# build-game-inventory

Build or repair game inventory flows for items, loot, equipment, drag and drop, saves, and progression without losing item state.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1200 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/game-development/build-game-inventory/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-25
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/build-game-inventory

## What it does

The skill calls for one typed, serializable source of truth for items. It separates stable IDs, item definitions, ownership, stack limits, slot compatibility, effects, rarity, presentation data, and migration versions. The UI should look up definitions by ID instead of carrying copied stats and descriptions.

Pickup, equip, unequip, swapping, drag and drop, consuming, and selling follow a transaction flow. Validate ownership and the target first, calculate the next inventory and equipment state, then commit once or reject the change. Save only a valid committed state. Removing an item before its destination is confirmed is a defect this guidance is designed to prevent.

It also covers slot compatibility, quantities, tooltips, failure feedback, and keyboard or touch alternatives to drag-only controls. Test invalid targets, full inventories, duplicate pickups, equipment swaps, save/load, schema migration, resets, and repeated dispatch while conserving item identity.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill build-game-inventory -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill build-game-inventory -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/build-game-inventory/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill build-game-inventory -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/build-game-inventory/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install MengTo/Skills build-game-inventory
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/build-game-inventory/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill build-game-inventory -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/MengTo/Skills --path agent-skills/game-development/build-game-inventory
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/build-game-inventory/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add MengTo/Skills --skill build-game-inventory -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/game-development/build-game-inventory/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- define item schemas with stable IDs
- validate pickup and stack rules
- make equipment swaps atomic
- add keyboard and touch inventory controls
- test save migration without item loss

## Example prompts
- "Design an inventory with item stacks and equipment slots."
- "Fix drag and drop so an item stays put when the target is invalid."
- "Add tests for equipment swaps, save/load, and schema migration."

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: build-game-inventory
description: Build or repair game inventory, loot, equipment, tooltips, drag-and-drop, persistence, and progression systems. Use for item schemas, pickup flows, stack rules, equipment slots, atomic swaps, save migration, and no-loss regression testing.
---

# Build Game Inventory

Use one typed, serializable item source of truth and make every transfer atomic.

## Define the item contract

Model stable IDs, item definitions, ownership, stack limits, equipment compatibility, effects, rarity, presentation data, and migration version separately. Runtime UI must reference definitions by ID rather than duplicate stats or descriptions.

## Implement transfers as transactions

For pickup, equip, unequip, swap, drag/drop, consume, and sell:

1. Validate source ownership and destination legality.
2. Compute the entire next inventory/equipment state.
3. Commit once or reject without changing either side.
4. Persist only after the committed state is valid.

Never remove an item before confirming a legal destination. Preserve item identity across a swap and prevent duplicate effect registration.

## Build usable UI

Expose slot compatibility, equipped state, quantity, tooltip facts, and failure feedback. Support keyboard and touch alternatives to drag-only interactions. Keep focus behavior, dialogs, and tooltips accessible.

## Test loss boundaries

Cover invalid destinations, full inventory, duplicate pickup, equip swap, mid-action swap, save/load, schema migration, reset/new game, tooltip updates, and repeated dispatch. Validate that total owned item identity is conserved except for explicit consumption or reward rules.
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