GLSL Encyclopedia

Overview

Use a docs-first workflow for GLSL work. Prefer the official GLSL language/specification docs at https://docs.vulkan.org/glsl/latest/index.html, consult cached local copies under .GLSL-Encyclopedia/ before re-fetching, and record useful authoritative excerpts plus environment-specific operational learnings so future work gets faster, safer, and more grounded.

This skill is for the GLSL language/spec layer. It should trigger for real GLSL syntax/semantic/interface questions, not for generic rendering talk and not for Vulkan API questions unless the actual issue is specifically about GLSL shader source.

Workflow

1. Classify the task
   • Decide whether the task is a GLSL language question, shader-authoring task, shader-review task, compiler-error/debugging task, stage-specific behavior question, or cross-language translation/comparison task where GLSL is one side.
   • Use this skill when the task materially depends on GLSL syntax, qualifiers, types, built-ins, interface/layout rules, stage rules, preprocessor/version behavior, or shader authoring semantics.
   • Do not use this skill for generic rendering concepts, generic Vulkan API debugging, or non-GLSL shader languages unless the GLSL language layer is actually in play.