Godot UI Control Skill for Claude Code: What It Does and How to Install It

Makes Claude build Godot 4.7 user interfaces with Control nodes: anchors, containers, themes and keyboard or gamepad focus.

Installs: 8.5K; on skills.sh
Stars: 6.4K; on GitHub
Files: 1; besides SKILL.md
Updated: Oct 2026; last repo commit

The skill gives Claude a six-step routine for Godot UI: use Control nodes, anchor with the editor's Layout presets, let Containers position children, style with a Theme, wire focus, and connect signals. It carries 4 GDScript patterns and a list of 7 pitfalls, such as mixing manual position with Containers.

It loads when you lay out a HUD, menu or UI in a Godot project, or work with Control or Container nodes, anchors, themes or focus. It targets Godot 4.7. The folder holds SKILL.md and 1 reference file, with no scripts.

Good for

Godot developers building menus, HUDs, inventories or settings screens
Developers who want one Theme resource to style a whole UI
Anyone adding gamepad and keyboard navigation to Godot buttons

Install godot-ui-control

Claude Code

Copy this prompt.

Install the godot-ui-control skill in Claude Code. Run this command:

claude plugin marketplace add gamedev-skills/awesome-gamedev-agent-skills
claude plugin install godot@awesome-gamedev-agent-skills

Then check that it loaded and tell me how to use it.

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Paste it into Claude Code. It shows the change and asks before running it.

Pick one route. The godot plugin installs 16 Godot engine skills and the gamedev plugin installs the router plus 77 skills (counts from the repo marketplace file and tree). The README says to install the router too if you want it to pick skills for you. The skills CLI command here installs only godot-ui-control; the README command without --skill installs the whole repo.

From the project README. Source.

What's in the skill

When it loads

Build Godot 4.7 user interfaces with Control nodes: anchors and offsets for responsive layout, Container nodes (VBox/HBox/Grid/Margin) for automatic arrangement, Theme resources for consistent styling, and keyboard/gamepad focus navigation. Use when laying out a HUD, menu, or UI in a Godot project, working with Control/Container nodes, anchors, themes, or focus in a .tscn.

Sections in SKILL.md

When to use
Core workflow
Patterns
1. Responsive layout with anchors (code form)
2. A menu built from containers + button signals
3. Size flags: make one child expand to fill leftover space
4. Theme override for one node (without a full Theme resource)
Pitfalls
References
Related skills

Key facts

Author: gamedev-skills (repo owner; awesome-gamedev-agent-skills)
Repo: gamedev-skills/awesome-gamedev-agent-skills
License: Apache-2.0 (LICENSE and README badge agree)
Installs on skills.sh: 8,459 (Nov 2, 2026)
GitHub stars: 6,567 for the whole repo (Nov 2, 2026)
Last repo commit: Oct 28, 2026
Audits on skills.sh: Gen Agent Trust Hub: pass, Socket: pass, Snyk: pass
What it includes: 2 files: SKILL.md and references/layout-and-theming.md; no scripts
Part of: The godot plugin (16 skills) and the gamedev plugin (the router plus 77 skills)

What it includes

Builds UI from Control nodes, not Node2D.
1. Use Control nodes
Uses the editor Layout presets instead of placing pixels by hand.
2. Anchor for responsiveness
Uses VBox, HBox, Grid and Margin containers, with size_flags for flow.
3. Let Containers position children
Assigns a Theme resource on a top Control and overrides per node only when needed.
4. Style with a Theme
Sets a default focused control and neighbors for gamepad and keyboard.
5. Wire focus
Hooks up pressed, toggled, text_submitted and value_changed.
6. Connect signals
Stretches a panel to Full Rect with set_anchors_and_offsets_preset.
Pattern 1 of 4 in SKILL.md.
Try: “Make this Godot menu fill the window and scale”
Write · Pattern: anchors in code
A VBoxContainer menu whose buttons connect to signals and grab focus.
Write · Pattern: menu from containers
Makes a spacer expand to fill leftover width in an HBoxContainer.
Write · Pattern: size flags
Overrides font size, font color and stylebox on one node.
Write · Pattern: theme override
Anchor math, container types, Theme and StyleBox, focus, 4.7 offset transforms.
Read · Reference: layout-and-theming.md

From the official docs

Questions

What does the godot-ui-control skill do?

It makes Claude build Godot 4.7 interfaces with Control and Container nodes. It covers anchors, themes, focus navigation for keyboard and gamepad, and signals for buttons and inputs.

How do I install it?

Use the install box at the top of this page. The README and docs/INSTALLATION.md document Claude Code plugins and a skills CLI command that installs the whole repo (it needs Node.js 22.20 or later). The box also has a command for this skill alone.

Which Godot version does it target?

Godot 4.7. SKILL.md also notes that the Godot 3 properties rect_size, rect_position and rect_min_size are now size, position and custom_minimum_size in 4.x.

Does it work in the Claude app?

The install box has a Claude app upload route for this folder. The README does not describe that route; it is our generated steps for a folder of plain Markdown, which is all this skill holds (SKILL.md and 1 reference file, no scripts).

Does it need an API key?

SKILL.md names no API key and the folder bundles no scripts.

Is it safe?

The folder holds markdown only. Claude uses it to write GDScript and scene layouts in your project, so review that code like any other change.

Can it animate UI transitions?

Not by itself. SKILL.md sends Tween-based UI transitions to godot-animation and genre UIs such as card hands to card-game or visual-novel. It lists those as related skills.

Do I need the router or other game skills?

No. SKILL.md lists game-ui-ux, godot-animation, godot-signals-groups and input-systems as related skills, but nothing in it requires them.

Information

updated Nov 2, 2026

Repository: gamedev-skills/awesome-gamedev-agent-skills
Folder: skills/godot/godot-ui-control

gamedev-skills/awesome-gamedev-agent-skills skills.sh

Sources

Docs, issue trackers and discussions this page is built from.

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awesome-gamedev-agent-skills README · github.com
INSTALLATION.md · github.com
awesome-gamedev-agent-skills marketplace.json · github.com
godot-ui-control SKILL.md · github.com
layout-and-theming.md · github.com