Steam Publish (Steamworks + SteamPipe)

Take a finished build to a live Steam store page. Two tracks run in parallel and both must be approved before release: the store page (presence) and the build (SteamPipe upload + the release checklists). This skill is the operational checklist; deep build-script, CI/CD, and troubleshooting detail lives in references/steampipe-build-scripts.md.

When to use

• Use when setting up a Steam app, building/editing the store page, configuring depots and packages, uploading a build via SteamPipe/steamcmd, managing beta branches, or releasing and updating a Steam title.
• Triggers: steam_appid.txt, the Steamworks SDK tools/ContentBuilder, app_build_*.vdf, steamcmd, "publish on Steam", "depot", "set build live".

When not to use: publishing on itch.io (use itch-publish); writing the Steamworks API in-game (achievements/cloud/overlay live in engine SDK integrations, not here); store/financial advice (pricing strategy, tax) — direct the user to Steamworks docs and their own counsel.