writing-bgs-load-order SKILL.md skillA
writing-bgs-load-order from hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins/writing-bgs-load-order@git:20260802.969be22Pins git:20260802.969be22 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins
- Path
plugins/BB-84C/bgs-modding-superpowers/skills/writing-bgs-load-order/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260802.969be22, committed Aug 2, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 2, 2026
- Size
- 19,894 bytes
- Repository stars
- 1,537
- License
- Apache-2.0
Use when reading, editing, or generating a Bethesda Game Studio load-order file (plugins.txt / loadorder.txt) for Fallout 4, Skyrim SE/AE/VR, Fallout 76, Starfield, or when launching xEdit with a custom plugin list. Authoritative reference for the asterisk-prefix format, official masters detection, ESL handling, and the routing rules between plugins.txt editing and xEdit daemon commands.
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
# Writing a BGS load order (plugins.txt) > **Harness status (2026-07-29):** The local prototype harness was destroyed by an unattributed operation and will not be rebuilt. The historical `.artifacts/mo2` example below is **DEFUNCT**. Testing now uses externally-configured Starfield or Fallout 4 MO2 instances; machine-specific details and the forensic record are private. > Sources for every claim in this skill: `Ortham/libloadorder` (the library > behind LOOT), `ModOrganizer2/modorganizer/src/profile.cpp`, > `ModOrganizer2/modorganizer-basic_games/.../game_plugins.py`, and xEdit's > official docs Section 2.8.1. ## Two file formats — know which one applies | Format | Games | File | Activation marker | |---|---|---|---| | **Asterisk format** (modern) | Fallout 4, Skyrim SE/AE/VR, Fallout 4 VR, Starfield | `plugins.txt` | leading `*` = active | | **Textfile-only** (legacy) | Skyrim LE, Oblivion, Fallout 3, Fallout NV | `plugins.txt` (active only) + sibling `loadorder.txt` (full order) | presence in `plugins.txt` = active | This skill covers the **asterisk format** in depth. If your target is Skyrim LE / Oblivion / FO3 / FNV, the rules are different — see the "Legacy format" …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins/writing-bgs-load-order@sha256:abf8e87d49f00d7bThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260802.969be22, 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 2 versions of this file, between Jul 2, 2026 and Aug 2, 2026, about one every 31 days.
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| git:20260802.969be22 latest | 2026-08-02 | 969be22 | 19,894 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260702.022cc5f | 2026-07-02 | 022cc5f | 19,561 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 (19894 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
hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins · 1,537 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_lnse3q3wfh6oh4dt GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins/writing-bgs-load-order GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/abf8e87d49f00d7ba4b6f2a16f929a89a5194e5cbbd6b1b396f831b4ab72a6bf
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