ShaderGraph - Design Rules

Version scope: ShaderGraph 14.0.12 (Unity 2022.3 package) and the Unity 6 Graphics com.unity.shadergraph package. Read the sub-docs below before writing graph advice.

Advisory module. Read this before giving Shader Graph guidance. The goal is to keep recommendations anchored to actual package/source behavior, not stale model memory.

Source Scope

Validated against:

• com.unity.shadergraph@14.0.12 package source (Unity 2022.3)
• com.unity.shadergraph package source from the Unity 6 Graphics repository
• Runtime/editor behavior in this repo's ShaderGraph skills and dual-version test environments

Core anchors:

• Editor/Data/Graphs/GraphData.cs
• Editor/Data/Nodes/AbstractMaterialNode.cs
• Editor/Data/Interfaces/Graph/SlotReference.cs
• Specific node files under Editor/Data/Nodes/...