td-build-planning SKILL.md skillA

td-build-planning from touchdesigner/tdmcpskills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add touchdesigner/tdmcpskills/td-build-planning@git:20260613.264e7aa

Pins git:20260613.264e7aa in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
touchdesigner/tdmcpskills
Path
skills/td-build-planning/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
git:20260613.264e7aa, committed Jun 13, 2026
First version recorded
Apr 15, 2026
Size
5,776 bytes
Repository stars
39
License
a license file GitHub does not identify

Plan TouchDesigner builds — scout networks, decide operators, allocate positions, phase work. Use before any multi-operator build.

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

# Build Planning

Plan before building. Scout the target network, decide what to create, allocate positions, phase the work.

## Process

### 1. Scout

Understand what exists before adding anything.

- `project_info` — project name, `rootPath` + `parentShortcut` from /perform winop, open panes. **Always call first** — use `rootPath` for all subsequent tool calls instead of assuming `/project1`
- `list_operators(path, depth=2)` — structure, positions, types, overlaps, existing annotations
- `get_connections(path, graph=true)` — full signal flow topology in execution order with cycle detection
- `get_errors(path)` — existing problems
- `get_operator_info(path)` — details on specific ops (position, params, flags). Add `include_extensions=true` for COMPs with extensions to see methods, clone source, config

Capture: rightmost X (for insertion point), Y range in use, existing null endpoints, available families, any overlaps to fix.

### 2. Plan operators

For each operator to create, decide:
- **Type** — opType name (e.g. `noiseTOP`, `blurTOP`, `lfoCHOP`)
- **Name** — follow naming in `td-general` (`optype_purpose`)
- **Family** — determines which builder skill to consult
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add touchdesigner/tdmcpskills/td-build-planning@sha256:2b23b80e508abed9

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260613.264e7aa, 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 Apr 15, 2026 and Jun 13, 2026, about one every 15 days. Its first recorded version is graded B and its latest A.

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Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (5776 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

GitHub

touchdesigner/tdmcpskills · 39 stars · license a license file GitHub does not identify · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_muxarhi6cawuyrw3
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=touchdesigner/tdmcpskills/td-build-planning
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/2b23b80e508abed9010b42afcbb3501f357edb46ad7f8658c7491247aad6b59e

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