defold / defold/defold

Implement automation in debug engine out of the box

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AI/LLM workflow discuss editor engine feature request investigation
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Description

**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe (REQUIRED):**
It's important for development process with agents to be frictionless. Point an agent to a defold project, and it should be able to figure out how to work with it, including launching editor, game, sending input, taking screenshots, etc.

**Describe the solution you'd like (REQUIRED):**
Automation should be available out of the box in debug builds, discoverable using openapi (#12335).

**Describe alternatives you've considered (REQUIRED):**
Keep it as extension and recommend users to install it.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Research direction

Start by reviewing the existing automation extension and the OpenAPI discovery work in issue #12335, then determine how debug builds expose editor, game, input, and screenshot automation. Done means those capabilities are available out of the box in debug builds and are discoverable through OpenAPI without installing an extension.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
cpp, openapi
Domain
devtools, game-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Active
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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