docs: add new feature development template guide

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Documentation
  • Added a comprehensive reference/template for creating new graphics features in Community Shaders. It details required project structure, how to register features with the core system, guidance for customizing class names/metadata/settings and VR support, naming conventions, integration with the build process, and a testing checklist. This is docs-only and introduces no runtime or behavioral changes.

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Walkthrough

Adds a new documentation template file that documents required file structure, registration steps (Globals.h/Globals.cpp/Feature.cpp), customization guidance, naming conventions, build integration, and a testing checklist. No executable code or public API changes.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Documentation template new-feature-template/NewFeatureReadme.md	Adds a comprehensive template/readme for creating and registering new graphics features (required file structure, Globals.h/Globals.cpp/Feature.cpp registration steps, template customization, naming conventions, automatic build integration, and testing checklist). No executable changes.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~2 minutes

Suggested reviewers

• doodlum
• alandtse

Poem

A nibble of notes in a tidy new sheet,
I thump my paws—templates complete!
Paths and names in burrows align,
Builds hop smoothly, tests look fine.
Carrots for structure, parsley for flow—
Documentation planted, now features can grow! 🥕✨

Pre-merge checks and finishing touches

✅ Passed checks (3 passed)

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Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title Check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and concisely describes the main change of adding a documentation guide for new feature development templates, which directly matches the addition of NewFeatureReadme.md. It avoids vague wording, file lists, or extraneous details, making it immediately understandable to reviewers. The “docs:” prefix appropriately signals a documentation update.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changes. Docstring coverage check skipped.

✨ Finishing touches

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Post copyable unit tests in a comment

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• new-feature-template/NewFeatureReadme.md (1 hunks)

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Using provided base ref: e91f159
Using base ref: e91f159
Base commit date: 2025-09-27T07:51:01+01:00 (Saturday, September 27, 2025 07:51 AM)
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🧠 Learnings (2)

📚 Learning: 2025-08-17T18:37:35.839Z

Learnt from: CR
PR: doodlum/skyrim-community-shaders#0
File: .github/copilot-instructions.md:0-0
Timestamp: 2025-08-17T18:37:35.839Z
Learning: Applies to features/*/Shaders/**/*.{hlsl,hlsli,fx,fxh} : Place all feature shaders under features/YourFeature/Shaders/

Applied to files:

• new-feature-template/NewFeatureReadme.md

📚 Learning: 2025-08-17T18:37:35.839Z

Learnt from: CR
PR: doodlum/skyrim-community-shaders#0
File: .github/copilot-instructions.md:0-0
Timestamp: 2025-08-17T18:37:35.839Z
Learning: Applies to features/**/*.{cpp,cxx,cc,h,hpp,hxx} : Register new features in the globals::features namespace

Applied to files:

• new-feature-template/NewFeatureReadme.md

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• GitHub Check: Validate shader compilation (Flatrim, .github/configs/shader-validation.yaml)
• GitHub Check: Validate shader compilation (VR, .github/configs/shader-validation-vr.yaml)
• GitHub Check: Build plugin and addons

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