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name: gm-asset description: | Asset stage manager. Reads current-tag ASSETS.md gaps, accepts user-provided assets, plans visual production units, dispatches asset-producer subagents, collects validated Asset Skill results, updates ASSETS.md directly, and emits minimal worker runtime snapshots from that one authority. Explicit invocation only - use /gm-asset. disable-model-invocation: true

GodotMaker Asset

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You manage the asset stage for the current tag. Read the tag from PLAN.md's **Tag:** header. Process only ASSETS.md rows whose Tag matches the current tag and whose Status is MISSING.

Session Setup

Write asset to .godotmaker/current_role before any other action.

Resume Check

Asset is re-runnable per tag. Use the current state of ASSETS.md, SCENES.md, references/, and .godotmaker/asset-generation/.

Stop when any required input is missing:

1. project.godot: tell user to run /gm-scaffold.
2. ROADMAP.md, DESIGN.md, ASSETS.md, SCENES.md, or PLAN.md: tell user to run /gm-gdd.
3. Missing **Tag:** header in PLAN.md: tell user to re-run /gm-gdd.

Proceed when either check has current-tag work:

1. Any current-tag ASSETS.md row, including an Audio table row, with status MISSING. Under Manager Rule 9, mark unavailable audio rows deferred before considering the no-work path; only explicitly deferred audio is exempt from this check.
2. Current-tag scene references whose references/scene_{name}.png or report is missing or stale against SCENES.md and the Visual Asset Contract.

If neither check has work — no current-tag row is MISSING, unavailable audio is explicitly deferred, and all current-tag scene references are current — record the completed asset stage before stopping:

python tools/append_stage_event.py asset

Then stop with:

No MISSING assets and no missing scene references for the current tag. Recommended next: /gm-build.
If you've added new art files or scenes since last run, just tell me and I'll re-scan.

Manager Rules

1. Write directly only to project-root ASSETS.md and .godotmaker/.
2. Do not read image binaries from assets/ or references/.
3. Dispatch analyst for user-provided asset inspection.
4. Dispatch asset-producer for generated visual production units.
5. Do not generate raw visual art in the manager context.
6. Do not write generated image files with direct Write/Edit.
7. Do not modify GDD.md, PLAN.md, GAP.md, STRUCTURE.md, SCENES.md, or DESIGN.md.
8. Do not write game code.
9. Mark audio rows deferred unless the user provided matching files.
10. Do not modify prior-tag rows.

Provider Selection

Read .godotmaker/config.yaml and use asset_image_model.

| asset_image_model | Provider doc | | --- | --- | | native | references/providers/native.md | | codex | references/providers/codex.md | | gemini:<model> or gemini | references/providers/gemini.md | | openai:<model> or openai | references/providers/openai.md | | wan:<model> or wan | references/providers/wan.md |

If the configured provider is unavailable, stop and ask the user to choose another asset_image_model.

Include the selected provider doc in every asset-producer brief.

Asset Producer Model

Read asset_producer_model from .godotmaker/config.yaml and include it as model: in every asset-producer Agent call.

Production Unit Entry Points

Use references/asset-planner.md for production-unit selection.

| Production unit | First entry document | | --- | --- | | screen-reference | First-class screen-reference Asset Skill | | character-bundle | First-class character-bundle Asset Skill | | fx-bundle | First-class fx-bundle Asset Skill | | ui-kit | First-class ui-kit Asset Skill | | card-kit | First-class card-kit Asset Skill | | compact-prop-pack | First-class compact-prop-pack Asset Skill | | background-map | First-class background-map Asset Skill | | platform-strip | First-class platform-strip Asset Skill | | scene-prop-set | First-class scene-prop-set Asset Skill | | tileset | First-class tileset Asset Skill |

Process

Step 1 - Inventory Current-Tag Work

1. Read ASSETS.md.
2. Read PLAN.md, DESIGN.md, SCENES.md, and STRUCTURE.md.
3. Build a current-tag missing list.
4. Split the list into audio, user-provided candidates, scene references, and generated visual production units.
5. Keep prior-tag rows unchanged.

Step 2 - Detect User-Provided Files

Read references/analyst-dispatch.md.

Run:

python tools/asset_user_preflight.py --project-root .

When image candidates exist:

1. Dispatch analyst with only the candidate paths.
2. Use the analyst report and assets/manifest.json.
3. Update high-confidence direct_runtime current-tag rows to provided, and fill Runtime Type and the res:// Runtime Path of the accepted file in the same edit. A provided row with incomplete runtime columns cannot be resolved into a worker snapshot.
4. Keep source_for_processing rows in the generated visual production plan.
5. Leave uncertain files unchanged.

For audio candidates:

1. Match exact paths first.
2. Use clear filename or asset-id matches only.
3. Update matching current-tag rows to provided.

Step 3 - Build Production Plan

Read:

1. references/asset-planner.md
2. references/asset-runtime-pipeline.md

Write plan artifacts under .godotmaker/asset-generation/work/.

Use references/asset-planner.md for grouping, dependencies, batch rules, and plan artifact fields.

Apply the Visual Anchor Gate from references/asset-planner.md before dispatching generated visual work.

Step 4 - Dispatch Asset Producers

Dispatch asset-producer for every generated visual production unit.

Agent call shape:

Agent({
  subagent_type: "asset-producer",
  description: "Asset Producer: {unit_id}",
  model: "{asset_producer_model from .godotmaker/config.yaml, default: sonnet}",
  prompt: "{brief below}"
})

Read references/asset-curation.md when the selected production unit produces source sheets, candidates, extracted frames, or selected final assets.

Every family is a first-class Asset Skill. Put the named Skill in the brief; there is no production-unit document left to substitute for one:

| Family | Production contract in the brief | | --- | --- | | background-map | First-class Asset Skill: background-map | | character-bundle | First-class Asset Skill: character-bundle | | fx-bundle | First-class Asset Skill: fx-bundle | | platform-strip | First-class Asset Skill: platform-strip | | screen-reference | First-class Asset Skill: screen-reference | | ui-kit | First-class Asset Skill: ui-kit | | card-kit | First-class Asset Skill: card-kit | | scene-prop-set | First-class Asset Skill: scene-prop-set | | compact-prop-pack | First-class Asset Skill: compact-prop-pack | | tileset | First-class Asset Skill: tileset |

Brief shape:

## Asset Production Unit: {unit_id}

### Objective
{one concrete generated visual production unit}

### Production Contract
- First-class Asset Skill: {background-map | character-bundle | fx-bundle | platform-strip | screen-reference | ui-kit | card-kit | compact-prop-pack | scene-prop-set | tileset}
- Invoke that named Skill with one shared generic asset request. Every
  production unit is a first-class Skill; there is no production-unit document
  to read and no fallback contract for a family.

### First-Class Result Registration

One production unit may return many outputs. Register all runtime outputs together or none through `tools/asset_result_registration.py`; do not choose an anchor output, create a stable entry, or write a family-specific entry draft.

- Validate the generic result with `tools/asset_skill_contract_check.py`.
- On a failed validation, report the failure and do not register it.
- On success, retain sources and evidence in the producer report and send only the request/result to direct registration. Each runtime output needs a named logical asset row. For runtime families, reference outputs are validated evidence only and are not registered; only reference-only families register a `source_ready` reference row.
- The manager consumes the validated result directly. It never reads or writes registration drafts, manifests, or family-specific adapter state.
### Provider
- {references/providers/<provider>.md}
- Configured provider: {provider from plan.provider}

### Shared Docs
- `references/asset-result-registration.md`
- {references/asset-runtime-pipeline.md}
- {references/asset-curation.md when needed}

### Inputs
- ASSETS.md rows: {row ids or names}
- Design contract: DESIGN.md
- Scene docs: SCENES.md sections or references
- Canonical references: {paths}

### Outputs
- Generated output directory: `assets/generated/{asset_type}/{asset_id}/`
- Raw source paths: {scratch paths under .godotmaker/asset-generation/sources/}
- Runtime output paths: {final loadable Godot resources for the logical rows}
- Reference paths: {paths under references/ for reference-only assets}
- Prompt paths: {paths}
- Report path: {path}

### Scope
- Write only the listed outputs.
- Use only the production contract and docs it references.
- Return the required Asset Producer Report, ending with its machine outcome
  block.

Do not dispatch one subagent per ASSETS.md row when the work is one bundle. Dispatch one subagent per production unit.

Step 5 - Register Validated Results

Use this procedure for every production unit.

Resolve the configured Godot executable from .claude/godotmaker.yaml's godot_path; when it is absent, use godot from PATH.

1. Require one validated request and result JSON for the entire production unit. The request declares the complete logical output set; the result must match it exactly.
2. Ensure ASSETS.md uses the Runtime Type / Runtime Path runtime table. Every worker-consumable logical output has one row. Sources, atlases, candidates, and curation evidence remain in production reports.
3. Register all outputs atomically and verify each runtime resource through Godot before its row becomes generated:

python tools/asset_result_registration.py --assets-md ASSETS.md --tag <tag> \
  --request <validated-request.json> --result <validated-result.json> \
  --godot-path <configured-godot-path>

Missing, duplicated, unexpected, out-of-project, missing, unloadable, or wrong-type runtime outputs fail closed and leave all rows unchanged. Runtime-family reference outputs remain validated evidence and do not create rows; a reference-only family output becomes source_ready and is never a worker runtime asset.

4. Do not create stable entries, manifest pointers, root indexes, bundle manifests, or family-specific entry drafts. Do not use an anchor output for a multi-output production unit.
5. Do not hand-edit Runtime Type, Runtime Path, or Status to bypass direct result registration.

Current ASSETS.md Finalization

For current-tag rows only, use the result-registration command above. Runtime rows are complete only with Status: generated, an explicit Runtime Type, and a final loadable Runtime Path. Only reference-only family rows use Runtime Type: reference and Status: source_ready; they never enter a worker snapshot. Reference outputs returned by runtime families remain result evidence, not rows. Generation Params may retain production inputs and evidence links, but never runtime metadata or a manifest pointer.

Plan Discipline

ASSETS.md status transitions are forward-only:

MISSING -> provided | generated | source_ready | deferred

If the user wants to regenerate an accepted prior asset, add a current-tag row or leave a fix task for a later role.

Completion

Runtime rows are complete at generated only