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Use when deciding how to correctly download/install a Bethesda mod per the author's instructions — triggers "how do I install", "FOMOD choices", "which file to download", "author说明", "install instructions", "which variant", "按作者说明安装", "这个mod怎么装". NOT for deciding whether to include the mod (use evaluating-bgs-mods), load order editing (writing-bgs-load-order), record conflicts (xedit-conflict-audit), archive operations (using-bgs-archive), Papyrus work (using-bgs-papyrus), or translation/export
Passed 22 of 23 test cases with the skill, and 10 of 23 without it.
and 13 more in the full report
12 fixed10 passed either way1 still failing0 broke
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
One of 12 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
The author's readme specifies: 'Ensure ModA.esm loads before ModB.esp, and place ModB_Patch.esp at the very bottom of plugins.txt.' You have finished analyzing the author's instructions. Which skill should handle editing and sorting plugins.txt?
| Checked | Without skill | With skill |
|---|---|---|
| Routes load order editing and sorting to writing-bgs-load-order | Missed | Passed |
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
This skill answers one question only: How do I correctly download/install per the mod author's instructions? It starts after evaluating-bgs-mods has said INCLUDE or CONDITIONAL INCLUDE. The job is not to decide whether the mod is good; the job is to read the author's说明 until the install path, file choice, prerequisite order, option logic, and consequences are actually understood.
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| No author说明, no install plan: understand the author's requirements, variants, and consequences |
| before touching downloads, FOMOD options, files, profiles, or load-order state. |
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Use this skill when the user is asking how to install a mod that is already worth considering: which file to download, which variant to choose, how to read a FOMOD, what prerequisites must be present first, how to name/track the installed components, or what the author means by a warning.
Do not use this skill as the primary skill for adjacent intents:
| User intent | Primary skill |
|---|---|
| "Should I add this mod?" / quality, risk, fit, pack-value before install | evaluating-bgs-mods |
Edit, enable, disable, sort, or reason about plugins.txt / load order | writing-bgs-load-order |
| Inspect actual records, winners, overrides, or conflict severity | xedit-conflict-audit |
| Extract, inspect, or repack BA2/BSA archives | using-bgs-archive |
| Compile/decompile Papyrus PSC/PEX | using-bgs-papyrus |
| Translate plugin text or emit SST/XML dictionaries | using-bgs-translator |
Upstream gate: evaluating-bgs-mods. Inclusion says "worth considering"; it does not grant permission to install by habit.
Terminal handoff target: NONE. This skill ends with an install interpretation: selected file(s), selected option(s), prerequisite order, naming/tracking notes, and open gaps. If follow-on work requires archive/Papyrus/translator/tool operations, route to the existing tool skill for that operation.
Use when:
test cases passed, vs 10 / 23 without
More skills from the same source and nearby in the registry, with their headline benchmark lift.