uloop-find-game-objects

name	uloop-find-game-objects
description	Find or inspect Unity GameObjects, especially objects the user currently selected in the Hierarchy. Use for details, components, tags, layers, or name/path searches.

uloop find-game-objects

Find GameObjects with search criteria or get details for currently selected Hierarchy objects.

Use this before execute-dynamic-code when identifying or inspecting selected GameObjects. Use get-hierarchy instead when you need the child tree, parent-child structure, or descendants under the selection.

Usage

uloop find-game-objects [options]

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
--name-pattern	string	-	Name pattern to search
--search-mode	string	Exact	Search mode: Exact, Path, Regex, Contains, Selected
--required-components	array	-	Required components
--tag	string	-	Tag filter
--layer	integer	-	Layer filter (layer number)
--max-results	integer	20	Maximum number of results
--include-inactive	boolean	false	Include inactive GameObjects
--include-inherited-properties	boolean	false	Include inherited properties in results

Search Modes

Mode	Description
Exact	Exact name match (default)
Path	Hierarchy path search (e.g., Canvas/Button)
Regex	Regular expression pattern
Contains	Partial name match
Selected	Get currently selected GameObjects in Unity Editor

Global Options

Option	Description
--project-path <path>	Optional. Use only when the target Unity project is not the current directory.

Examples

# Find by name
uloop find-game-objects --name-pattern "Player"

# Find with component
uloop find-game-objects --required-components Rigidbody

# Find by tag
uloop find-game-objects --tag "Enemy"

# Regex search
uloop find-game-objects --name-pattern "UI_.*" --search-mode Regex

# Get selected GameObjects
uloop find-game-objects --search-mode Selected

# Get selected including inactive
uloop find-game-objects --search-mode Selected --include-inactive

Output

Returns JSON with:

• results (array): Matching GameObjects, each containing:
  • name (string): GameObject name
  • path (string): Hierarchy path (e.g., Canvas/Panel/Button)
  • isActive (boolean): Active state in hierarchy
  • tag (string): GameObject tag
  • layer (number): Layer index
  • components (array): Each entry has type (short name, e.g., Rigidbody), fullTypeName (e.g., UnityEngine.Rigidbody), and properties (array of Inspector-visible {name, type, value} pairs)
• totalFound (number): Number of results returned inline, or number exported for multi-selection file output. For search modes, this is after --max-results clipping and serialization.
• errorMessage (string): Top-level failure summary (empty on success)
• processingErrors (array): Selected-mode per-GameObject serialization failures, each {gameObjectName, gameObjectPath, error}. Omitted/null or empty on clean runs.

Multi-selection file export

For Selected mode with multiple successfully serialized GameObjects, inline results is not populated and the data is written to a file instead. Two extra fields appear:

• resultsFilePath (string): Relative path under .uloop/outputs/FindGameObjectsResults/
• message (string): Human-readable summary (e.g., "5 GameObjects exported")

Single-selection and search-mode calls (Exact, Path, Regex, Contains) always return inline. No selection (Selected mode with empty selection) returns empty results plus a message.