name	game-assets
version	2026.06.06.3
description	Create, edit, and pipeline game assets with Meowa for pixel sprites, HD assets, backgrounds, UI mockups, seamless loops, texture tiles, dual-grid tilesets, background removal, pixel cleanup, simple animation, sound effects, and music/BGM generation. Use when Codex needs to produce or refine game art or audio in this project, especially when choosing Meowa commands, sizing canvases, selecting templates, generating music or SFX audio, or turning generated assets into game-ready files.

Meowa Game Assets

This skill is a stable loader for the current Meowa game-assets guide.

Required First Step

Before choosing any Meowa command or workflow, fetch the latest guide:

python3 meowart_api.py skill-doc --task "<brief user request>"

If you are already in the skills/game-assets/ directory, use:

python3 ./meowart_api.py skill-doc --task "<brief user request>"

If you are calling the script from the skill repository root, use:

python3 skills/game-assets/meowart_api.py skill-doc --task "<brief user request>"

Follow the returned Markdown for command selection, API details, templates, output directories, and validation steps. The command automatically falls back to bundled meowart_api.md if the remote guide is unavailable.

Diagnostics

Use these commands when the dynamic guide or runner version needs inspection:

python3 meowart_api.py skill-doc-status --check
python3 meowart_api.py bootstrap-status --check

meowart_api.py also has a bootstrap wrapper. Normal command runs silently check the remote runner manifest, download a newer checksummed runner when available, and execute that cached runner. This updates the CLI runner only. Changes to this loader file still require reinstalling/updating the skill and restarting Codex.

Fixed Rules

Do not expose API keys, developer keys, signed URLs, or other secrets in chat.
Prefer environment variables or a local .env for credentials.
Do not call bare /generate or /api/generate; use the current guide for the correct Meowa endpoint.
For pixel assets, previews and manual resizing must use nearest-neighbor sampling.
Do not manually shrink pixel art for display; if a smaller final asset is needed, use the workflow or post-processing path specified by the current guide.
Generated outputs should be placed in an explicit task directory so the files are easy to inspect and reuse.

Meowa Game Assets

This skill is a stable loader for the current Meowa game-assets guide.

Required First Step

Before choosing any Meowa command or workflow, fetch the latest guide:

python3 meowart_api.py skill-doc --task "<brief user request>"

If you are already in the skills/game-assets/ directory, use:

python3 ./meowart_api.py skill-doc --task "<brief user request>"

If you are calling the script from the skill repository root, use:

python3 skills/game-assets/meowart_api.py skill-doc --task "<brief user request>"

Diagnostics

Use these commands when the dynamic guide or runner version needs inspection:

python3 meowart_api.py skill-doc-status --check python3 meowart_api.py bootstrap-status --check

Fixed Rules

Do not expose API keys, developer keys, signed URLs, or other secrets in chat.

Prefer environment variables or a local .env for credentials.

Do not call bare /generate or /api/generate; use the current guide for the correct Meowa endpoint.

For pixel assets, previews and manual resizing must use nearest-neighbor sampling.

Do not manually shrink pixel art for display; if a smaller final asset is needed, use the workflow or post-processing path specified by the current guide.

Generated outputs should be placed in an explicit task directory so the files are easy to inspect and reuse.