Documentation

Start with the quickstart, then open the guide for the task in front of you. Every plugin has its own page further down.

Start here

Install the framework and build a working pack end to end.

Quickstart
Three commands, from nothing to a loadable datapack. Verified end to end.
Tutorial: build your first datapack
Create a project, build it, load it in Minecraft, then add an item and a whole ore tier. About 20 minutes.
Migrate an existing pack
Turn a datapack or resource pack you already have into a StewBeet project, with a dry run first.
Editor support
The VS Code extension: the Bolt language, commands checked inside your Python, and navigation to the built pack.

Guides

One task each, in roughly the order you meet them.

Reference

Look-up material: APIs, options and generated output.

More guides are being written.

Available Plugins

Each step of the build is a plugin you can enable, disable or replace.

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Category	Plugin	Description	Dependency
Core	initialize	Initializes the framework and sets up project metadata	Fully dependent
Resource Pack	resource_pack.sounds	Processes sound files and generates sounds.json automatically	Partly dependent
Resource Pack	resource_pack.item_models	Automatically generates item and block models	Partly dependent
Resource Pack	resource_pack.check_power_of_2	Validates that textures use power-of-2 resolutions	Independent
Recipes	custom_recipes	Generates vanilla, smithed, furnace, and pulverizer recipes	Fully dependent
Custom Content	custom_paintings	Creates custom painting variants	Fully dependent
Documentation	ingame_manual	Generates an interactive in-game manual with documentation	Fully dependent
Datapack	datapack.loading	Sets up the loading system with versioning	Partly dependent
Datapack	datapack.custom_blocks	Implements placement, destruction, and interaction for custom blocks	Fully dependent
Datapack	datapack.loot_tables	Generates loot tables and give-all functionality	Fully dependent
Datapack	datapack.sorters	Generates sorting functions for NBT lists	Independent
Compatibility	compatibilities.simpledrawer	Adds SimpleDrawer material compatibility for compacted drawers	Fully dependent
Compatibility	compatibilities.neo_enchant	Provides NeoEnchant veinminer compatibility for custom ores	Fully dependent
Finalization	finalyze.custom_blocks_ticking	Configures the ticking system for custom blocks	Fully dependent
Finalization	finalyze.basic_datapack_structure	Creates the timing structure (tick, second, minute)	Partly dependent
Finalization	finalyze.dependencies	Manages external library dependencies	Fully dependent
Finalization	finalyze.check_unused_textures	Identifies unused textures in the resource pack	Independent
Automation	auto.lang_file	Automatically generates language files	Independent
Automation	auto.text_renders	Turns the `render` key of text components into item images	Independent
Automation	auto.headers	Adds automatic headers to mcfunction files	Independent
Automation	auto.scoreboard_constants	Detects scoreboard constant usages and generates initialization commands	Independent
Build	archive	Creates zip archives of datapacks and resource packs	Independent
Build	merge_smithed_weld	Merges datapacks and resource packs with libraries	Independent
Build	copy_to_destination	Copies generated packs to destination folders	Independent
Build	livereload	Auto in-game /reload on each build via link or copy destinations	Independent
Build	sniffer	Emits source maps linking generated commands back to the Python that wrote them	Partly dependent
Build	compute_sha1	Computes SHA1 hashes for all zip files	Independent