# add-3d-assets

Swaps primitives like BoxGeometry for actual GLB models: animated characters, houses, trees, barrels. Useful when your Three.js game still looks like a pile of boxes.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 938 installs · ★ 348
- Author: OpusGameLabs
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/PlayableIntelligence/game-creator/tree/HEAD/skills/add-3d-assets/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-05-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/add-3d-assets

## What it does

The skill reads your project, finds every `BoxGeometry` and `SphereGeometry`, and replaces them with models. Characters and enemies go through Meshy AI: a text prompt, then rigging, then Idle, Walk and Run clips. World objects — houses, trees, barrels, coins — are either generated the same way or pulled from free libraries such as Poly Haven and Sketchfab.

Meshy needs a `MESHY_API_KEY`. The skill checks `.env` first and only asks you to paste a key if it comes up empty, saving it back to `.env`. Type "skip" and it falls back to the bundled character library: Soldier, Xbot, RobotExpressive and Fox, each with its own animation set.

Integration runs in steps. It creates `src/level/AssetLoader.js`, adds `CHARACTER`, `ASSET_PATHS` and `MODEL_CONFIG` to `Constants.js`, wires an `AnimationMixer` with crossfade into `Player.js`, and adds `OrbitControls` in `Game.js` for a third-person camera. One detail bites people: animated models need `SkeletonUtils.clone()` from `three/addons/utils/SkeletonUtils.js`. A plain `.clone()` copies the mesh without the skeleton, so the character freezes in a T-pose. At the end it suggests running `npm run dev` and `npm run build`, plus generating `ATTRIBUTION.md` from the `.meta.json` files.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PlayableIntelligence/game-creator --skill add-3d-assets -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PlayableIntelligence/game-creator --skill add-3d-assets -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PlayableIntelligence/game-creator --skill add-3d-assets -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install PlayableIntelligence/game-creator add-3d-assets
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PlayableIntelligence/game-creator --skill add-3d-assets -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/PlayableIntelligence/game-creator --path skills/add-3d-assets
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add PlayableIntelligence/game-creator --skill add-3d-assets -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/PlayableIntelligence/game-creator/tree/HEAD/skills/add-3d-assets/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- replace box primitives with real GLB models
- generate a character from a text prompt and rig it
- set up crossfade between Idle, Walk and Run
- add a third-person camera with OrbitControls
- fix a model stuck in T-pose

## Example prompts
- /add-3d-assets examples/space-explorer
- /add-3d-assets
- replace the primitives with GLB models in this project

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: add-3d-assets
description: Replace primitive 3D shapes with real GLB models — animated characters, world props, buildings, and scenery for Three.js games. Use when the user says "add 3D models", "replace the boxes with real models", "add GLB assets", or "make the 3D game look real". For 2D pixel art, use add-assets instead. Do NOT use for 2D pixel art (use add-assets) or gameplay changes (use add-feature).
argument-hint: "[path-to-game]"
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: OpusGameLabs
  version: 1.3.0
  tags: [game, 3d, assets, glb, models, threejs]
---

## Performance Notes

- Take your time to do this thoroughly
- Quality is more important than speed
- Do not skip validation steps

# Add 3D Assets

Replace basic geometric shapes (BoxGeometry, SphereGeometry) with real 3D models. Characters get custom Meshy AI-generated models with rigging and animation. World objects get generated or sourced from free libraries.

## Instructions

Analyze the game at `$ARGUMENTS` (or the current directory if no path given).

First, load the game-3d-assets skill and the meshyai skill for the full model pipeline, AssetLoader pattern, Meshy generation, and integration patterns.

### Step 1: Get Meshy API Key

Check if `MESHY_API_KEY` is set. First check `.env`:
`test -f .env && grep -q '^MESHY_API_KEY=.' .env && echo "found"`
If found, export it with `set -a; . .env; set +a` and skip the prompt.

If not set, ask the user:

> I'll generate custom 3D models with Meshy AI for the best results. You can get a free API key in 30 seconds:
> 1. Sign up at https://app.meshy.ai
> 2. Go to Settings → API Keys
> 3. Create a new API key
>
> Paste your key below like: `MESHY_API_KEY=your-key-here`
> (It will be saved to .env and redacted from this conversation automatically.)
>
> Or type "skip" to use free model libraries instead.

### Step 2: Audit

- Read `package.json` to confirm this is a Three.js game (not Phaser — use `/add-assets` for 2D games)
- Read `src/core/Constants.js` for entity types, sizes, colors
- Read entity files (`src/gameplay/*.js`, `src/entities/*.js`) — find `BoxGeometry`, `SphereGeometry`, etc.
- Read `src/level/LevelBuilder.js` for environment primitives
- List every entity using geometric shapes
- Identify which entity is the **player character** (needs animated model)

### Step 3: Plan

Split entities into two categories:

**Animated characters** (player, enemies with AI) — generate with Meshy AI:

| Entity | Meshy Prompt | Notes |
|--------|-------------|-------|
```
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