data-model-guidelisted

Use when designing a central in-memory data model / object database for a tool, editor, or engine: typed objects with properties, stable cross-references and sub-object ownership, change notification, undo/redo, and serialization. Triggers on prompts about a runtime object/property schema, referencing objects by stable id/GUID, observing/notifying changes, transactional edits and undo history, save/load with versioning/migration, or copy-on-write snapshots, even when the user doesn't name a specific model.
xonovex/platform · ★ 5 · AI & Automation · score 72

Install: claude install-skill xonovex/platform

# Data-Model Guidelines ## Essentials - **One central model** - Route tool/editor state through a single typed object store, not scattered structs, see [references/object-model.md](references/object-model.md) - **Make mutation observable** - Edits go through the model so it can notify, undo, and persist, see [references/change-notification.md](references/change-notification.md) ## Object model - **Typed objects** - Describe each type by a runtime schema, not a hand-written C struct, see [references/object-model.md](references/object-model.md) - **Property set per type** - bool/int/float/string/reference/sub-object/buffer/array properties, see [references/object-model.md](references/object-model.md) - **Data-driven types** - Add a type or property at runtime without recompiling, see [references/object-model.md](references/object-model.md) - **Separate metadata from instances** - Type/schema lives once; instance data is just values, see [references/object-model.md](references/object-model.md) ## References & ownership - **Strong = owning sub-object** - A parent owns its sub-objects; deleting the parent deletes them, see [references/references-and-ownership.md](references/references-and-ownership.md) - **Local vs global ids** - Local ids inside a file, GUIDs for cross-file/cross-session links, see [references/references-and-ownership.md](references/references-and-ownership.md) - **Identity vs role** - A GUID names a fixed identity; a name/path names a role that late-binds: