blender-skills

Blender Skills

94 Specialized Skills for Blender Artists. Transform Cursor, Claude Code, Kiro, and Codex into your Senior Technical Art team — not a tutorial bot.

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Quick Start

Marketplace listing is currently under review by Anthropic. Install directly from GitHub in the meantime.

Works with Cursor, Claude Code, Kiro, and Codex — same skill pack, Blender MCP execution.

Claude Code

git clone https://github.com/arjun988/blender-skills.git
cp -r blender-skills/.claude/skills /path/to/your/project/.claude/skills/

Cursor (Windows)

git clone https://github.com/arjun988/blender-skills.git
Copy-Item -Recurse -Force "blender-skills\.claude\skills\*" ".cursor\skills\"

Kiro

# Copy skill folders into your Kiro skills directory, then restart Kiro
cp -r blender-skills/.claude/skills/* /path/to/kiro/skills/

Codex

# Mount or copy skills into your Codex skills path
cp -r blender-skills/.claude/skills/* /path/to/codex/skills/
# or: ln -s /path/to/blender-skills/.claude/skills /path/to/codex/skills/blender-skills

For all installation methods and first steps, see the Quick Start Guide.

Full documentation: blender-skills.vercel.app

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Skills (94)

94 specialized skills across modeling, production, technical, pipeline, art styles, horror packs, worlds, moods, and gameplay genre direction.

See Skills Guide for the full list, subtype coverage map, decision trees, and workflow combinations.

Usage Patterns

Orchestrated Execution

The blender-director skill analyzes your request and routes automatically:

# Hard Surface Asset
"Build a game-ready sci-fi rifle for Unreal Engine, 3k tris, realistic PBR"
→ blender-director → hard-surface → uv-workflow → materials → asset-optimization → export-pipeline

# Environment
"Create a modular horror corridor kit — narrow, flickering fluorescent, Silent Hill feel"
→ blender-director → horror-style → environment-artist → lighting → export-pipeline

# Character
"Retopologize this creature sculpt for game animation, 15k triangle budget"
→ blender-director → retopology → uv-workflow → texture-workflow → rigging

Reference Image Matching

Attach a photo or concept art and the agent matches it:

"Match this reference — industrial spaceship, analyze first then build in Blender"
→ blender-director → reference-image-match
  → Camera match → Geometry tiers → Materials → Lighting → Screenshot comparison loop

Skill Categories

Category	Skills
Orchestration	blender-director
Modeling	blender-modeler, hard-surface, prop-artist, vehicle-artist, environment-artist, vegetation-artist, character-artist, creature-artist, character-archetypes
Production	sculpting, retopology, uv-workflow, materials, texture-workflow, hair-groom, cloth-sim, lookdev
Technical	geometry-nodes, lighting, camera-cinematography, rendering, compositing, animation, rigging, vfx-fx, physics-sim
Pipeline	procedural-modeling, scene-assembly, set-dressing, asset-optimization, lod-pipeline, collision-proxy, export-pipeline, unity-export, unreal-export, godot-export, qa-review, archviz
Core styles	horror-style, psx-horror-style, lowpoly-style, anime-style, voxel-style, isometric-style, stylized-style, realistic-style
Extended styles	cartoon, comic-book, manga, pixel-art, hand-painted, painterly, stop-motion-craft, chibi, noir, minimalist, vector, retro-8bit, retro-16bit, hd-2d, frutiger-aero
Horror packs	cosmic-eldritch, body-horror, analog-found-footage, liminal-space, folk-horror, mascot-puppet, dream-weirdcore, indie-horror-aesthetics
Worlds / moods	fantasy-worlds, sci-fi-punk-worlds, historical-worlds, apocalypse-worlds, biome-worlds, cozy-wholesome, dark-gritty, dream-surreal, neon-retrofuturism, brutalist
Genre direction	action-combat, shooter, rpg, survival, stealth, puzzle-platformer, metroidvania-roguelike, soulslike, strategy-sim, racing-sports, narrative-vn, card-party-idle, open-world-sandbox
Eras	visual-console-eras

Full paths and workflows: SKILLS_GUIDE.md.

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Blender MCP

Every skill executes directly in Blender via MCP — no UI walkthroughs, no manual steps.

Blender (running) ← BlenderMCP addon ← Cursor / Claude Code / Kiro / Codex

Setup in 4 steps:

1. Install uv
2. Install the BlenderMCP addon in Blender
3. Blender sidebar N → BlenderMCP → Connect to Claude
4. Restart your agent — Cursor ships .cursor/mcp.json; Claude Code uses .mcp.json

Full guide: docs/BLENDER_MCP_SETUP.md

Config / Path	Client
.cursor/mcp.json + .cursor/skills/	Cursor
.mcp.json + .claude/skills/	Claude Code
Kiro skills dir + Blender MCP	Kiro
Codex skills path + Blender MCP	Codex

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Workflow Pipelines

Hero Hard Surface Prop

blender-director → hard-surface → uv-workflow → materials → asset-optimization → export-pipeline

Game Character

blender-director → character-artist → sculpting → retopology
→ uv-workflow → texture-workflow → rigging → animation → export-pipeline

Horror Environment

blender-director → horror-style → environment-artist → lighting
→ lowpoly-style → asset-optimization → export-pipeline

Modular Kit

blender-director → environment-artist → geometry-nodes
→ uv-workflow → texture-workflow → asset-optimization → export-pipeline

Reference Image Match

blender-director → reference-image-match.md
  → Reference Analysis → Camera match → Geometry tiers
  → Materials → Lighting → Screenshot compare loop
  → visual-match-checklist → validation-checklist

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Philosophy

Every skill in this pack:

• Thinks before acting — Plans the full pipeline before touching Blender
• Executes via MCP — Uses Blender MCP tools when connected, never narrates UI steps
• Matches references — Analyzes photo first, camera-matches, screenshot-compares in a loop
• Follows production standards — Naming conventions, polycount budgets, game-ready output
• Validates before export — Asset optimization and checklist gate on every delivery

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Project Structure

.claude-plugin/           # Claude Code plugin manifest
.claude/skills/           # 94 skills + 175+ reference files
  ├── blender-director/
  ├── hard-surface/
  ├── prop-artist/
  ├── genre-shooter/
  ├── sci-fi-punk-worlds/
  ├── ... (89 more skills)
  └── references/         # Asset pipeline, naming, MCP tools, checklists
.cursor/skills/           # Synced mirror for Cursor
.cursor/mcp.json          # Blender MCP config (Cursor)
.mcp.json                 # Blender MCP config (Claude Code)
site/                     # Website (blender-skills.vercel.app)
docs/
  └── BLENDER_MCP_SETUP.md

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Documentation

Doc	Purpose
QUICKSTART.md	Installation and first steps
SKILLS_GUIDE.md	Skill index, decision trees, workflows
docs/BLENDER_MCP_SETUP.md	Blender MCP connection guide
CONTRIBUTING.md	How to add skills and contribute
CHANGELOG.md	Version history
.claude/skills/references/	Shared pipeline standards

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Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines on adding skills, writing references, and submitting pull requests.

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Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for full version history and release notes.

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License

MIT License — See LICENSE for details.

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Star History

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Support

• Website: blender-skills.vercel.app
• Issues: GitHub Issues
• Discussions: GitHub Discussions
• Repository: github.com/arjun988/blender-skills

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Built for Cursor, Claude Code, Kiro & Codex | Blender MCP | 94 Skills | 175+ Reference Files

Inspired by jeffallan/claude-skills