skyrim-frameworks-index

Skyrim frameworks index

This is a conceptual router. It does not own executable syntax.

Authority order

1. Exact installed framework version, bundled documentation, parser DLL/source, and bundled working examples.
2. Authoritative upstream source or documentation matching that installed version.
3. The source-locked dedicated framework skill in this library.
4. Known-working local configuration files, read-only and version-identified.
5. This index.
6. Historical prompt libraries, integration plans, old guides, and remembered syntax.

A dedicated skill never outranks the actual parser. When evidence proves a skill wrong, fix the skill and its validator rather than rewriting working mods to match stale prose.

Routing

Goal	Primary mechanism	Syntax owner
Add keywords to records	KID	kid-authoring
Distribute forms to NPCs	SPID	spid-authoring
Patch supported record fields at runtime	SkyPatcher	skyrim-skypatcher
Swap base objects/references or supported properties	BOS	skyrim-base-object-swapper
Generate/audit large distributions	deterministic generator	skyrim-distribution-pipeline + skyrim-distr-kid-validation
CDF JSON container/vendor rules	Container Distribution Framework	skyrim-container-distribution
Interpret framework/SKSE logs	source-aware log forensics	skyrim-runtime-log-forensics
New settings menu	MCM Helper	skyrim-papyrus-modding
Legacy SkyUI MCM maintenance	SKI_ConfigBase	skyrim-papyrus-modding
Simple JSON/form persistence	PapyrusUtil	skyrim-papyrus-modding/references/papyrusutil.md
Nested/dynamic structured data	JContainers	skyrim-papyrus-modding/references/jcontainers.md
Unsupported operation	ESPFE, Papyrus, patcher, or DLL	skyrim-plugin-authoring, skyrim-papyrus-modding, or skyrim-skse-commonlib

Locked current decisions

• SPID 7.3.x (verified through 7.3.3): supported keys do not include Weapon; inventory objects use Item or generic Form. Level range endpoints must both exist. TraitFilters split on /, D/-D are valid, and Chance may end in !.
• KID 4.0.6 grammar (unchanged through 4.1.0, now GPL-3.0): use human-readable type labels. Trailing optional fields may be omitted.
• BOS 3.4.1 grammar (unchanged through 3.5.0, now GPL-3.0): use pipe-delimited entries under current sections including [Forms], [References], [Transforms], and [Properties].
• SkyPatcher (corpus 6.4.x; Nexus is 7.1.3 as of 2026-10-10): category placement is mandatory and operation names are category/version-specific; verify 7.x operations against the installed articles.
• MCM: MCM Helper is the normal new-menu route; SKI_ConfigBase remains a legacy maintenance route.

The historical integration plan's comma-based SPID-trait decision is superseded by the current parser source. Historical documents are evidence leads, not executable syntax authorities.

Cross-framework punctuation warning

A token valid in one framework is not portable:

• FLM *FormList expands a FormList;
• CDF add: ["*Claw"] is not a wildcard query in the pinned parser;
• SPID / may mean a level range in LevelFilters or trait combination in TraitFilters;
• BOS commas inside transform functions are not SPID filter separators.

Route first, then parse by the selected framework and exact field.