# map-systems

This skill breaks a game concept into systems, maps dependencies, and sets a design order. Use it before writing individual system GDDs.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 479 installs · ★ 27473
- Author: Donchitos
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/map-systems/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-19
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/map-systems

## What it does

\`map-systems` reads a game concept and existing design documents, then separates explicit mechanics from the systems implied by them. It organizes the result by category, records dependencies, and helps create the systems index used for further design work.

The skill can resume an existing index instead of starting over. It can show the current status, update the system list, select the next undesigned system, or revise priorities. Review behavior can be changed with `--review full`, `--review lean`, or `--review solo`; configuration is resolved through `yaml-helper.sh`.

The project needs `design/gdd/game-concept.md`, or `design/game-brief.md` when the workflow is minimal. If neither file is available, the command stops and points to `/brainstorm`, so checking the concept path is a prerequisite.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill map-systems -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill map-systems -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill map-systems -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios map-systems
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/map-systems/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill map-systems -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --path .claude/skills/map-systems
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios --skill map-systems -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/Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/map-systems/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- break a game concept into individual systems
- find hidden systems implied by core mechanics
- map dependencies between systems
- set the order for system design
- update the systems index without recreating it

## Example prompts
- Run `/map-systems` to decompose the game concept into systems.
- Run `/map-systems next` to select the highest-priority undesigned system and hand it to `/design-system`.
- Review the system map with `/map-systems next --review lean`.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: map-systems
description: "Decompose a concept into individual systems, map dependencies, prioritize design order, create the systems index."
argument-hint: "[next | system-name] [--review full|lean|solo]"
user-invocable: true
allowed-tools: Read, Glob, Grep, Write, Edit, AskUserQuestion, TaskCreate, TaskGet, TaskList, TaskUpdate, Agent, Bash(bash "*/.claude/skills/map-systems/../../hooks/yaml-helper.sh" resolve_config *)
model: sonnet
---

!`bash "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/../../hooks/yaml-helper.sh" resolve_config --keys review_mode,automation,workflow,docs.density,project.stage`

Resolved above — use as-is; `--review` overrides `review_mode`. No block →
defaults in `.claude/docs/config-resolution.md`.

# Map Systems


When this skill is invoked:

## Parse Arguments

Two modes:

- **No argument**: `/map-systems` — Run the full decomposition workflow (Phases 1-5)
  to create or update the systems index.
- **`next`**: `/map-systems next` — Pick the highest-priority undesigned system
  from the index and hand off to `/design-system` (Phase 6).


See `.claude/docs/director-gates.md` for the full check pattern. Individual gate definitions live in `.claude/docs/director-gates/[gate-id].md` — the spawned agent reads its own gate file; do not read it in the parent session.


Every `AskUserQuestion` call follows `.claude/docs/automation-modes.md`
(collaborative asks always · guided major-only · autonomous logs and proceeds;
`automation_always_ask` categories always prompt). In collaborative mode the
system list, dependency, priority and write approvals are separate questions:
each waits for its answer before the next step runs.

**`docs.density`** — it controls per-section *depth*, where `workflow`
controls which sections exist. `modes.rigor` sets both together; set
`docs.density` explicitly to vary depth alone: `terse` (the default, via `rigor: minimal`) = one-line system descriptions;
`balanced` = a brief paragraph per system + dependency notes (`rigor: standard`);
`thorough` = full system-by-system rationale + relationship analysis. Apply it to
every section you author.

> **Where the per-system prose goes.** `templates/systems-index.md`'s Systems
> Enumeration is a fixed-column table with no description column, so at
> `balanced` and `thorough` the prose belongs in `## Overview` — one short
> paragraph per system at `balanced`, plus relationship analysis at `thorough` —
> and in the `## Dependency Map` layer notes. **Do not add a column to the
> enumeration table** — it is a fixed contract in
> `.claude/docs/templates/systems-index.md`, and its consumers
> (`/design-system` §6 and §7, `/create-epics`) are written against the columns it
> defines. Widening it is a schema change, not a formatting choice.
>
> **How the consumers actually read it.** Nothing parses this table
```
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