MUST READ before publishing a Specimen from the lab to the embody.tools Collection -- the full path from a built /specimen_lab COMP through the user's approval to a verified live card: export, prompt, cover, manifest, generated site data, local checks,…
Workflow and hard-won TD patterns for authoring Embody Specimens (the transparent TDXN gallery networks). Load before building or persisting a Specimen.
MUST READ before first MCP tool call in a session. Complete Envoy tool catalog with parameters and usage.
Workflow for running multiple TD instances with Envoy, switching between them, and understanding the instance registry.
MUST READ when Envoy/TD connectivity is broken and has not self-healed: bridge internals, manual recovery, stale instances, broken venv.
MUST READ before wiring a TOP, CHOP, MAT, DAT, light, camera or instancing chain you have not built before: the parameter names TD abbreviates, the defaults that silently do the wrong thing, and the input-order rules, per operator, verified on TD 2025.33230.…
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…