git:20260526.da30f77 to git:20260812.7420084

15 added, 4 removed. Audit A to A.

---

name: maya-rigging

description: |-

Authoring stage — character / prop rigging: joints, IK, skin clusters,

deformers, blend shapes, control curves, skin weights, constraints, and

optional rig framework detection. Use when constructing rigs. Not for keyframe animation (maya-animation), pose libraries

(maya-pose-library), or final scene assembly (maya-scene-assembly).

license: MIT

allowed-tools: Bash Read

metadata:

dcc-mcp:

dcc: maya

layer: domain

stage: authoring

- version: 1.2.0

+ version: 1.3.0

tags:

- maya

- rigging

- skeleton

- deformer

- skin-cluster

- blend-shape

- skin-weights

- constraint

+ - hair

+ - guide-curve

- mgear

- rig-framework

search-hint: |-

build character rig, skeleton setup, IK chain, rig control, constraint,

skin bind, skin weight copy, blendshape, control curve, mgear,

- advanced skeleton, deformer, joint hierarchy, weight paint

+ advanced skeleton, deformer, joint hierarchy, weight paint, editable

+ hair guide curve, colored guide cluster, scalp root projection

tools: tools.yaml

groups: groups.yaml

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# maya-rigging (Authoring stage)

Joint hierarchies, IK handles, constraints, skin clusters, skin-weight transfer,

- deformers, blend shapes, optional rig framework detection, and control curves.

- Seventeen scripts cover the typical rigging loop.

+ deformers, blend shapes, optional rig framework detection, control curves, and

+ editable hair guide curves. Eighteen scripts cover the typical rigging loop.

+ `create_guide_curve` is the bounded guide-authoring contract: every open curve

+ has one cluster ID, one solid RGB viewport color, root-to-tip CV order, arc

+ length and cluster-median deviation metrics, and an optional measured root

+ projection distance against an explicit scalp mesh. It accepts only named

+ metadata fields (`source_view` and `dominant_clump`), never arbitrary script or

+ metadata payloads. The general-purpose `create_curve` contract remains

+ unchanged.

## Optional Frameworks

Use `detect_rig_frameworks` before relying on optional packages such as mGear,

AdvancedSkeleton, MGTools, Go Skinning, Skin Magic, SI Weight Editor, or

MetaHuman-style DNA tools. Built-in rigging tools remain the default path; optional

frameworks are only used when detection reports `available=true`.