# 3d-sky-background

Builds camera-correct 3D skies with procedural atmosphere, horizon haze, aligned sun lighting, and coherent environment reflections.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 505 installs · ★ 7001
- Author: MengTo
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/MengTo/Skills/tree/HEAD/agent-skills/3d/3d-sky-background/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/3d-sky-background

## What it does

The skill separates three core rendering concerns: the visible background, reflection and ambient environment, and direct sunlight. It works inside the project's existing rendering pipeline without bringing in a second renderer. Sky geometry is structured via fullscreen direction shaders or an inverted dome with depth writes and fog turned off.

Calculations remain in linear space, with display-referred textures tagged as sRGB. For equirectangular panoramas, the rules inspect seam filtering and align the image's photographed sun with the 3D directional light.

Rebuilding PMREM on every frame during time-of-day shifts can dominate GPU cost. Because of that, the instructions prioritize interpolating pre-filtered environment maps or triggering updates only at discrete state changes.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill 3d-sky-background -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/3d-sky-background/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/3d-sky-background/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill 3d-sky-background -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/3d-sky-background/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill 3d-sky-background -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/3d-sky-background/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install MengTo/Skills 3d-sky-background
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/3d-sky-background/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill 3d-sky-background -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/MengTo/Skills --path agent-skills/3d/3d-sky-background
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/3d-sky-background/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill 3d-sky-background -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/MengTo/Skills/tree/HEAD/agent-skills/3d/3d-sky-background/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- align direct sunlight angles with sky dome highlights and shadows
- eliminate texture seam artifacts during 360-degree camera orbits
- prevent PMREM recalculation bottlenecks during day-to-night transitions
- render an immediate procedural sky fallback while large textures load

## Example prompts
- Set up a procedural sky dome with sunset haze and matching directional light.
- Map an equirectangular panorama with asynchronous loading and a fallback gradient.
- Configure camera-following sky coordinates with disabled depth writes and fog.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: 3d-sky-background
description: Create a camera-correct sky background for a 3D scene with a procedural atmosphere or panorama, horizon haze, aligned sunlight, and coherent environment lighting. Use for architectural skies, outdoor 3D backgrounds, golden hour, and day-to-night sky transitions.
---

# 3D Sky Background

Build a sky that surrounds the world, with a readable horizon and lighting that belongs to the same atmosphere.

## Choose the representation

Inspect the project's renderer, camera range, color pipeline, environment lighting, and existing assets. Use an existing licensed panorama when its cloud composition matters, a procedural sky when changing sun position matters, or a restrained hybrid. Keep the project's rendering backend and version; do not add a second renderer for the sky.

Keep three responsibilities explicit: the visible sky background, the reflection/ambient environment, and direct sun lighting. A background photograph alone does not light PBR objects. A PMREM environment does not supply a shadow-casting directional sun. See the [PMREM documentation](https://threejs.org/docs/pages/PMREMGenerator.html).

## Build a stable surrounding sky

- Use the engine's background facility, a fullscreen direction shader, or an inward-facing dome with depth writes disabled and fog disabled. A dome must fit inside the camera's clipping range and follow camera translation; it should retain world orientation as the camera rotates.
- Derive color from the normalized viewing direction. Blend a pale warm horizon through a muted middle band into a cooler zenith. Keep the lower hemisphere compatible with the ground haze rather than leaving an exposed hard edge.
- Use a shared sun direction for the visible disk, glow, directional light, and any sky-ray pass. A broad halo and a small disk are separate terms; avoid a large white blob.
- Add distant silhouettes only when the composition needs depth. Keep them low contrast, with a hue and value close to the horizon.

## Map a panorama deliberately

A true equirectangular sky wraps a full 360° horizontally and 180° vertically. Establish a consistent world-axis convention, rotate the texture so its photographed sun matches the scene sun, and inspect both the seam and zenith.

A wide landscape photograph is a partial panorama. Record its angular coverage and horizon position; do not stretch it indiscriminately over a sphere. Seijaku aligns a partial sky image around the sun and mirrors its back coverage. That is a composition-specific shortcut; repeated cloud shapes may be visible during a full orbit. Prefer a complete panorama for unrestricted cameras.
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