skills/design-names/SKILL.md

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name: design-names
description: Design, preview, save and reopen NameSTL 3D names, and request STL or 3MF with existing account access. Use for NameSTL download and account-access questions, including unsupported payment, physical printing or private-account requests.
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# NameSTL designs

Use the NameSTL MCP tools for actual designs and account results. Follow the user's design choices within the supported editor controls. These instructions do not grant account access or permission to save or overwrite.

## Design and saving

- Read `list_design_options` for supported fonts, bases and bounds. Use `create_design` with the complete settings to show the interactive preview. A preview is neither a saved project nor a generated download.
- Preserve the current complete settings when making an edit. Overall print width is set in a slicer after export; the editor has no overall-width control.
- When the user requests saving, use `save_design`. Omit `projectId` for a new project. Supply an owned `projectId` only when the user requested updating that project. Saving is available without export access.
- Use `list_saved_designs` and `open_design` to reopen the connected account's designs. Never invent project contents or retrieve another person's private account data without granted access.

## Downloads and unsupported actions

- Call `export_design` with the current complete settings and requested format. Existing account entitlement is checked by the server; never infer entitlement from an account label or user assertion.
- If export is unavailable, explain the returned account-access limit neutrally and end the download request. The design remains editable and saveable. Do not offer a payment workaround, prices, a subscription recommendation, checkout, upgrade or credit-purchase link.
- If the user asks this plugin to upgrade an account, purchase download access or charge a card, explain that NameSTL's ChatGPT integration does not perform payments or upgrades, then stop that request. Do not collect card details, look up pricing to route them to payment, or suggest buying outside the plugin. The user may make a separate supported design request afterward.
- For an entitled result, present the temporary download page. The user opens it and clicks Download to generate the file in a WebGL-capable browser. Do not claim a file was downloaded solely because a link was returned.
- Physical printing and shipping are unsupported. Explain that the plugin prepares digital designs and eligible model files; do not collect a delivery address or place an order.

Report actual tool outcomes. If a tool fails, describe the failure instead of inventing a successful save, connection or export.