# Dialogue Manager

Use when using the Dialogue Manager addon, .dialogue files with titles, responses...

- Repository: https://github.com/jame581/GodotPrompter (914 stars)
- Category: Engineering
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-11-01
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add jame581/GodotPrompter --skill dialogue-manager -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add jame581/GodotPrompter --skill dialogue-manager -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add jame581/GodotPrompter --skill dialogue-manager -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add jame581/GodotPrompter --skill dialogue-manager -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add jame581/GodotPrompter`

## Description

Use when using the Dialogue Manager addon, .dialogue files with titles, responses, conditions and mutations, runtime balloons, and C# support

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Dialogue Manager

> **Related skills:** **dialogue-system** for hand-rolled dialogue data structures, **localization** for translating lines, **popochiu** for full adventure-game workflows.

> **Addon:** Dialogue Manager · version `v3.10.4` · Godot 4.6 · MIT · source: https://github.com/nathanhoad/godot_dialogue_manager · GDScript with official C# support.

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## 1. When to use Dialogue Manager

| Approach | Best for |
|---|---|
| **dialogue-system** skill (hand-rolled `Resource` data) | Full control over data shape, no addon dependency, small dialogue trees |
| **Dialogue Manager** | Script-like `.dialogue` text format, branching responses, conditions/mutations, translation pipeline, visual editor tab, official C# wrapper |
| Full adventure-game framework | Point-and-click games needing rooms/inventory/actors bundled with dialogue, Dialogue Manager only owns the dialogue layer |

Choose Dialogue Manager when writers want to author branching dialogue as readable script text (not
Inspector-edited Resources) and you want built-in conditions, mutations, random lines, and a translation
workflow (CSV or PO) for free. If you need dialogue as strongly-typed Resources you fully own, use
`dialogue-system` instead. Dialogue Manager only handles dialogue, it is not a full adventure/quest
framework, so a larger point-and-click framework would still own rooms, inventory, and actors around it.

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## 2. Install & setup

1. Godot AssetLib → search "Dialogue Manager" → Download. Or copy `addons/dialogue_manager/` from the
   [GitHub repo](https://github.com/nathanhoad/godot_dialogue_manager) into `res://addons/dialogue_manager/`.
2. **Project → Project Settings → Plugins** → enable "Dialogue Manager". This adds a **Dialogue** main-screen
   tab (beside 2D/3D/Script) and registers the `DialogueManager` autoload automatically, no manual
   autoload step needed.
3. `addons/dialogue_manager/plugin.cfg`:

The rest: https://github.com/jame581/GodotPrompter/blob/HEAD/skills/dialogue-manager/SKILL.md