godot-gdscript-patterns

Master Godot 4 GDScript patterns including signals, scenes, state machines, and optimization. Use when building Godot games, implementing game systems, or learning GDScript best practices.

1.52x

Quality

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Does it follow best practices?

Impact

90%

1.52x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

Securityby

Passed

No known issues

Quality

Content

65%

Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

A high-quality, code-dense patterns catalog with executable GDScript examples across architecture, state machines, pooling, components, and save/scene management. Its main weaknesses are the large always-loaded volume (progressive disclosure) and the absence of validation/feedback loops in the stateful workflows.

Suggestions

Move the longer pattern implementations (e.g. scene_manager, save_manager, component system) into separate reference files under references/ and summarize them in SKILL.md with one-level-deep links to reduce always-loaded context.

Add explicit validation/retry checkpoints to stateful workflows — e.g. verify FileAccess opened successfully before writing, and re-check ResourceLoader.load_threaded_get_status on failure with a recovery path.

Fix the Dictionary access bug in saveable.gd where `data.position.x` is used on a Dictionary (should be `data["position"]["x"]`) so the save pattern is truly copy-paste runnable.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Per-line the content is lean and mostly code with little prose padding, but at ~800 lines the SKILL.md body loads a large volume of seven full pattern implementations into context every invocation; some of this detail could be moved to reference files to respect the token budget.	2 / 3
Actionability	Provides complete, executable GDScript implementations for each pattern with concrete signals, exports, and typed functions — copy-paste ready guidance throughout, e.g. the StateMachine, ObjectPool, and HealthComponent listings.	3 / 3
Workflow Clarity	The skill is a patterns catalog rather than a sequenced multi-step workflow, and operations that touch persisted state (the save system, scene swaps) lack explicit validate-then-retry checkpoints or feedback loops, capping clarity at 2.	2 / 3
Progressive Disclosure	Content is well-sectioned internally (numbered patterns, Best Practices, Performance Tips) but no bundle files exist and all seven full patterns are inlined in SKILL.md rather than split into one-level-deep reference files.	2 / 3
	Total	9 / 12 Passed

Description

100%

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A strong, well-formed description that names concrete capabilities and pairs them with explicit natural-language triggers. It is concise, uses an appropriate imperative voice, and is clearly distinguishable from other skills.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists multiple concrete capabilities — 'signals, scenes, state machines, and optimization' — rather than vague language, matching the 'lists multiple specific concrete actions' anchor.	3 / 3
Completeness	Explicitly answers both 'what' (Master Godot 4 GDScript patterns...) and 'when' via an explicit 'Use when...' clause, satisfying the top anchor.	3 / 3
Trigger Term Quality	Natural trigger phrases users would actually say — 'building Godot games, implementing game systems, or learning GDScript best practices' — give good coverage of common phrasings.	3 / 3
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	The Godot 4 / GDScript niche is specific with distinct triggers, making it unlikely to fire for unrelated skills.	3 / 3
	Total	12 / 12 Passed

Validation

93%

Warnings & errors only

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
skill_md_line_count	SKILL.md is long (808 lines); consider splitting into references/ and linking	Warning

	Total	15 / 16 Passed

Repository: Dicklesworthstone/pi_agent_rust
Commit: e9f9b67

Reviewed: 4 days ago

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