Unreal Engine Skill for Claude Code

A comprehensive Claude Code skill for Unreal Engine development with deep project structure understanding and best practices.

Features

• Zero Assumptions Philosophy: Always discovers your project structure before suggesting code
• Enhanced Input System: Complete support for UE5's Enhanced Input with automatic asset discovery
• Gameplay Ability System (GAS): Full GAS integration with setup guidance and common patterns
• Plugin Support: Handles experimental and beta plugins with intelligent documentation lookup
• Version-Aware: Automatically detects engine version and provides appropriate code
• Project-Specific: Discovers your naming conventions and existing patterns

Installation

For Claude Code

1. Copy this skill to your Claude Code skills directory:

# Personal skills (available in all projects)
cp -r unreal-engine ~/.claude/skills/

# OR Project skills (team-shared via git)
cp -r unreal-engine .claude/skills/

2. The skill will automatically activate when working on Unreal Engine projects

For Claude.ai

1. Zip the skill directory
2. Upload to Claude.ai via the Skills interface
3. Enable the skill when working on Unreal Engine projects

What This Skill Does

The skill automatically activates when you ask Unreal Engine development questions and:

1. Discovers your project structure:

   • Locates and reads .uproject file
   • Maps Source/ and Content/ directories
   • Identifies enabled plugins and engine version

2. Finds existing assets:

   • Input Actions and Mapping Contexts
   • Blueprint classes
   • C++ classes and naming conventions

3. Provides context-aware suggestions:

   • Uses your actual asset names (not generic placeholders)
   • Follows your project's patterns
   • Version-appropriate API usage

4. Handles specialized systems:

   • Enhanced Input binding
   • GAS setup and usage
   • Plugin integration
   • Blueprint-C++ interaction

Topics Covered

• C++ gameplay programming
• Blueprint development
• Enhanced Input System configuration
• Gameplay Ability System (GAS)
• Project structure navigation
• Asset discovery and referencing
• Plugin integration (experimental/beta)
• API lookups for underdocumented features
• Debugging and troubleshooting

Included References

The skill includes detailed reference documentation for:

• Enhanced Input System (references/enhanced_input.md): Complete API reference, binding patterns, and migration guides
• Gameplay Ability System (references/gameplay_ability_system.md): Setup, replication, abilities, attributes, and best practices
• Common Pitfalls (references/common_pitfalls.md): Troubleshooting for input, GAS, builds, and performance issues

Usage Examples

Simply ask Claude about your Unreal Engine development tasks:

• "Add jump functionality to my character"
• "Set up Enhanced Input for movement"
• "Create a dash ability using GAS"
• "How do I bind input actions in C++?"
• "Help me debug this compilation error"

The skill will automatically discover your project structure and provide tailored solutions.

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! If you have improvements or find issues:

1. Fork this repository
2. Make your changes
3. Submit a pull request

License

This skill is provided as-is for use with Claude Code and Claude.ai.

Author

Created for the Unreal Engine development community using Claude Code.