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- package/CHANGELOG.md +143 -0
- package/LICENSE +21 -0
- package/README.md +98 -0
- package/SECURITY.md +39 -0
- package/bin/xr-dev.js +186 -0
- package/package.json +56 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/.claude-plugin/plugin.json +37 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-lifecycle/SKILL.md +98 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-lifecycle/references/engine-paths.md +38 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-lifecycle/references/immersive-design.md +45 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-lifecycle/references/stage-map.md +60 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-native/SKILL.md +191 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-native/references/doc-map.md +90 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-native/references/frame-loop.md +92 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-native/references/manifest-and-gradle.md +111 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-native/references/mixed-reality.md +46 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-native/references/project-playbook.md +56 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-perf/SKILL.md +128 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-perf/references/capture-playbook.md +102 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-perf/references/mobile-rendering.md +56 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-perf/references/rendering-playbook.md +51 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-spatial/SKILL.md +170 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-spatial/references/budgets-and-traps.md +73 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-spatial/references/build-and-audit.md +36 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-spatial/references/docs-map.md +91 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-spatial/references/hybrid-activities.md +31 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-spatial/references/samples-map.md +60 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-store/SKILL.md +145 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-store/references/launch-and-growth.md +96 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-store/references/production-readiness.md +56 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-store/references/store-asset-production.md +48 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-store/references/vrc-checklist.md +193 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-tooling/SKILL.md +158 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-tooling/references/research-navigation.md +47 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-tooling/references/source-research.md +58 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-tooling/references/tool-matrix.md +54 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-webxr/SKILL.md +141 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-webxr/references/pwa-packaging.md +85 -0
- package/plugins/xr-dev/skills/quest-webxr/references/runtime-delivery.md +40 -0
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name: quest-lifecycle
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description: >-
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Use when planning, starting or auditing the full product lifecycle of a Meta Quest
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or Horizon OS game or app, including platform selection, immersive design,
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development milestones, publishing prerequisites, monetization, launch marketing
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and post-launch operation. Triggers - "Quest roadmap" / "план для Quest",
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"VR product lifecycle" / "полный цикл VR", "launch our Quest game" / "запустить
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игру для Quest", "what are we missing before launch" / "что нужно до релиза",
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"Oculus app from idea to store" / "приложение Oculus от идеи до стора".
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Produces a stage/evidence/owner map and one next action. NOT for a single engine
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bug, capture analysis (quest-perf), upload (quest-store), or generic project
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delivery (task-pipeline).
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license: MIT
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compatibility: Any agent with file reading can plan inline. Writing the lifecycle record needs file access; current research needs network; build, device and Dashboard verification need their actual tools and accounts. Missing capabilities remain explicitly unverified.
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metadata:
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version: "0.3.0"
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---
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# Quest product lifecycle
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Own platform readiness across stages. Work inside the project's delivery pipeline;
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never start a competing approval cycle. Existing authorization persists. Recommend
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work early and carry out authorized work; do not submit an app, spend money, send
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outreach, create accounts or accept terms solely because this skill lists the step.
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## One entry, inspect then advance
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1. Read repository evidence before asking: engine files, SDK locks, target devices,
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graphics backend, app type, gameplay/UX scenarios, asset pipeline, CI, release
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records and live service dependencies. A Quest headset does not identify the
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engine. Classify standalone immersive VR/MR, Android 2D, Spatial/hybrid, browser
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between those categories without checking applicability.
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3. Reuse an existing lifecycle record, or seed **only when absent**
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prerequisite and next-action table; decisions and source conflicts; next action.
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4. Mark every gate **PASS, FAIL, NOT_RUN or NOT_APPLICABLE with reason**. A plan,
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## Proactive decisions the user should not have to know
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**Read this when**: engine selection or an inherited repository. Verify versions before a
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| Evidence / intended surface | Start here | Spike and boundary |
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| Unity Assets/Packages/ProjectSettings | [Meta Unity index](https://developers.meta.com/horizon/llmstxt/documentation/unity/llms.txt/); package lock; installed hz-unity-* catalog | Android/OpenXR + chosen render pipeline, input and MR vertical slice on lowest device; match Unity/Meta package compatibility, do not force latest |
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| Unreal .uproject/Plugins/Config | [Meta Unreal index](https://developers.meta.com/horizon/llmstxt/documentation/unreal/llms.txt/); engine and Meta plugin releases | Android packaging and mobile rendering first; desktop Lumen/Nanite settings are not a standalone Quest performance plan |
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| project.godot/.tscn/.gd | [Godot XR](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/xr/index.html); [Android export](https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/export/exporting_for_android.html); [Godot OpenXR Vendors](https://github.com/GodotVR/godot_openxr_vendors) | Match engine/export templates/vendor plugin and renderer; prove OpenXR action map, reference space, Android build and target feature; never treat GodotPrompter as engine authority |
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| CMake/C++/Gradle | quest-native; [native index](https://developers.meta.com/horizon/llmstxt/documentation/native/llms.txt/) | Loader, extensions, graphics binding, swapchain/frame/session lifecycle and final manifest |
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| Kotlin Spatial activities/entities | quest-spatial; [Spatial index](https://developers.meta.com/horizon/llmstxt/documentation/spatial-sdk/llms.txt/) | Match SDK/Gradle/JDK and samples; ECS/assets/panels; hybrid transitions if needed |
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| Existing Android 2D app | [Android index](https://developers.meta.com/horizon/llmstxt/documentation/android-apps/llms.txt/); hz-android-2d-porting if present | Resizable panel, lifecycle/input/permissions and platform-service substitutions; check dependencies on unavailable mobile services |
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| HTML/JS immersive browser session | quest-webxr; [web index](https://developers.meta.com/horizon/llmstxt/documentation/web/llms.txt/) | HTTPS, optional WebXR support, session/input/frame lifecycle, performance and useful non-XR route |
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# Immersive design acceptance
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| Comfort and locomotion | Stable horizon, deliberate motion, teleport/snap alternatives where suitable, speed/vignette options, rest/exit affordance | Short sessions with intended users, symptom and task observations; headset removal/menu/focus tests |
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- [Key considerations](https://developers.meta.com/horizon/design/mr-design-guideline/): placement, input and spatial responsiveness.
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| Pause single-player gameplay when the OS asks | `VRC.Quest.Functional.2` |
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