Unreal Enhanced Input

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Wiring movement/look/jump input
• Creating IA/IMC assets
• The user mentions Enhanced Input
• Input Mapping Context

Example prompts

• “/unreal-enhanced-input”

Requirements

• Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Unreal Engine 5.4+ (Enhanced Input is the default UE5 input system)

Workflow steps

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

1. 1Add the mapping context (C++ Character)
2. 2Bind actions and read values
3. 3Blueprint equivalent (node flow)

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 2f4ac6b. 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 cpp).

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

• Network

  Hosts in commands or code, which the agent is likely to contact:

  • dev.epicgames.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.

• Compatibility

  Unreal Engine 5.4+ (Enhanced Input is the default UE5 input system)

  From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Unreal Enhanced Input loads about 1.5k tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.6k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 104 tokens; SKILL.md has 465 words of instructions outside code blocks.

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

~104

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

~1.5k

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

~2.6k

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 ukanwat/overtime at commit 2f4ac6b, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© ukanwat). 465 words, ~1,538 tokens.

name

unreal-enhanced-input

description

Set up player input in Unreal Engine 5 with Enhanced Input: Input Actions, Input Mapping Contexts, modifiers and triggers, adding the mapping context, and binding actions by ETriggerEvent. Use when wiring movement/look/jump input, creating IA_/IMC_ assets, binding in C++ or Blueprints, or when the user mentions Enhanced Input, Input Mapping Context, Input Action, IA_/IMC_, or ETriggerEvent.

compatibility

Unreal Engine 5.4+ (Enhanced Input is the default UE5 input system)

license

Apache-2.0

metadata.engine

unreal

metadata.category

unreal

metadata.difficulty

intermediate

void AMyCharacter::BeginPlay()
{
    Super::BeginPlay();
    if (APlayerController* PC = Cast<APlayerController>(GetController()))
        if (ULocalPlayer* LP = PC->GetLocalPlayer())
            if (auto* Subsystem = LP->GetSubsystem<UEnhancedInputLocalPlayerSubsystem>())
                Subsystem->AddMappingContext(DefaultMappingContext, /*Priority*/ 0);
}
// DefaultMappingContext is a UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere) TObjectPtr<UInputMappingContext>.

void AMyCharacter::SetupPlayerInputComponent(UInputComponent* InputComponent)
{
    Super::SetupPlayerInputComponent(InputComponent);

    // The component is an Enhanced Input component when the plugin is active.
    if (UEnhancedInputComponent* EIC = Cast<UEnhancedInputComponent>(InputComponent))
    {
        EIC->BindAction(MoveAction, ETriggerEvent::Triggered, this, &AMyCharacter::Move);
        EIC->BindAction(LookAction, ETriggerEvent::Triggered, this, &AMyCharacter::Look);
        EIC->BindAction(JumpAction, ETriggerEvent::Started,   this, &ACharacter::Jump);
        EIC->BindAction(JumpAction, ETriggerEvent::Completed, this, &ACharacter::StopJumping);
    }
}

void AMyCharacter::Move(const FInputActionValue& Value)
{
    const FVector2D Axis = Value.Get<FVector2D>();          // Axis2D action
    AddMovementInput(GetActorForwardVector(), Axis.Y);
    AddMovementInput(GetActorRightVector(),   Axis.X);
}

Event BeginPlay
  -> Get Controller -> Cast To PlayerController -> Get Local Player
  -> Get EnhancedInputLocalPlayerSubsystem -> Add Mapping Context (IMC_Default, Priority 0)

// IA_Move is exposed as its own event node in the Character's Event Graph:
EnhancedInputAction IA_Move (Triggered)
  -> Action Value (Vector2D) -> Add Movement Input (Forward * Y, Right * X)

© ukanwat, Apache-2.0. 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 1 other file (references) in .claude/skills/unreal-enhanced-input of ukanwat/overtime.

• SKILL.md
• references/cpp-setup.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 2f4ac6b

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 ukanwat/overtime, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

• gamedev-skills/awesome-gamedev-agent-skillsskills/unreal/unreal-enhanced-input