Agent skill

Defold Project Setup

by selimanac in selimanac/defold-astar

Downloads Defold project dependencies into .deps/ folder. An agent skill from selimanac/defold-astar.

No licenceAuto-check passedGame Development

Install Defold Project Setup

skills CLI
$ npx skills add selimanac/defold-astar --skill defold-project-setup -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install selimanac/defold-astar defold-project-setup --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/selimanac/defold-astar.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/defold-project-setup .claude/skills/defold-project-setup && 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/

Facts

Skill name
defold-project-setup
GitHub stars
111
Token cost
~900 tokens
SKILL.md length
371 words
Files
2 (incl. scripts)
Skills in repo
13
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Downloads Defold project dependencies into .deps/ folder. An agent skill from selimanac/defold-astar.

  • Works in 5 steps: Reads game.project and parses all… → Downloads each dependency zip to a… → Inspects each zip's game.project for… → …
  • Creating a new project
  • SKILL.md covers When to Run, How to Run, What It Does and After Running, plus 1 more section
  • Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python and python3

What it does

Defold Project Setup is an agent skill from selimanac/defold-astar. Downloads Defold project dependencies into .deps/ folder. Also provides recommended game.project settings. Use FIRST before any other task when .deps/ folder is missing or empty, or after editing dependency URLs in game.project. Also use when creating a new project, configuring game.project, or asking about recommended project settings.

Its SKILL.md is about 900 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including scripts (for example `scripts/fetch_deps.py`).

It sits in Game Development. The repository describes itself as: Pathfinder and A solver (astar or a-star) native extension for Defold Engine build on MicroPather.

When your agent uses it

  • Creating a new project
  • Configuring game.project
  • Asking about recommended project settings

Example prompts

  • “Use the defold-project-setup skill to download Defold project dependencies into .deps/ folder. An agent skill from selimanac/defold-astar”
  • “/defold-project-setup”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

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

  1. Reads game.project and parses all [project] dependencies#N URLs.
  2. Downloads each dependency zip to a temporary directory.
  3. Inspects each zip's game.project for [library] include_dirs.
  4. Extracts only the declared include directories into .deps/.
  5. Downloads Defold engine builtins into .deps/builtins/ (from the latest stable release).

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1471c54. 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

    Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python
    • python3

    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

Defold Project Setup loads about 900 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 90 tokens; SKILL.md has 371 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~90
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~900

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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 371 words (~900 tokens).

“Downloads and extracts Defold library dependencies and engine builtins into the .deps/ directory, which is used as read-only context for resolving module references. Also provides recommended game.project settings for new projects.”

— opening of SKILL.md by selimanac
name
defold-project-setup

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (scripts) in .agents/skills/defold-project-setup of selimanac/defold-astar.

  • SKILL.md
  • scripts/fetch_deps.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1471c54

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Questions about Defold Project Setup

What does Defold Project Setup do?

Downloads Defold project dependencies into .deps/ folder. An agent skill from selimanac/defold-astar. Defold Project Setup is an agent skill from selimanac/defold-astar.deps/ folder.

When should I use Defold Project Setup?

Defold Project Setup fits situations like: creating a new project; configuring game.project; asking about recommended project settings.

How do I install Defold Project Setup in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add selimanac/defold-astar --skill defold-project-setup -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/defold-project-setup in selimanac/defold-astar) into .claude/skills/defold-project-setup in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Defold Project Setup in Codex?

Run `npx skills add selimanac/defold-astar --skill defold-project-setup -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/defold-project-setup in selimanac/defold-astar) into .agents/skills/defold-project-setup in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Defold Project Setup 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 selimanac/defold-astar --skill defold-project-setup -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/defold-project-setup, .gemini/skills/defold-project-setup, .github/skills/defold-project-setup and .opencode/skills/defold-project-setup in your project.

What does Defold Project Setup need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Defold Project Setup needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python and python3). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Defold Project Setup access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Defold Project Setup 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.

What licence does Defold Project Setup use?

No licence was found for Defold Project Setup or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Defold Project Setup use?

About 900 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Defold Project Setup?

selimanac (a GitHub user) maintains it in selimanac/defold-astar, which has 111 GitHub stars. The repository holds 13 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on April 18, 2026.

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