MUST READ before building or styling any TouchDesigner panel UI (dialog, wizard, HUD, control panel, buttons, text): design tokens, layout rules, component recipes, and the OP Viewer TOP verification loop. Mechanics (which panel COMP, single-window, click…
Switch this session into thinking-partner mode for TouchDesigner: discuss, read the docs, build one small step at a time in the visible output, and hand the next decision back instead of finishing the network autonomously. User-invoked via /collab; /brief or…
MUST READ before calling create_extension. Required parameters, lifecycle methods, and wiring steps.
MUST READ before creating or moving any operator (create_op, copy_op, set_op_position, or execute_python builds). Required verification, canonical positioning recipe, and error-checking steps.
TRIGGER when operator errors appear or user reports broken behavior. Systematic diagnosis workflow.
MUST READ before calling externalize_op or save_externalization. Required workflow steps.
MUST READ before writing GLSL or creating a glslTOP, glslmultiTOP, glslMAT or glslPOP: docked DATs, uniforms and the Colors page, TD's built-in functions and samplers, feedback and multi-pass, reading compile errors. Every built-in named here compiled on TD…
MUST READ before creating, modifying, or querying annotations. Contains parameter names, coordinate model, and API quirks.