need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Save Load is instructions for the agent only.

Does Save Load access the network?

SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: github.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Save Load safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Save Load use?

Save Load is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Save Load use?

About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 5.7k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Save Load?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Save Load: Godot Gdscript Patterns (925236118/AlphaAgent, 103 stars), 2D Map and Scene Generator (0x0funky/agent-sprite-forge, 4.4k stars), Godot UI Integration (zimo-xiao-zheng/godot-ui-integration, 277 stars) and Godot Wechat Minigame Adapter (godothub/godot-minigame, 187 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Save Load?

jame581 (a GitHub user) maintains it in jame581/GodotPrompter, which has 799 GitHub stars. The repository holds 58 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.

Source: jame581/GodotPrompter on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Save Load

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Save / Load Systems in Godot 4.3+

1. Strategy Comparison

2. ConfigFile — Settings

3. JSON — Game Saves

4. Save Architecture Pattern

5. Save File Locations

6. Version Migration

7. Implementation Checklist

Files

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