Borrowing it
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What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00079 | $0.02456 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00032 | $0.00982 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00016 | $0.00491 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00008 | $0.00246 |
Grade A, and why
skyrim-nif scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 26d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 166 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
NIF Mesh Operations
Use the AutoMod CLI for texture, string and shader work (always with --json); PyFFI and PyNifly (below) cover geometry and animation.
bash tools/automod-cli.sh nif <command> [args] --json
Read-Only Commands
nif info <path>— file version, size, structurenif list-textures <path>— all texture references (supports recursive folder)nif list-strings <path>— all string entries / node namesnif shader-info <path>— shader property detailsnif verify <path>— integrity check
AutoMod nif cannot inspect Havok collision (bhk*) blocks — it handles textures/strings/shaders only.
Use NifSkope or a purpose-built parser (PyFFI, below) for collision.
Write Commands (always confirm with user first)
nif replace-textures <path> --old <str> --new <str> [--dry-run] [--backup]— batch retexturenif rename-strings <path> --old <str> --new <str> [--dry-run] [--backup]— rename nodesnif fix-eyes <path> [--dry-run] [--backup]— fix FaceGen eye ghostingnif scale <path> <factor> [--output <path>]— resize meshnif restore <path>— restore from .nif.bak backup
VR-Critical Mesh Issues
- PreWEAPON and PreSHIELD skeleton nodes cause CTD in VR — use
nif list-stringsto check for these, thennif rename-stringsto remove the "Pre" prefix or delete the nodes - VR does a text-contains search for WEAPON/SHIELD nodes and gets confused by Pre* prefixes
- XP32 First Person Skeleton CTD Bugfix is critical for custom skeleton users in VR
Geometry & Animation Authoring (PyFFI / PyNifly)
AutoMod handles textures/strings/shaders/scale but NOT geometry rewrites or animation. For those:
- PyFFI (any modern Python + setuptools) — LE-format
NiTriShapegeometry edits: vertex shifts, bounds, collision/ shader tweaks, and mesh split/subdivision.tools/pyffi-geometry-split.pysplits one shape into two so each half can carry its own shader (e.g. partial-mesh glow without UV overlap). Limits: cannot read SSEBSTriShape; never author animation controllers with PyFFI — the written file passes PyFFI's own readback but CTDs the engine. - PyNifly — reads/writes SSE
BSTriShapeAND authors animation/controller blocks correctly (NiControllerManager/NiControllerSequence/NiTransformData, etc.). Use it for:- Self-spinning effect meshes — a
SpecialIdle-namedNiControllerSequenceauto-loops on a placed Activator with zero scripting. - Telescoping / transforming geometry and any keyframed mesh motion.
- As the independent parse gate for any authored/edited NIF (see below).
- Self-spinning effect meshes — a
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 26d ago Changed · +14 lines 94c79da02975
- 1mo ago Changed · +76 lines · +45 tokens per session 16a6254e9488
- 2mo ago First seen · 76 lines · 34 tokens per session scan A 4ba0deaa46c6
skyrim-nif is a skill published in the GitHub repository WingedGuardian/skyrimvr-claude-toolkit (21 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 79 tokens to every session and 2,456 once invoked, about $0.0003 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| skyrim-nifWingedGuardian/skyrimvr-claude-toolkit | Skill | 21 | yesterday | MIT | A | 79 | Claude Code |
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