Pattern library

Skill wjlgatech/design-anything/skills/pattern-library

Any design intent in (text, picture) → execution-ready 3D blueprint out — construction- and 3D-print-verified. Game design · simulation · architecture (3DCP+AI) · interior · landscape.

Install

npx -y skills add wjlgatech/design-anything --skill pattern-library

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Retrieve applicable Alexander-style patterns (context/problem/solution) for a design brief BEFORE generating form — courtyard, light on two sides, entrance transition, prospect/refuge, six-foot balcony, and per-domain equivalents. Trigger: "what patterns apply", or invoked by brief-to-blueprint step 3.

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SKILL.md

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pattern-library

When to use

Before massing/layout generation for any architecture, interior, landscape, or game-level brief. Patterns are the generator's representation (principle P5).

What it does

Parse the brief's context: climate zone, lot depth, privacy needs, program, play-type mix (for games: agôn/alea/mimicry/ilinx).
Match against the pattern set in principles/DESIGN_PRINCIPLES.md and the 300-year digest (courtyard for deep plans, lightwell, entrance transition, prospect/refuge for both rooms and game arenas).
Return each match as context / problem / solution / source, plus explicit conflicts between selected patterns.

Example

"Brief: narrow 8m-wide row-house lot, hot-dry climate, family of 5" → courtyard (light/air/privacy in one move), thick-wall thermal mass, sheltered entrance transition.

Verification (eval-with-teeth)

Every returned pattern must cite its survival evidence (source + years in use) from research/last300years/DIGEST.md. A pattern without lineage is an invention, not a retrieval — label it PROPOSED, never mix it into the canon.

Safety

Patterns are priors, not mandates; site and code override.

Cross-runtime

Prompt-only.