What problem does it solve?
Factorio mod development for projects like creative-mod often involves time-consuming debugging of data and control stage errors, version porting challenges, and inconsistent verification processes that slow down iteration and introduce regressions.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Comprehensive Mod Reference: Documents the creative-mod repo layout, key internals like runtime storage and event systems, and prototype naming conventions to eliminate guesswork during development.
- Layered Verification Pipeline: Provides full documentation for the verify.py tool, including static analysis, load gate checks, and headless behavior assertions to catch bugs early in the development cycle.
- Use Case: A developer porting the mod to a new Factorio version can use this skill to follow the documented porting workflow, run verification checks at each stage, and debug silent control-stage crashes using the provided RCON troubleshooting steps.
Quick Start
Use the factorio-mod-dev skill to debug a silent control-stage crash by running the verify.py load command and checking the factorio-current.log file for errors after the mod's checksum line.