Material nodes

Blender Material Nodes and Images Reference

Faithful, original-prose reference for materials, shader and geometry nodes, textures, images, and UV data. Identifiers (operator names, bpy paths, enum values, shortcuts, numbers) are preserved verbatim. One subject per file across 300 reference files.

When to use this

Use this sub-skill when the task involves materials, shader nodes, geometry nodes, textures, images, UV. It applies even when "Blender" is not named but a .blend file, bpy, or a relevant operator/shortcut is in play.

Workflow

1. Open references/INDEX.md (or references/topics.json) and pick the one file that matches — the INDEX "Covers" column lists the subjects in each file.
2. Read only that file; open another only if the task spans subjects. Grep across files when a subject may be split: rg -n "PATTERN" references/*.md.
3. Treat every operator name, bpy path, enum value, shortcut, and number as an exact reference fact — never invent or paraphrase identifiers.

Gotchas

Recurring failure modes and what to do instead live in the sibling GOTCHA.md.

References

All depth lives in references/ — start at references/INDEX.md, with metadata in references/topics.json. One subject per file.

Verification

python "$env:DEVROOT\SKILLS\skills\skill-drafting\scripts\validate_skill_package.py" "$env:DEVROOT\SKILLS\skills\blender\material-nodes"