cycles-vs-eevee-decision SKILL.md skillA
cycles-vs-eevee-decision from thanhnguyxnorg/blendops is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add thanhnguyxnorg/blendops/cycles-vs-eevee-decision@git:20261103.3a68c5ePins git:20261103.3a68c5e in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- thanhnguyxnorg/blendops
- Path
skills/cycles-vs-eevee-decision/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20261103.3a68c5e, committed Nov 3, 2026
- First version recorded
- Oct 14, 2026
- Size
- 12,291 bytes
- Repository stars
- 3
- License
- MIT
Pick Cycles, Eevee, or Workbench for a render based on quality bar, time budget, and feature requirements (caustics, subsurface, etc.). Note: Eevee was named Eevee Next on Blender 4.2-4.x only.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# cycles-vs-eevee-decision ## Purpose Pick the render engine upfront based on quality + time tradeoff and feature requirements. Avoid the "use Cycles always" / "Eevee is faster" oversimplifications. ## Quick start - Name the use case (hero / preview / animation / lookdev / flat clay). - Evaluate required rendering features (caustics / subsurface scattering / volumetrics / global illumination accuracy). - Evaluate time budget per frame and available hardware. - Pick the engine: `Cycles`, `Eevee`, or `Workbench` (note: Eevee used the name Eevee Next and token `BLENDER_EEVEE_NEXT` on Blender 4.2–4.x only; it is `Eevee` with token `BLENDER_EEVEE` on 4.0–4.1 and 5.x). - Pin the 4-item engine record: engine + samples + GPU device (if applicable) + caveats. ## When to use - before render - when feature support drives engine choice - when time vs quality tradeoff matters - when previous render was wrong engine ## When not to use <!-- blendops:generated:start exclusions --> - for a known repeat render (engine already chosen) → use `../lighting-material-plan/SKILL.md` (engine already chosen) …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add thanhnguyxnorg/blendops/cycles-vs-eevee-decision@sha256:4335c3e578caa32dThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261103.3a68c5e, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Oct 14, 2026 and Nov 3, 2026, about one every 5 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20261103.3a68c5e latest | 2026-11-03 | 3a68c5e | 12,291 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261031.f8301a3 | 2026-10-31 | f8301a3 | 12,313 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261015.bafb12c | 2026-10-15 | bafb12c | 11,814 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261014.3093231 | 2026-10-14 | 3093231 | 7,275 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261014.1cb9fe7 | 2026-10-14 | 1cb9fe7 | 7,233 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (12291 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
thanhnguyxnorg/blendops · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_26ib3ydrkpf6olut GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=thanhnguyxnorg/blendops/cycles-vs-eevee-decision GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/4335c3e578caa32dd7b162e5f2aebbfa9d298ec93fe60a3929600319dbd2cf9a
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
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