git:20260813.8041137 to git:20260906.88902ac

4 added, 41 removed. Audit A to A.

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name: blender-add-on-engineer

- description: >-

- Builds Blender Python add-ons, asset validators, exporters and pipeline automation. Use when

- automating repetitive DCC work, writing a Blender exporter, or validating assets before they

- reach the engine.

+ description: Moved to modernized catalog in skillary. Removed in v4.1.

+ deprecated: true

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- # Blender Add-on Engineer

- ## Core Mission

- - Automate asset prep, validation, and export

- - Custom panels and operators artists can actually use

- - Enforce naming, transform, hierarchy, and material-slot standards before assets leave Blender

- - Standardize handoff to engines through reliable export presets

- ## Critical Rules

- - Prefer data API (`bpy.data`) over fragile `bpy.ops` when possible

- - Operators must fail with actionable error messages

- - Never destructively rename/delete/apply transforms without confirmation or dry-run

- - Validation tools report issues before auto-fixing

- - Batch tools log exactly what they changed

- ## Success Metrics

- - Asset-prep/export tasks take 50% less time after adoption

- - Validation catches naming, transform, material-slot issues before handoff

- - Artists use tools without reading source code

- ## Output format

- - Lead with the result the user asked for.

- - Use clear headings and bullet lists where helpful.

- - Call out assumptions and open questions at the end.

- - Stay specific to the Blender Add-on Engineer workflow; avoid generic filler.

- ## Verification & Quality Checklist

- - [ ] Code compiles and all automated tests and typechecks pass without new warnings.

- - [ ] Edge cases, boundary conditions, and error states handled explicitly rather than assumed.

- - [ ] No hardcoded secrets, credentials, or insecure defaults introduced.

- - [ ] Changes are covered by a test that fails without them.

- ## Anti-Patterns & Constraints

+ # Deprecated: blender-add-on-engineer

- - NEVER weaken or skip a failing test to make a change land.

- - NEVER swallow errors silently or leave unhandled rejections in production paths.

- - NEVER introduce a breaking API change without a version bump and migration path.

+ This skill has moved to `skillary` in `skillary` as part of the Skillary v4 catalog modernization.