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create robust, browser-runnable three.js primitive reconstructions from static low-poly, voxel, isometric, or stylized game-art reference images. use when the user asks to turn an image or prompt into a three.js/html asset, generate a primitive-only scene, debug non-rendering three.js output, or produce a reusable prompt/template for low-poly three.js reconstruction.

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How to use this skill

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  1. Open your project in Codex.
  2. Copy the prompt below and paste it into your agent.
  3. Review the proposed files and risks before you approve installation.
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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/jasonkneen/tiny-world-builder/blob/HEAD/.agents/skills/threejs-primitive-reconstructor/SKILL.md

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After I approve, install the complete skill folder, including required referenced files, into that project location. Verify it is discoverable, then tell me its actual invocation name and how to use it. Do not claim it is installed until you have verified it.

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Three.js Primitive Reconstructor

Core workflow

Use this skill to generate a reliable single-file Three.js HTML scene from a low-poly, voxel, isometric, or stylized 3D reference image.

  1. Inspect the reference image visually before coding.
  2. Produce a short analysis inventory in the response and include the same inventory as a comment block at the top of the script.
  3. Generate one plain .html file, not React, JSX, iframe, or srcDoc.
  4. Use only primitive geometry: BoxGeometry, CylinderGeometry, ConeGeometry, SphereGeometry, Group, and MeshStandardMaterial.
  5. Use the import-map loading pattern from assets/threejs-scene-template.html.
  6. Keep objects aligned to integer or half-integer tile coordinates when reconstructing grid-based scenes.
  7. Add soft shadows, matte materials, and an immediate camera view where the asset is visible without user adjustment.
  8. When the user reports a loading or rendering error, first replace CDN/import patterns and wrappers with the robust plain HTML template in assets/threejs-scene-template.html.

Required analysis inventory

Before the code, summarize:

  1. Camera and framing: projection feel, camera type, azimuth/elevation, crop/centering.
  2. Palette: 8-15 hex colors visible in the reference.
  3. Ground/podium: grid size, tile size, base thickness, grass variation, water/path positions.
  4. Structures: type, grid position, footprint, height, wall/roof colors, distinguishing features.
  5. Nature: trees, bushes, flowers, rocks, grass tufts, size variation.
  6. Farm/details: crops, stairs, doors, windows, fence rails, small props.
  7. Sky/atmosphere: sky color, fog, clouds/smoke.
  8. Animation: optional rotation, drifting clouds, rising smoke, water shimmer.

Coding rules

  • Use one self-contained .html file.
  • Use an import map with unpkg.com exactly as shown in assets/threejs-scene-template.html.
  • Import with import * as THREE from 'three' and OrbitControls from three/addons/controls/OrbitControls.js.
  • Do not use esm.sh, cdn.jsdelivr, relative Three.js module paths, React, JSX, iframe, or srcDoc.
  • Do not use external assets, textures, GLTF, OBJ, FBX, SVG, or postprocessing.
  • Use MeshStandardMaterial throughout; default roughness: 1 and metalness: 0.
  • Set renderer.outputColorSpace = THREE.SRGBColorSpace.
  • Enable renderer.shadowMap.enabled = true and THREE.PCFSoftShadowMap.
  • Add a resize listener.
  • Append renderer.domElement directly to document.body.
  • Keep comments sentence case.
  • Keep the generated file under roughly 500 lines unless the user asks for more detail.

Reference and template files

  • Read references/reconstruction-prompt.md when the user wants the reusable prompt or prompt wording.
  • Use assets/threejs-scene-template.html as the starting point for generated HTML.
  • Use scripts/write_scene_from_template.py only when a quick local template copy is useful; customize the copied file afterward.

Debugging non-rendering output

If a generated scene does not render:

  1. Remove React, JSX, iframe, and srcDoc wrappers.
  2. Replace module imports with the import-map pattern in the template.
  3. Confirm the file is served through a local server, for example python3 -m http.server 8000, then opened at http://localhost:8000/scene.html.
  4. Confirm renderer.domElement is appended to document.body.
  5. Confirm the camera points at the asset and the object is near the origin.
  6. Simplify animation until a static render works.

Cottage reference shortcut

For the cropped cottage reference, reconstruct:

  • A 5 by 5 floating grass tile island with a brown dirt base.
  • A front-left water strip slightly below grass level.
  • One warm yellow cottage centered slightly back-left.
  • A bright blue hipped roof with dark blue ridge/caps.
  • A tall chimney with four rising smoke puffs.
  • A brown front door, cyan windows with dark frames, and exterior stone stairs on the right.
  • A wooden fence around the front/right/back of the yard.
  • Grass tufts, small white/yellow flowers, sky-blue background, soft shadows, and matte materials.