Directxtk Tutorial Agent Skill

>- Walk through the DirectX Tool Kit for DirectX 11 Getting Started tutorial step by step. Use this skill when asked to follow the tutorial, set up a new DirectX 11 project, or learn how to use DirectX Tool Kit from scratch.

33k tokens

context cost

the whole folder, loaded on every use

files

instructions only

copies elsewhere

how many repositories repackaged it

2838

stars on the repo

on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository

npx skills add https://github.com/microsoft/DirectXTK --skill directxtk-tutorial

What comes with it

128 248 bytes besides the instruction

assets/cat.png

assets/courier.spritefont

reference/nextsteps.md

reference/step0.md

reference/step1.md

reference/step2.md

reference/step3.md

reference/step4.md

reference/step5.md

reference/step6.md

reference/step7.md

reference/tutorial-steps.md

The instruction itself

4 sections, as written by the author

DirectX Tool Kit for DirectX 11 — Getting Started Tutorial

This skill walks the user through the Getting Started tutorial for DirectX Tool Kit step by step.

Follow each step in order. Each step builds on the previous one.

At the end of each step, ask the user if they would like to see the Technical Notes section (which provides a brief overview of the underlying Direct3D APIs and objects used by the toolkit in that step) or skip it and move on to the next step.

Tutorial Steps

| Step | Title | Reference |

| ------ | ------- | ----------- |

| 0 | Prerequisites | reference/step0.md |

| 1 | Project Setup | reference/step1.md |

| 2 | Building the Project | reference/step2.md |

| 3 | Adding DirectX Tool Kit | reference/step3.md |

| 4 | Sprites and Textures | reference/step4.md |

| 5 | Drawing Text | reference/step5.md |

| 6 | Simple Rendering | reference/step6.md |

| 7 | 3D Shapes | reference/step7.md |

Assets

The assets/ folder contains files needed during the tutorial:

cat.png — sprite texture used in Step 4
courier.spritefont — pre-built sprite font used in Step 5

Full Tutorial Sequence

See reference/tutorial-steps.md for the complete list of planned tutorial lessons beyond these initial seven steps.

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How to use it

Copy the folder

Take microsoft/directxtk-tutorial from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

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