# threejs

A coding-agent skill that walks you through Three.js scenes, shaders and VR work. Useful when a project needs WebGL or WebGPU and you want the agent to know the API.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1200 installs · ★ 2228
- Author: mrgoonie
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/mrgoonie/claudekit-skills/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/threejs/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-04-03
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/mrgoonie-threejs

## What it does

The skill hands your agent reference files on Three.js: scene setup, cameras, lights, materials, the render loop. From there it covers GLTF, FBX and OBJ loading, textures, animation clips through `AnimationMixer`, plus vector and quaternion math.

The material is layered. Lower levels are basic geometry and `BufferGeometry`; higher ones cover post-processing (bloom, SSAO, SSR), physics with Ammo, Rapier and Jolt, WebGPU compute shaders, and GLSL via `ShaderMaterial`. Separate files handle instancing, LOD and frustum culling — worth opening when a scene starts stuttering on modest hardware.

Install runs through `npx skills add`, license is MIT. The skill does not add Three.js to your dependencies and does not touch your codebase; it gives the agent context, you still write the app.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mrgoonie/claudekit-skills --skill threejs -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mrgoonie/claudekit-skills --skill threejs -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mrgoonie/claudekit-skills --skill threejs -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install mrgoonie/claudekit-skills threejs
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mrgoonie/claudekit-skills --skill threejs -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/mrgoonie/claudekit-skills --path .claude/skills/threejs
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add mrgoonie/claudekit-skills --skill threejs -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/mrgoonie/claudekit-skills/tree/HEAD/.claude/skills/threejs/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- set up a 3D scene with camera, lights and a render loop
- load a GLTF or FBX model together with its textures
- write a custom GLSL shader with ShaderMaterial
- speed up a heavy scene using instancing and LOD
- build a VR experience or a product configurator in the browser

## Example prompts
- set up a Three.js scene with a perspective camera and a directional light
- load this GLTF model and wire up its animation with AnimationMixer
- the scene drops frames — where should I apply instancing and frustum culling?

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: threejs
description: Build 3D web apps with Three.js (WebGL/WebGPU). Use for 3D scenes, animations, custom shaders, PBR materials, VR/XR experiences, games, data visualizations, product configurators.
license: MIT
version: 2.0.0
---

# Three.js Development

Build high-performance 3D web applications using Three.js - a cross-browser WebGL/WebGPU library.

## When to Use This Skill

Use when working with:
- 3D scenes, models, animations, or visualizations
- WebGL/WebGPU rendering and graphics programming
- Interactive 3D experiences (games, configurators, data viz)
- Camera controls, lighting, materials, or shaders
- Loading 3D assets (GLTF, FBX, OBJ) or textures
- Post-processing effects (bloom, depth of field, SSAO)
- Physics simulations, VR/XR experiences, or spatial audio
- Performance optimization (instancing, LOD, frustum culling)

## Progressive Learning Path

### Level 1: Getting Started
- Load `references/00-fundamentals.md` - Fundamentals
- Load `references/01-getting-started.md` - Scene setup, basic geometries, materials, lights, rendering loop

### Level 2: Common Tasks
- **Asset Loading**: `references/02-loaders.md` - GLTF, FBX, OBJ, texture loaders
- **Textures**: `references/03-textures.md` - Types, mapping, wrapping, filtering
- **Cameras**: `references/04-cameras.md` - Perspective, orthographic, controls
- **Lights**: `references/05-lights.md` - Types, shadows, helpers
- **Animations**: `references/06-animations.md` - Clips, mixer, keyframes
- **Math**: `references/07-math.md` - Vectors, matrices, quaternions, curves
- **Geometry**: `references/18-geometry.md` - Built-in shapes, BufferGeometry, custom geometry, instancing
- **Materials**: `references/11-materials.md` - PBR, basic, phong, lambert, physical, toon, normal, depth, raw, shader materials, material properties

### Level 3: Interactive & Effects
- **Interaction**: `references/08-interaction.md` - Raycasting, picking, transforms
- **Post-Processing**: `references/09-postprocessing.md` - Passes, bloom, SSAO, SSR
- **Controls (Addons)**: `references/10-controls.md` - Orbit, transform, first-person

### Level 4: Advanced Rendering
- **Materials Advanced**: `references/11-materials-advanced.md` - PBR, custom shaders
- **Performance**: `references/12-performance.md` - Instancing, LOD, batching, culling
- **Node Materials (TSL)**: `references/13-node-materials.md` - Shader graphs, compute

### Level 5: Specialized
- **Physics**: `references/14-physics-vr.md` - Ammo, Rapier, Jolt, VR/XR
- **Advanced Loaders**: `references/15-specialized-loaders.md` - SVG, VRML, domain-specific
- **WebGPU**: `references/16-webgpu.md` - Modern backend, compute shaders
- **Shaders**: `references/17-shader.md` - GLSL, ShaderMaterial, uniforms, custom effects

## Quick Start Pattern

```javascript
// 1. Scene, Camera, Renderer
const scene = new THREE.Scene();
const camera = new THREE.PerspectiveCamera(75, window.innerWidth/window.innerHeight, 0.1, 1000);
````
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