# roblox-gui

Guidelines for Roblox UI development across mobile and console. Helps build responsive HUDs and menus without layout bugs.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2200 installs · ★ 127
- Author: TabooHarmony
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/TabooHarmony/roblox-brain/tree/HEAD/skills/gameplay/roblox-gui/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-15
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/roblox-gui

## What it does

The skill directs AI assistants to build and audit Roblox interfaces with a mobile-first mindset. Layouts start on the smallest landscape phone screen with touch controls before scaling up to larger devices. It enforces spacing around the top bar and virtual thumbstick using `CoreUISafeInsets` and measured `AbsolutePosition`. Overlapping elements trigger a reflow rather than simple shrinking.

Controller support relies on structured focus handling. The instructions demand a single `SelectedObject` owner, strict `SelectionGroup` boundaries, restored focus states, and layered Back navigation. On TV screens, the UI respects TV-safe areas and `ViewportDisplaySize`. Client buttons do not hold authority over server state. That boundary protects game logic from exploits.

Reactive UI patterns must implement per-screen cleanup to avoid memory leaks across open and close cycles. Loading interfaces belong in `ReplicatedFirst`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add TabooHarmony/roblox-brain --skill roblox-gui -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add TabooHarmony/roblox-brain --skill roblox-gui -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add TabooHarmony/roblox-brain --skill roblox-gui -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install TabooHarmony/roblox-brain roblox-gui
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add TabooHarmony/roblox-brain --skill roblox-gui -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/TabooHarmony/roblox-brain --path skills/gameplay/roblox-gui
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add TabooHarmony/roblox-brain --skill roblox-gui -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/TabooHarmony/roblox-brain/tree/HEAD/skills/gameplay/roblox-gui/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- adapt Roblox UI layouts for phones and TV screens
- configure gamepad navigation boundaries with SelectionGroup
- fix HUD overlapping with Roblox touch controls and top bar
- clean up reactive UI listeners to stop memory leaks

## Example prompts
- Review this shop menu layout for small mobile screens in Roblox
- Configure controller navigation for the inventory modal using SelectionGroup
- Set up a ReplicatedFirst loading screen that respects CoreUISafeInsets

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: roblox-gui
description: "Use when building or fixing Roblox menus, HUDs, shops, dialogs, or UI that must work on phones, tablets, desktop and console."
when_to_use: "Also when changing or reviewing any UI, or when UI overlaps, is cut off, too small, misplaced or unreadable on mobile, a phone, tablet, TV or with a controller."
last_reviewed: 2026-10-14
sources:
  - https://create.roblox.com/docs/ui
  - https://create.roblox.com/docs/ui/position-and-size
  - https://create.roblox.com/docs/ui/styling
  - https://create.roblox.com/docs/ui/list-flex-layouts
  - https://create.roblox.com/docs/input
  - https://create.roblox.com/docs/input/mobile
  - https://create.roblox.com/docs/production/publishing/console-guidelines
  - https://create.roblox.com/docs/studio/device-simulator
  - https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/GuiService
  - https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/ScreenGui
  - https://create.roblox.com/docs/projects/server-authority
  - https://create.roblox.com/docs/input/input-action-system
  - https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/ReplicatedFirst
  - https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/ContentProvider
  - https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/UIPageLayout
  - https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/SelectionBox
  - https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/Decal
  - https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/VideoPlayer
  - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Roblox/focus-navigation/main/README.md
  - https://devforum.roblox.com/t/introducing-improvements-to-directional-ui-selection-on-gamepad/3864317
  - https://devforum.roblox.com/t/what-are-the-best-ui-screeninset-settings-for-buttons/3519333
  - https://devforum.roblox.com/t/screenguiscreeninsets-topbarinsets-regression/4047230
  - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Roblox/react-luau/main/README.md
  - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dphfox/Fusion/main/README.md
  - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/centau/vide/main/README.md
  - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ffrostfall/fluid/main/README.md
  - original
---

# roblox gui

## When to Load

HUDs, menus, shops, dialogs, world UI, and layout bugs on phone, tablet, desktop or TV.

## Quick Reference

- Mobile first: design on the smallest landscape phone with touch controls, then grow (full.md §11).
- Reserve top bar, thumbstick, jump, chat; interactive UI in `CoreUISafeInsets`; place by measured `AbsolutePosition`/`AbsoluteSize`.
- Check every element pair that can show together; reflow, don't shrink.
- Gamepad: one `SelectedObject` owner, `SelectionGroup` bounds, restored focus, layered Back (§8).
- Console: TV-safe area, `ViewportDisplaySize`, no chat window.
- Layouts own repeated layout; UI shows server state; a button is not an authority boundary.
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