Publish Mod
Package and release a finished game mod.
Install
npx skills add rehan-remade/universal-modder --skill publish-mod -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- rehan-remade/universal-modder9.3k
- Category
- Git and review
- Updated
- 3d ago
- License
- MIT
- Context cost
- Lightabout 710 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Package and release a finished game mod. Covers the pre-release lint (no game files, decompiled code or leaked keys), README and install steps, credits and AI disclosure, versioning, where to upload (Nexus Mods, Steam Workshop, Thunderstore, mod.io, GitHub releases), and the post with a video. Use when the user wants to ship, share, upload, release or post a mod.
Publish a mod
1. Lint
um publish check ./MyMod --game "<game install folder>"
- FAIL: files byte-identical to game files, leaked keys (fal/Anthropic/OpenAI/GitHub/AWS),
.envfiles. - WARN: decompiler fingerprints in source (
FUN_/DAT_/sub_names, "Decompiled with" headers), large engine archives, absolute user paths, a missing README, fal assets without credit.
Fix every FAIL. Resolve each WARN deliberately. For example, AoE2 data mods do ship a modified .dat, which
is the platform's norm.
2. Package the way the platform expects
| Platform / loader | Package |
|---|---|
| tModLoader | Build → .tmod; publish from the in-game Mod Sources menu (Steam Workshop) |
| BepInEx / Thunderstore | zip with manifest.json, icon.png (256×256), README.md, plugins/<Mod>.dll; dependency strings like BepInEx-BepInExPack-5.4.2100 |
| Nexus Mods | zip laid out as it installs (Data/... for Bethesda, BepInEx/plugins/..., ue4ss/Mods/..., ~mods/*.pak) |
| AoE2 DE | the official mod site (ageofempires.com/mods) or the in-game uploader; data mods include resources/_common/dat/... |
| Steam Workshop | the game's own uploader or SDK tool |
| Minecraft | Modrinth / CurseForge jar with fabric.mod.json / neoforge.mods.toml |
| ROM hacks / GameMaker | patches only (BPS/IPS/xdelta), never the modified game file |
A Nexus mod with options gets a FOMOD installer: see the FOMOD tutorial and STEP's FOMOD guide. Nexus Mods' own modding wiki covers the rest of their site's conventions.
