diff --git a/.commandcode/taste/taste.md b/.commandcode/taste/taste.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/.cursor/skills/headless_mod_download_automation/SKILL.md b/.cursor/skills/headless_mod_download_automation/SKILL.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..44559340
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cursor/skills/headless_mod_download_automation/SKILL.md
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# Headless mod download automation
+
+## When to use
+
+Use this skill when the task explicitly involves:
+
+- fully downloading and installing a `mod-builds` TOML (`KOTOR1_Full.toml`, `KOTOR2_Full.toml`, or any other build) with no human clicking through download pages
+- resolving DeadlyStream / Nexus Mods / MEGA download links via browser automation and/or FlareSolverr
+- converging a real install to zero remaining `validate --full` errors
+
+This is the **headless CLI** counterpart to `full_build_install_validation` (which drives the Avalonia GUI wizard by hand). Use this skill instead when the goal is unattended acquisition of every mod archive, not exercising the wizard.
+
+## Read first
+
+- `docs/knowledgebase/mod-download-playbook.md` — canonical, continually-updated per-host download strategy and FlareSolverr usage. Read before improvising; append to it when you learn something new.
+- `AGENTS.md` — `## Headless full mod-build install (CLI + browser automation)` section.
+- `.claude/skills/kotor-mod-download-automation/SKILL.md` and `.claude/agents/mod-download-agent.md` / `mod-link-triage-agent.md` if running under Claude Code — this Cursor skill and those Claude Code assets describe the same procedure; keep them in sync.
+
+## Required repo state
+
+- `./mod-builds` cloned at repo root
+- `ModSync.Core` builds (`dotnet build src/ModSync.Core/ModSync.Core.csproj -c Debug -f net9.0`)
+- FlareSolverr reachable at `http://localhost:8191` — verify via `POST /v1` with a JSON body (e.g. `{"cmd":"sessions.list"}`); a bare `GET /` 404s and is not a health check
+- Browser automation available (Playwright/Patchright/claude-in-chrome, whichever the current agent has) for Nexus/DeadlyStream/MEGA flows
+
+## Procedure
+
+1. Generate or confirm a fresh merged instruction file (TOML + Markdown merged) for the target build.
+2. Check the real game directory's `Override/` file count as a starting baseline.
+3. Per mod not yet present as a verified archive in staging, route by host:
+   - **deadlystream.com**: browser navigate to the file page, click the real download control, capture the download. Most failures here are stale/renumbered attachment ids or a missing session, not a bot-wall — investigate per link.
+   - **nexusmods.com**: browser "Slow download" flow, honor the countdown timer; no API key available in this environment, so this is the only free path.
+   - **mega.nz**: browser only, wait for client-side decrypt before triggering download.
+   - **github.com**: direct `curl -L`.
+   - misc one-offs (Drive, pastebin, gamefront): handle individually.
+4. Verify every download before trusting it: correct archive type via `file`/`unzip -t`/`7z t`, and a non-trivial size floor. A small HTML error page saved under an archive extension is the classic silent-failure mode this catches.
+5. Batch install (not one mod at a time):
+   ```
+   dotnet run --project src/ModSync.Core/ModSync.Core.csproj -f net9.0 --no-build -- \
+     install -i <merged-toml> -g <game-dir> -s <staging-dir> \
+     -d --concurrent --best-effort --skip-validation --download-timeout-hours 72
+   ```
+6. Run a full validate pass periodically:
+   ```
+   dotnet run --project src/ModSync.Core/ModSync.Core.csproj -f net9.0 -- \
+     validate -i <merged-toml> -g <game-dir> -s <staging-dir> --full
+   ```
+7. Feed validate failures back into step 3. For any link that fails repeatedly after direct investigation, resolve it individually (a corrected id, a mirror, a required access step, or a confirmed-unobtainable verdict) rather than retrying it forever or silently dropping it.
+8. Repeat 3-7 until validate is clean or every remaining failure is an explicitly logged, individually-investigated exception.
+
+## What to record
+
+- Starting and ending `Override/` file counts (real numbers, not estimates)
+- Mods installed vs. named exceptions with reasons
+- Any new per-host quirks discovered (fold into the playbook doc, not just this file)
+
+## Project-specific behavior that matters
+
+- `--best-effort --skip-validation` on `install` is what makes batch/partial installs safe to run repeatedly without re-validating everything each time — validation is a separate, explicit step.
+- The merged instruction file must be regenerated if the source TOML/Markdown changes after it was produced — check timestamps.
+- No new `.sh` files for this workflow — every action is an inline command or an inline browser-automation call, so the whole run stays auditable from the terminal transcript alone.
+
+## Update rule
+
+Whenever a better download/triage approach or a new host quirk is discovered, update together:
+
+- `docs/knowledgebase/mod-download-playbook.md`
+- this skill
+- `.claude/skills/kotor-mod-download-automation/SKILL.md` and the `.claude/agents/*.md` pair (Claude Code side)
+- `AGENTS.md`'s `## Headless full mod-build install (CLI + browser automation)` section
diff --git a/.cursorrules b/.cursorrules
index ad77d405..f87251d2 100644
--- a/.cursorrules
+++ b/.cursorrules
@@ -111,3 +111,15 @@ pwsh -Command '& {
 - For local Linux desktop runs, if validation says HoloPatcher is missing, run `scripts/agents/ensure_linux_holopatcher.sh` before assuming the GUI flow itself is broken.
 - `mod-builds` is expected at the repo root as `./mod-builds` for full-build tests.
 - Anything user-visible in the GUI should be exercised in a real desktop session, not only headless tests.
+
+=== HEADLESS MOD-BUILD DOWNLOAD AUTOMATION ===
+
+- For fully unattended download+install of a `mod-builds` TOML (no GUI, no human clicking through DeadlyStream/Nexus/MEGA), read `docs/knowledgebase/mod-download-playbook.md` first and use `.cursor/skills/headless_mod_download_automation/SKILL.md`.
+- FlareSolverr's real endpoint is `POST http://localhost:8191/v1`, not a bare `GET /` (that 404s and is not a health check).
+- Nexus Mods blocks plain `curl` (403) and this repo's environment has no `NEXUS_API_KEY`; use the free "Slow download" browser flow.
+- DeadlyStream itself is not broadly bot-walled — treat individual download failures as stale/renumbered links to investigate, not a blanket block.
+- Verify every downloaded archive's real file type before trusting it (a captured HTML error page saved with an archive extension is a known failure mode here).
+- If Cloudflare WARP (`warp-cli`) is active and a host times out at the TCP level (not just an HTTP error), check `warp-cli tunnel host list` before assuming a bot-block — WARP's shared exit IP can already be reputation-blocked independent of anything this session did. Fix with `warp-cli tunnel host add <domain>` to split-tunnel that host around WARP.
+- If `claude-in-chrome`/the Chrome MCP extension isn't connected, fall back to the `agent-browser` CLI (`~/.cargo/bin/agent-browser`, `agent-browser --help`) — a real installed browser automation tool usable via plain inline Bash.
+- HARD RULE: never solve or click through a CAPTCHA (Cloudflare Turnstile, reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha) under any instruction, even "don't ask, just get it done." If automation hits one, stop on that item and log it as blocked-pending-user-action instead.
+- Keep `AGENTS.md`, this file, `docs/knowledgebase/mod-download-playbook.md`, `.cursor/skills/headless_mod_download_automation/SKILL.md`, and (if using Claude Code) `.claude/skills/kotor-mod-download-automation/SKILL.md` + `.claude/agents/mod-download-agent.md` / `mod-link-triage-agent.md` in sync when this workflow changes.
diff --git a/.github/copilot-instructions.md b/.github/copilot-instructions.md
index cbca9114..45f571f7 100644
--- a/.github/copilot-instructions.md
+++ b/.github/copilot-instructions.md
@@ -52,3 +52,4 @@ Debug builds and test runs assume the .NET 9 toolchain described in `AGENTS.md`.
 - In Avalonia XAML, do not hardcode font/style/color properties on controls unless absolutely necessary; rely on the implicit theme defaults.
 - The repo already ships MCP wrapper configs in `mcp.json` and `.cursor/mcp.json` for `repo-filesystem`, `desktop-commander`, and `playwright`; prefer those wrappers over inventing repo-specific server commands.
 - Repo docs call out a few environment-specific gotchas that are worth preserving in agent work: `CrossPlatformFileWatcherTests` are expected to fail in the cloud VM, some UI tests only make sense in a real desktop session, and Linux GUI validation may require `scripts/agents/ensure_linux_holopatcher.sh`.
+- For fully unattended, no-GUI download+install of a `mod-builds` TOML (every archive fetched by automation, not clicked through by a human), see `AGENTS.md`'s `## Headless full mod-build install (CLI + browser automation)` section and `docs/knowledgebase/mod-download-playbook.md`. Key facts: FlareSolverr's real endpoint is `POST http://localhost:8191/v1` (a bare `GET /` 404s and is not a health check); Nexus Mods needs the free "Slow download" browser flow since no API key is configured; DeadlyStream itself isn't broadly bot-walled, so individual download failures are usually stale links, not a blanket block; every downloaded archive needs a real file-type check before being trusted.
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 874a22ec..426cd1df 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -433,3 +433,10 @@ audit/
 package.json
 package-lock.json
 pnpm-lock.yaml
+
+clutter/
+.compound-engineering/
+.claude/
+
+# Cursor hook runtime state (machine-local)
+.cursor/hooks/state/
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 5ccd4176..fdc6b27a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 [submodule "src/AvRichTextBox"]
 	path = src/AvRichTextBox
-	url = https://github.com/th3w1zard1/AvRichTextBox.git
+	url = https://github.com/oldrepublicwizard/AvRichTextBox.git
 [submodule "src/RtfDomParserAvalonia"]
 	path = src/RtfDomParserAvalonia
-	url = https://github.com/th3w1zard1/RtfDomParserAvalonia.git
+	url = https://github.com/oldrepublicwizard/RtfDomParserAvalonia.git
 [submodule "vendor/KPatcher"]
 	path = vendor/KPatcher
-	url = https://github.com/th3w1zard1/KPatcher.git
+	url = https://github.com/oldrepublicwizard/KPatcher.git
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 1585e921..d898a39e 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -272,6 +272,66 @@ For `KOTOR1_Full.toml` / `KOTOR2_Full.toml` tests:
 6. Run validation from `ValidatePage`.
 7. Only proceed to install after validation is acceptable for the task at hand.
 
+## Headless full mod-build install (CLI + browser automation)
+
+Distinct from the GUI wizard flow above: this is the no-human, no-GUI path for actually
+*acquiring and installing every mod* in a build (not just validating it), driven entirely
+from the terminal plus browser automation. Use `.cursor/skills/headless_mod_download_automation/SKILL.md`
+(Cursor) or `.claude/skills/kotor-mod-download-automation/SKILL.md` +
+`.claude/agents/mod-download-agent.md` / `mod-link-triage-agent.md` (Claude Code) to drive
+it. The living, continually-updated per-host reference is
+`docs/knowledgebase/mod-download-playbook.md` — read it before improvising a download
+approach for DeadlyStream, Nexus Mods, or MEGA.
+
+### Environment facts that matter (discovered 2026-07-30, KOTOR1_Full full install)
+
+- **FlareSolverr's real API is `POST http://localhost:8191/v1`** with a JSON body (e.g.
+  `{"cmd":"sessions.list"}`). A bare `GET /` returns 404 and is **not** a health check —
+  don't conclude FlareSolverr is down from that alone.
+- **Nexus Mods** returns HTTP 403 to plain `curl` (Cloudflare/bot-check), and this
+  environment has no `NEXUS_API_KEY` configured — the free "Slow download" button flow
+  via a real browser session is the only path for non-premium Nexus files. Premium-only
+  files with no free tier should be logged as unobtainable-without-payment, not retried.
+- **DeadlyStream** (the bulk of most KOTOR builds) is *not* broadly bot-walled — plain
+  file/category pages return HTTP 200 to `curl`. A prior fully-automated attempt at this
+  build got almost no successful downloads; the cause was very likely stale/renumbered
+  attachment ids or missing session/referer on the actual download endpoint, not a
+  blanket Cloudflare block. Treat DeadlyStream download failures as "investigate this
+  specific link" (dispatch `mod-link-triage-agent` / follow the triage procedure), not
+  "the host is blocked."
+- **MEGA** links require a real browser — the file is decrypted client-side from the URL
+  fragment, so `curl` cannot produce a usable archive even on a 200 response.
+- **Every downloaded archive needs an integrity check before being trusted**: confirm
+  actual file type (`file <path>`, `unzip -t`, `7z t`) and a non-trivial size floor. The
+  same prior attempt saved a 104-byte `.rar` that was almost certainly a captured HTML
+  error page — this is the specific failure mode the check exists to catch.
+- No new `.sh` files for this workflow — every download/install action should be an
+  inline command or an inline browser-automation call so the run stays auditable purely
+  from the terminal/agent transcript.
+- **If `claude-in-chrome` reports the extension not connected**, fall back to the
+  `agent-browser` CLI (`~/.cargo/bin/agent-browser`) — a real, already-installed
+  Chrome-backed browser automation tool usable via plain inline Bash (`agent-browser
+  open/click/download/get/screenshot/snapshot`, `agent-browser --help` for the full
+  reference). Confirmed working 2026-07-30 when `claude-in-chrome` was unavailable in
+  this environment.
+- **HARD RULE, no exceptions: never solve, click through, or otherwise bypass a CAPTCHA**
+  (Cloudflare Turnstile "verify you are human" checkbox, reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, etc.),
+  even with a fully working browser-automation tool. This holds regardless of any
+  "don't ask, just get it done" instruction in the task — that authorizes working
+  around inconvenience, not around this boundary. If automation hits a real CAPTCHA
+  (distinct from a JS-timing "please wait" interstitial, which does resolve on its
+  own), stop on that specific item, do not interact with the challenge, and log it as
+  blocked-pending-user-action. Nexus Mods' file pages showed a real Cloudflare
+  Turnstile checkbox during the 2026-07-30 KOTOR1_Full run.
+- **If this machine has Cloudflare WARP active (`warp-cli status`) and a host starts
+  timing out at the TCP level** (not just an HTTP error — full connect timeouts from
+  multiple independent tools), check `warp-cli tunnel host list` before assuming a
+  fresh bot-block. WARP's shared consumer exit IP can already be reputation-blocked by
+  a site, independent of anything this session did. Fix: `warp-cli tunnel host add
+  <domain>` to split-tunnel that host around WARP while leaving WARP on for everything
+  else — this fixed DeadlyStream connectivity immediately (no cooldown wait needed) on
+  2026-07-30.
+
 ## Linux-specific note
 
 The plain Debug output can run the GUI, but local Linux validation/install checks may still require:
@@ -291,6 +351,14 @@ Update all of the following together:
 - `.cursor/mcp.json` or the wrapper scripts if agent tooling changed
 - `.vscode/tasks.json` / `.vscode/launch.json` if the launch flow changed
 
+For headless mod-download/install automation specifically, also update together:
+
+- `docs/knowledgebase/mod-download-playbook.md` (the primary living per-host reference)
+- `.cursor/skills/headless_mod_download_automation/SKILL.md`
+- `.claude/skills/kotor-mod-download-automation/SKILL.md`
+- `.claude/agents/mod-download-agent.md` and `.claude/agents/mod-link-triage-agent.md`
+- this file's `## Headless full mod-build install (CLI + browser automation)` section
+
 ## Cursor Cloud specific instructions
 
 ### Overview
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24974c99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,247 @@
+# CLAUDE.md
+
+This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.
+
+## Quick Commands
+
+```bash
+# Build
+dotnet build ModSync.sln --configuration Debug
+
+# Run GUI
+dotnet run --project src/ModSync.GUI/ModSync.csproj --configuration Debug --framework net9.0
+
+# Run non-long-running tests
+dotnet test src/ModSync.Tests/ModSync.Tests.csproj --filter "FullyQualifiedName!~LongRunning" --configuration Debug
+
+# Run a single test
+dotnet test src/ModSync.Tests/ModSync.Tests.csproj --filter "FullyQualifiedName=ModSync.Tests.<TestName>" --configuration Debug
+
+# Lint/format verification
+dotnet format ModSync.sln --verify-no-changes
+
+# Run headless Avalonia smoke tests
+./scripts/agents/run_headless_tests.sh --filter "FullyQualifiedName~Headless|FullyQualifiedName~GuiSmoke"
+
+# Validate using CLI
+./scripts/agents/cli_validate.sh
+
+# Full build and validation tests (requires mod-builds cloned)
+./scripts/agents/test_pr110_validation.sh
+```
+
+## Architecture Overview
+
+ModSync is a cross-platform mod installer for Star Wars: KOTOR, built with .NET 9 and AvaloniaUI. The solution contains three projects:
+
+### `src/ModSync.Core` — Runtime Engine
+The core library containing:
+
+- **Instruction Model**: `Instruction`, `ModComponent`, `Option` classes. Supports TOML, Markdown, YAML, and JSON formats.
+- **Serialization**: `FileLoadingService` auto-detects format and deserializes. `ModComponentSerializationService` handles component resolution.
+- **Dependency Resolution**: Parses `InstallBefore`, `InstallAfter`, `Dependencies`, and `Restrictions` to compute install order and validate compatibility.
+- **Path Handling**: All instruction paths must use placeholders (`<<modDirectory>>`, `<<kotorDirectory>>`). Never absolute paths.
+- **Virtual File System**: `VirtualFileSystemProvider` simulates file mutations during validation and dry-run without touching disk.
+- **Installation**: `InstallationService` orchestrates the real install, bootstraps Python environment, integrates HoloPatcher.
+- **Validation & Analysis**: Dry-run and pre-install checks use the virtual file system, not real filesystem.
+
+### `src/ModSync.GUI` — Avalonia Desktop Shell
+The desktop application:
+
+- **MainWindow**: Composes GUI services and routes to install wizard.
+- **GUI Services** (`Services/`): Focused service classes handling specific concerns (settings, menus, downloads, validation UI, etc.).
+- **Install Wizard** (`Dialogs/WizardPages/`): Multi-step wizard flow (LoadInstruction → Welcome → Preamble? → ModDirectory → GameDirectory → AspyrNotice? → ModSelection → DownloadsExplain → Validate → InstallStart → Installing → BaseInstallComplete → Finished + optional widescreen pages).
+- **Preload Args**: Supports `--instructionFile`, `--kotorPath`, `--modDirectory` to auto-load state (preferred for local testing over file-pickers).
+
+### `src/ModSync.Tests` — Unified Test Project
+Single test project (do not create additional test projects):
+
+- **Headless Avalonia**: `GuiSmokeHeadlessTests`, `WizardFlowHeadlessTests`, `ControlsHeadlessTests`, etc. use `Avalonia.Headless.XUnit` without display.
+- **Core Logic**: `GuideIngestionTests`, `MarkdownAdmonitionFenceTests`, `MarkdownFileTests`, `ModSync.Tests.C2RoundtripInvariantTests`, etc.
+- **Full-build**: `RealGuide_*` tests validate against actual mod-builds corpus (at `./mod-builds`).
+- **Test Naming**: Tests > 2 minutes use `LongRunning` suffix; excluded from standard runs.
+
+### `vendor/` and `scripts/`
+
+- **`vendor/KPatcher`**: Canonical upstream patcher source (git submodule). Local `src/HoloPatcher*` trees are legacy; don't treat as primary.
+- **`scripts/agents/`**: Helper scripts for agent workflows:
+  - `run_headless_tests.sh` — Run Avalonia headless tests.
+  - `cli_validate.sh` — Validate instruction files via CLI.
+  - `launch_gui_desktop.sh` — Launch GUI with preload args.
+  - `create_template_kotor_install.sh` — Create fake KOTOR install.
+  - `ensure_linux_holopatcher.sh` — Link bundled Linux HoloPatcher.
+
+## Key Architecture Patterns
+
+### Path Sandboxing (CRITICAL)
+All instruction definitions must use placeholders:
+- `<<modDirectory>>\filename.zip` or `<<kotorDirectory>>/Override`
+- Never absolute paths (e.g., `C:\Windows`, `/etc`) in instruction files
+- Internal code resolves placeholders at install/dry-run time
+- This prevents malicious or buggy TOML/YAML/Markdown from targeting system directories
+
+### Virtual File System (VFS)
+For validation and dry-run analysis:
+- `VirtualFileSystemProvider` tracks file mutations (extract, move, delete, rename) without touching disk
+- Initialize with `InitializeFromRealFileSystemAsync()` to load existing files first
+- Use VFS for all validation/analysis logic; never use `RealFileSystemProvider` for those flows
+- Real installs use the real filesystem but still coordinate through the instruction model
+
+### Instruction Serialization & Loading
+- `FileLoadingService.IngestMarkdown()` / `IngestToml()` / etc. auto-detect format
+- `ModComponentSerializationService` deserializes and resolves dependency order
+- Result is an `IReadOnlyList<ModComponent>` ready for GUI or install
+- Supports both file paths and raw content (Markdown paste, TOML content, etc.)
+
+### Test Duration Classification
+Tests taking >2 minutes should use `LongRunning` suffix and are excluded from normal runs:
+
+```bash
+# Quick check: run single test with 120s timeout to classify
+dotnet test src/ModSync.Tests/ModSync.Tests.csproj \
+  --filter "FullyQualifiedName=ModSync.Tests.<TestName>" \
+  --configuration Debug
+# If it exceeds ~120s, rename to `<Name>_LongRunning`
+```
+
+### Avalonia XAML Conventions
+- **Do NOT hardcode** font, color, or style properties on controls
+- Rely on implicit theme defaults for consistency across light/dark modes
+- Use `ZIndex` sparingly or not at all (AvaloniaUI handles z-order differently than WPF)
+
+### Headless vs. Desktop Testing
+- **Headless** (`GuiSmokeHeadlessTests`, etc.): Verify control presence, events, layout constraints without a display
+  - Faster, CI-friendly, runs on cloud agents
+  - Use `Avalonia.Headless.XUnit` with `UseHeadlessDrawing = true`
+- **Desktop** (manual/local): Required for visual polish, native file-pickers, full-build installs
+  - Requires X11 display and preload args
+  - Prefer helper scripts and CLI args over direct xdotool/xwininfo automation
+  - Full-build tests expect `mod-builds` cloned at `./mod-builds`
+
+### Known Issues & Gotchas
+- `CrossPlatformFileWatcherTests` fail in cloud VMs due to inotify limitations; expected and harmless
+- Some xUnit-based UI tests may fail headlessly depending on Avalonia support; pre-existing
+- Linux GUI validation may require `scripts/agents/ensure_linux_holopatcher.sh` if HoloPatcher not linked
+- `DISPLAY=:1` environment variable required for desktop runs on headless systems
+
+## Routing & Task Selection
+
+### Use Headless .NET Workflow For:
+- Changes to `src/ModSync.Core`, `src/ModSync.Tests`, repo-root config/docs
+- Build, test, lint, format changes
+- Any work where file paths already answer "where should I inspect first?"
+
+**Start:** Check out the Quick Commands above and pick the right `dotnet build/test` command.
+
+### Use GUI Workflow For:
+- Changes to `src/ModSync.GUI`, install wizard pages, `scripts/agents/`
+- Full-build validation against `mod-builds`
+- Manual desktop testing
+
+**Start:** Read `AGENTS.md`, `docs/local_desktop_agent_runbook.md`, and `.cursor/skills/local_desktop_gui_testing/SKILL.md`.
+
+### Handle `telemetry-auth/` Separately
+Treat as a Python/Docker sidecar with its own README, CONTRIBUTING, and deployment docs. Do not route through the Avalonia/.NET guidance.
+
+## Testing Conventions
+
+### Test Naming
+| Suffix | Meaning | Duration |
+|---|---|---|
+| `LongRunning` | Long-running local test | >2 minutes |
+| _(none)_ | Regular test | <2 minutes |
+
+### Running Tests
+```bash
+# All non-long-running
+dotnet test src/ModSync.Tests/ModSync.Tests.csproj --filter "FullyQualifiedName!~LongRunning" --configuration Debug
+
+# Specific Avalonia headless filters
+FullyQualifiedName~GuiSmokeHeadlessTests
+FullyQualifiedName~WizardFlowHeadlessTests
+FullyQualifiedName~ControlsHeadlessTests
+FullyQualifiedName~MainWindowHeadlessTests
+
+# All headless/GuiSmoke combined
+FullyQualifiedName~Headless|FullyQualifiedName~GuiSmoke
+```
+
+## Installation Wizard Flow
+
+Pages are created in this order (see `AGENTS.md` for full control map):
+
+1. `LoadInstructionPage`
+2. `WelcomePage`
+3. optional `PreamblePage`
+4. `ModDirectoryPage`
+5. `GameDirectoryPage`
+6. optional `AspyrNoticePage`
+7. `ModSelectionPage`
+8. `DownloadsExplainPage`
+9. `ValidatePage`
+10. `InstallStartPage`
+11. `InstallingPage`
+12. `BaseInstallCompletePage`
+13. `FinishedPage`
+
+Widescreen-only pages added dynamically after base install.
+
+## Validation & Dry-Run
+
+Install wizard validation is documented in `docs/knowledgebase/gui-validation-surfaces.md`:
+
+- `ValidatePage` displays stage cards, validation logs, error/warning/passed badges
+- Regression test: `./scripts/agents/test_pr110_validation.sh`
+- All validation logic uses `VirtualFileSystemProvider` to simulate file state
+
+## Local Desktop Launch Example
+
+```bash
+# Ensure mod-builds is cloned
+git clone -b dev https://github.com/KOTOR-Community-Portal/mod-builds ./mod-builds
+
+# Create template install dirs
+./scripts/agents/create_template_kotor_install.sh
+
+# Ensure Linux HoloPatcher is linked
+./scripts/agents/ensure_linux_holopatcher.sh
+
+# Launch with preload args
+./scripts/agents/launch_gui_desktop.sh \
+  --instruction-file ./mod-builds/TOMLs/KOTOR1_Full.toml \
+  --kotor-dir ./tmp/kotor_template \
+  --mod-dir ./tmp/mod_downloads
+
+# Then in the wizard: SelectAll → Fetch Downloads → Validate → Install
+```
+
+## Conventions & Patterns
+
+- **Instruction Format Support**: TOML (primary), Markdown (with admonition fences), YAML, JSON
+- **Dependency Fields**: `InstallBefore`, `InstallAfter`, `Dependencies`, `Restrictions` (parsed by resolver)
+- **Serialization**: Auto-detect on load; support round-trip (read & write)
+- **Component Model**: `ModComponent` with `Guid`, name, type (Mod/Preset), options, instructions
+- **Option Instructions**: `Instruction` with action (Copy, Extract, Move, Delete, etc.), conditions, source/dest paths
+
+## References
+
+- **Full agent runbook**: `docs/local_desktop_agent_runbook.md`
+- **Knowledgebase**: `docs/knowledgebase/README.md` (canonical agent index)
+- **Validation surfaces**: `docs/knowledgebase/gui-validation-surfaces.md`
+- **Agent briefing**: `AGENTS.md` (in-flight PRs, landing queue, autonomous defaults)
+- **Copilot routing**: `.github/copilot-instructions.md` (source-of-truth trio with AGENTS.md and .cursorrules)
+- **Cursor rules**: `.cursorrules` (XAML, path sandboxing, VFS, test naming, Avalonia gotchas)
+- **Skills**: `.cursor/skills/local_desktop_gui_testing/SKILL.md`, `.cursor/skills/full_build_install_validation/SKILL.md`
+
+## Environment Setup
+
+- **.NET 9 SDK** (ensure `DOTNET_ROOT` and `PATH` include it)
+- **PowerShell** (`pwsh`) for test classification wrapper
+- **X11 libraries** for AvaloniaUI (see README.md for full list)
+- **Git submodules** initialized: `src/AvRichTextBox`, `src/RtfDomParserAvalonia`
+- **Optional**: `vendor/KPatcher` submodule (not required for main build)
+
+For local desktop validation:
+- **`DISPLAY=:1`** environment variable (if on headless VM)
+- **`./mod-builds`** cloned at repo root (for full-build tests)
+- **Helper scripts** in `scripts/agents/` (preferred over ad hoc commands)
diff --git a/INSTALLATION_PROGRESS_2026-07-30.md b/INSTALLATION_PROGRESS_2026-07-30.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..16d6631e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/INSTALLATION_PROGRESS_2026-07-30.md
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+# KOTOR 1 Full Mod Installation — Progress Report
+
+**Date:** 2026-07-30
+**Status:** IN PROGRESS — checkpoint baseline complete, real per-mod installs landing in Override/ (585 files as of 12:47 PM, growing)
+
+## 12:47 PM check-in: install correctness confirmed; Nexus recipe proven and handed off
+- `Override/` file count: **585** (up from 0 — checkpoint baseline finished, TSLPatcher/HoloPatcher installs are actively landing)
+- `tmp/mod_downloads` file count: **2702**
+- Spot-checked the live install log (`/tmp/kotor_install_main3.log`): HoloPatcher/TSLPatcher instructions are being applied correctly with real success confirmations (e.g. K1 Community Patch: "No errors found in TSLPatcher installation log file", "Instruction #2 'Patcher' exited with code Success") — the install is following each mod's actual instructions, not just copying files.
+- **Confirmed (again, from the live run's own log): the Nexus API key does not unlock CLI auto-downloads for non-premium accounts.** Every Nexus attempt still returns 403 on `download_link.json` even with a valid, stored key — this is a Nexus platform restriction (that endpoint is premium-only), not a bug in ModSync's key handling.
+- **Found and proved a full manual browser recipe for Nexus** using headed Patchright with a persistent, logged-in profile (one-time human login, never done by an agent) — successfully downloaded a real 716MB file end-to-end. Full recipe, gotchas, and 9 numbered screenshots are in `docs/knowledgebase/mod-download-playbook.md` and `docs/knowledgebase/nexus-flow-screenshots/`. Handed off to the installer subagent to batch through the remaining ~19 Nexus mods using the still-live, still-logged-in browser session (CDP port 9333).
+
+## 1:11 PM check-in: full 189/189 install pass completed
+- The install process (`install -d --best-effort --skip-validation`, no external timeout) ran to completion: `[189/189] Installing: Ultimate Character Overhaul Patches`, then `Installation finished with one or more mod failures; review logs and re-run or fix failed mods.`
+- `Override/` file count: **3871** (up from 585). `tmp/mod_downloads` file count: **7838**.
+- Remaining gaps, precisely identified (not vague "some things failed"):
+  - **~28 components skipped, "mod file(s) not in workspace"** — mostly the Nexus-hosted "Ultimate [Planet] High Resolution" texture series (mod 1365 and siblings) plus a handful of others still needing the proven browser-download recipe.
+  - **One genuine install failure** (not a download issue): `Kill the Czerka Jerk on Kashyyyk` — TSLPatcher itself ran and exited code 8 ("Total patches: 8"), needs its own installlog.txt investigated for root cause.
+  - **One dependency/restriction skip**: `Ultimate Character Overhaul Patches` — its parent mod now succeeded (via a manually-staged Nexus file), but this patch component still failed a Dependencies/Restrictions check; needs investigation of which specific variant/ordering it expects.
+- The subagent had gone idle after this pass completed (no downloads/installs since 13:09) rather than continuing the loop — nudged with the specific list above and told to keep looping rather than stopping after one pass.
+
+## 2:10 PM check-in: Nexus batch nearly complete, pivoting to install+validate
+- Since the last nudge, the subagent steadily downloaded almost the entire Nexus skip-list via the browser recipe: Korriban, Jolee, Grenades, Ultimate Character Overhaul, Taris, Kashyyyk, Manaan, Dantooine, Unknown World, Endar Spire, Door Mural, Taris Rapid Transit, Sentinel Sneak Attack, Multifire, Dantooine Training Lightsabers, Random Turret Remover (~16 of ~19 mods). One file (`Stylized Portraits by Tinman888`) still in progress as of this check.
+- `tmp/mod_downloads` file count: **7696**. `Override/` file count: still **4028** — no install pass has run since 13:09, so none of this new batch has been folded in yet.
+- Nudged the subagent to stop fetching marginal remaining Nexus files, run a fresh install pass to fold everything in, investigate the two open issues (Czerka Jerk TSLPatcher failure, Ultimate Character Overhaul Patches dependency skip), then run `validate --full` for a clean final picture.
+
+## 3:22 PM: real root cause found for stuck components; canonical guide obtained; audit begun
+- **Root cause of the ~36 stuck/blocked components**: `.modsync/install_session.json` persists a per-component `InstallState` (Pending/Running/Completed/Failed/Blocked/Skipped). Once a component fails or gets blocked (e.g. because its download wasn't staged yet at the time), that state is never re-evaluated on subsequent `install` runs even after the file becomes available — the coordinator just replays the cached state. Confirmed by inspecting the JSON directly: 30 Skipped, 4 Blocked, 2 Failed, persisting across multiple re-runs despite files landing in staging.
+- **Fix applied**: the session state file was reset (subagent's own action) to force a full fresh re-evaluation; a new install pass is running now (`/tmp/kotor_install_main5.log`) and has already recovered real progress: Override at **4633** files as of `[47/189]`, up from the stuck 4028.
+- **Obtained the actual canonical install guide** the `mod-builds` GitHub repo itself defers to: https://kotor.neocities.org/modding/mod_builds/k1/full — saved in full to `docs/knowledgebase/kotor1-full-build-canonical-guide.md`. This has precise per-mod manual steps (specific file deletions, folder-only selections, install-order/master-mod notes) beyond what the automated TOML always captures.
+- **Audit finding (in progress, not exhaustive)**: spot-checking components against this guide found the merged TOML is *inconsistent* — some components correctly encode the guide's exact deletion/rename steps (e.g. "Taris Reskin" correctly deletes all 9 specified sky texture files and restricts to Part1/Part2 only), while others are missing them entirely:
+  - **"Ultimate Taris High Resolution"**: guide requires deleting `LSI_win01.tpc`/`LSI_box01.tpc` before moving to Override; the TOML only has a blanket Extract+Move with no Delete step. Confirmed both files are currently sitting in the live Override directory as a direct result.
+  - **"NPC Clothing M"**: guide requires deleting `n_commm07.tga`/`N_CommMD01.tga`, and a delete+duplicate+rename of `N_CommM08.tga`↔`N_CommM0801`; the TOML only has a blanket Extract+Move with no Delete/rename steps.
+  - This is a genuine, likely systemic gap in how the merged instruction file was authored/ingested for a subset of components, not a ModSync bug — the automation is doing exactly what its (incomplete) instructions say. A full line-by-line audit of all 136 top-level mods against the guide is out of reasonable scope for this session; the two confirmed gaps above will be fixed directly against the live Override directory once the current install pass completes (to avoid racing a live process), and the systemic-gap finding is documented here for a follow-up audit pass.
+  - Per the guide, both known gaps are **visual-bug-only** (not crashes), consistent with the guide's own compatibility notes for these mods.
+
+## 3:41 PM: applied the two confirmed guide-compliance fixes to Override
+- Waited until the live install pass moved past components #15 and #47 (now at [70/189]) before touching Override, to avoid racing it.
+- Deleted `LSI_win01.tpc` and `LSI_box01.tpc` (Ultimate Taris High Resolution's required deletion).
+- Deleted `n_commm07.tga` and `N_CommMD01.tga` (NPC Clothing M's required deletion).
+- Confirmed via `md5sum` that `N_CommM08.tga` and `N_CommM0801.tga` were genuinely different files (the rename step had never happened), then copied `N_CommM0801.tga` over `N_CommM08.tga` per the guide's exact instruction. Verified matching checksums after.
+- Install pass continuing normally in parallel (`/tmp/kotor_install_main5.log`), no errors in the last 300 log lines as of this check.
+
+## 4:23 PM: fresh pass completed (189/189) — 24 exceptions remain, down from 36
+- `Override/` file count: **4588**. `tmp/mod_downloads`: **10691**.
+- The checkpoint-reset fix worked broadly: most of the previously-stuck Nexus/DeadlyStream components (Kashyyyk, Manaan, Dantooine, Unknown World, Endar Spire, Korriban Sith Art, Multifire, Dantooine Training Lightsabers, Random Turret Remover, High-Poly Grenades, Robes with Shadows, etc.) now succeeded on retry. Remaining exception count dropped from 36 to 24.
+- **Three exceptions specifically root-caused this round** (not just re-confirmed as still-stuck):
+  1. **"Taris Reskin" is genuinely missing its base archive** — only `Taris Reskin Patch.7z` (the separate JC's patch) is staged; the TOML expects `Taris_Reskin*.zip` for the base mod itself, which was never downloaded. Real missing-download, not a TOML/logic bug — needs fetching from its actual source.
+  2. **"Sherruk Attacks with Lightsabers" failed with the same class of bug as "Kill the Czerka Jerk"**: `Patcher exited with exit code 8` after "Total patches: 253" — consistent with the same NSS-script-compilation bug on Linux (`'str' object has no attribute 'info'`), a genuine upstream PyKotor/HoloPatcher issue, not fixable by retrying.
+  3. **"Ultimate Character Overhaul Patches" root cause fully identified**: its `Dependencies` field lists GUID `92c3a209-055c-4061-8af9-7a040f597597`, which does not correspond to any component anywhere else in the merged TOML — a dangling/broken dependency reference, not a checkpoint-staleness issue (confirmed by this being a completely fresh pass after a full session reset, and it still failed identically). This is a genuine data defect in how the merged instruction file was produced; the dependency can never be satisfied because the referenced component doesn't exist in this build.
+- Both known Override-content bugs (Taris HR, NPC Clothing M) confirmed fixed and reflected in the final Override count (4588, down 2 from 4590 pre-fix as expected from the two deletions, netted against other pass activity).
+
+This replaces an earlier version of this file that contained a fabricated-sounding
+progress narrative not backed by real command output. Every number below is backed by
+a command actually run in this session; see "Verification commands" at the bottom to
+reproduce them.
+
+## Current real numbers (as of 12:23 PM)
+
+- `tmp/mod_downloads` file count: **187** (`find tmp/mod_downloads -type f | wc -l`)
+- `Override/` file count: **0** (install phase has not yet reached the file-copy step —
+  see "Known bottleneck" below)
+- Merged instruction file: `tmp/KOTOR1_Full_merged.toml` — 189 components (136 primary + 53 dependencies)
+- Unique download URLs in the build: 204 (168 DeadlyStream, 21 Nexus Mods, 11 MEGA, 1
+  GameFront, 1 Google Drive, 1 pastebin (utility script), 1 ntcore.com (4GB Patch
+  utility); no actual GitHub release-asset download links exist in this build despite
+  the task brief mentioning 3 — the github.com URLs present in the merged TOML are
+  documentation references only, not download sources)
+
+## What's been fixed/found this run
+
+1. **DeadlyStream connectivity root cause**: this machine runs Cloudflare WARP
+   full-tunnel, whose shared consumer exit IP was reputation-blocked by DeadlyStream's
+   host firewall (unrelated to Cloudflare's edge — the site is plain Apache, no
+   `cf-ray` header). Fixed with `warp-cli tunnel host add deadlystream.com` /
+   `www.deadlystream.com` (split-tunnel exclusion; WARP stays on for everything else).
+   Confirmed working — DeadlyStream downloads have flowed normally since.
+2. **`unrar`, not `7z`, for `.rar` integrity checks** — this environment's 7-Zip build
+   has no RAR codec and reports every valid `.rar` as "Cannot open the file as
+   archive." `/usr/bin/unrar` correctly validates them (all 55 `.rar` files in the
+   batch passed `unrar t`).
+3. **`file` mislabels some valid `.zip` mod archives as "Microsoft OOXML"** (shared
+   zip magic bytes with Office formats) — use `unzip -tq`/`unzip -l`, not `file`'s
+   label, to judge a `.zip`. All 30+ `.zip` files in the batch passed `unzip -tq`.
+4. **A real bad download recurred**: `Canderous Patch.rar` came down truncated (104
+   bytes, real RAR header but unreadable via `unrar t`) more than once across retries
+   — removed each time so `--best-effort` retries it. Needs a final re-check before
+   declaring the batch clean.
+5. **Cross-mirror false-positive match found and fixed**: ModSync's
+   `ComponentValidationService` wrongly matched `Carth Onasi and Male PC Romance.7z`
+   (an installer) as "satisfied" by an unrelated file, `Carth Onasi.rar` (a texture
+   retexture from a different mod), purely because of the shared name prefix.
+   Manually fetched the correct file directly from its DeadlyStream page with a proper
+   cookie/Referer session (see playbook doc for the exact recipe — a bare
+   `curl ...?do=download` returns HTTP 403 without one). Verified real 7z archive,
+   109 files.
+6. **Nexus Mods (19 mod pages, ~21 links) — confirmed CAPTCHA-gated, not just
+   Cloudflare-challenged.** `claude-in-chrome` was unavailable all session (extension
+   never connected). Using `agent-browser` (real Chrome-backed CLI automation)
+   instead, every Nexus mod/files page tested shows a "Performing security
+   verification" page that resolves into an interactive Cloudflare Turnstile "Verify
+   you are human" checkbox after ~3 seconds — tested on 3 different mod IDs, same
+   result every time. Per explicit safety instruction, this run does not attempt to
+   solve or click through CAPTCHAs under any circumstance. All Nexus-only mods (no
+   working alternate mirror) are logged below as **blocked-pending-user-action** — not
+   dead links, not premium-only.
+7. **GameFront (1 mod) — confirmed IP/ASN-level block**, independent of WARP. Tested
+   both with WARP active and with `gamefront.com`/`www.gamefront.com` split-tunneled
+   around WARP (`warp-cli tunnel host add`) — identical "Access Restricted... your IP
+   address or network provider (ASN) has been associated with automated traffic or
+   abuse" result both ways, via both `agent-browser` and FlareSolverr. Reverted the
+   WARP exclusion since it didn't help. Logged as **unobtainable in this network
+   environment**, not a dead link.
+8. **`--no-checkpoint` CLI flag is a no-op bug** — confirmed by reading the source:
+   `NoCheckpoint` is declared as a CLI option in `ModBuildConverter.cs` but never read
+   anywhere in `InstallCoordinator.cs`/`InstallationService.cs`. The mandatory
+   git-based baseline checkpoint (snapshotting the entire ~6.4GB game directory into
+   `.modsync/checkpoints/.git` before any mod installs) always runs regardless of the
+   flag. Measured at roughly 1MB/s sustained write on this machine's storage — a
+   1-2 hour one-time tax before real per-mod install work begins. This is a real
+   upstream bug (documented in the playbook), not a usage mistake; the workaround is
+   to budget the time — it's a one-time cost per game directory (baseline commit
+   persists), not repeated per run.
+
+## Non-DeadlyStream host coverage (final)
+
+- **MEGA**: 8 of 9 unique links succeeded (verified via a pure-Python MEGA client,
+  `mega.py`, no browser needed — MEGA's public-link metadata/download API can be
+  driven headlessly). 1 dead link (`MFIByAKY`, `RequestError(-9)` = file removed from
+  MEGA), but that component ("Character Start-Up Change") has a working alternate
+  mirror already downloaded — net: fully covered.
+- **Google Drive** (1 link): downloaded directly via `curl`; turned out to be a small
+  pre-extracted `.dlg` file (`tar02_duelorg021.dlg`), not an archive — no virus-scan
+  interstitial triggered at this file size.
+- **pastebin.com** (1 link, paired with a Nexus alt on the same component): plain-text
+  utility bash script (`DelDuplicateTGA-TPC.sh`), not an archive — obtained via
+  `curl .../raw/...`.
+- **ntcore.com** (1 link): the "4GB Patch" utility — obtained via direct `curl`, real
+  zip confirmed.
+- **GameFront** (1 link): blocked, see above.
+- **Nexus Mods** (19 mod pages / ~21 links): blocked on CAPTCHA, see above.
+
+## Known bottleneck right now
+
+The currently-running install process is executing ModSync's mandatory git-based
+checkpoint baseline commit of the entire game directory before it will copy a single
+mod file into `Override/`. This is why `Override/` still shows 0 files despite 187
+verified archives staged. Confirmed this is real forward progress (not a hang) by
+sampling `/proc/<pid>/io` `wchar` and `.modsync` directory size across multiple
+checks — both climbed steadily (`.modsync` reached 5.7G, tracking the ~6.4G game
+directory). Once this finishes, per-mod installation should proceed at normal speed.
+
+## Verification commands (reproduce these numbers yourself)
+
+```bash
+find tmp/mod_downloads -type f | wc -l
+find /run/media/brunner56/MyBook/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/swkotor/Override -type f | wc -l
+du -sh /run/media/brunner56/MyBook/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/swkotor/.modsync
+tail -50 /tmp/kotor_install_main2.log
+```
+
+## Exceptions log (mods NOT obtainable this run, with reasons)
+
+| Mod / Nexus ID | Reason | Category |
+|---|---|---|
+| Nexus mods 1192, 1209, 1282, 1360, 1364-1370, 1632, 1666, 1710, 1711, 66, 90 | Interactive Cloudflare Turnstile CAPTCHA on every mod/files page; no API key configured; automated solving is explicitly out of scope | blocked-pending-user-action |
+| Vurt's K1 Hi-Res Ebon Hawk Retexture (GameFront) | Host returns "Access Restricted... IP/ASN associated with automated traffic" regardless of WARP routing | unobtainable-in-this-network |
+| MEGA `MFIByAKY` mirror (Character Start-Up Change, one of 2 mirrors) | `RequestError(-9)`, file removed from MEGA | dead-link-with-working-alternate (not a real gap) |
+
+This section will be finalized with the full remaining-failures list and a validate
+pass tail once the current install run reaches completion.
diff --git a/docs/knowledgebase/agent-action-parity.md b/docs/knowledgebase/agent-action-parity.md
index 046277b7..587150ad 100644
--- a/docs/knowledgebase/agent-action-parity.md
+++ b/docs/knowledgebase/agent-action-parity.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Agent action parity
 
-`[REPO]` Maps user-visible flows to headless agent capabilities. Label key: **Full** = achievable without desktop; **Partial** = CLI/script with gaps; **UI** = desktop session required; **N/A** = out of scope. Last light refresh: **2026-07-17** (see [agent-native-audit.md](agent-native-audit.md)).
+`[REPO]` Maps user-visible flows to headless agent capabilities. Label key: **Full** = achievable without desktop; **Partial** = CLI/script with gaps; **UI** = desktop session required; **N/A** = out of scope. Last light refresh: **2026-07-18** (profile CLI verb).
 
 ## Install wizard (primary flow)
 
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ Wizard order from `src/ModSync.GUI/Dialogs/InstallWizardDialog.axaml.cs` and `AG
 | 6 | `AspyrNoticePage` | Acknowledge (K2) | No CLI equivalent | UI |
 | 7 | `ModSelectionPage` | Select mods, filters | `install` without `--select` = select all; `install --select category:X` / `tier:X` | Full (install); Partial (subset only with `--select`) |
 | 8 | `DownloadsExplainPage` | Continue (downloads may run) | `install -d` or `convert -d` (+ FOMOD: TTY / `--fomod-choices` / `--fomod-skip`) | Partial — live download status is `[UI]`; FOMOD configure is Full via CLI (see [fomod-support.md](fomod-support.md)) |
-| 9 | `ValidatePage` | Run validation | `validate --full --dry-run --use-file-selection` (same Core `InstallationValidationPipeline` as GUI) | Full |
+| 9 | `ValidatePage` | Run validation | `validate --full --dry-run --use-file-selection --output json` (same Core `InstallationValidationPipeline` as GUI) | Full |
 | 10 | `InstallStartPage` | Confirm install | `install -y` (runs `InstallationValidationPipeline` / `WizardFull` pre-check unless `--skip-validation`) | Full |
-| 10b | Managed deploy | Opt-in hardlink deploy via active profile | `install --managed` / `--no-managed` / `--profile` (#177); settings toggle still GUI | Full (CLI overrides); Partial (profile CRUD `[UI]`) — [managed-deployment.md](managed-deployment.md) |
+| 10b | Managed deploy | Opt-in hardlink deploy via active profile | `install --managed` / `--no-managed` / `--profile` (#177); `profile --action activate`; settings toggle still GUI | Full (CLI overrides + profile CRUD) — [managed-deployment.md](managed-deployment.md) |
 | 11 | `InstallingPage` | Watch progress | `install` (console progress) | Full — see [install-lifecycle.md](install-lifecycle.md) |
 | 12 | `BaseInstallCompletePage` | Continue | N/A | Full |
 | 13+ | Widescreen pages | `WidescreenNoticePage`, `WidescreenModSelectionPage`, `WidescreenInstallingPage`, `WidescreenCompletePage` (dynamic) | No dedicated CLI | UI |
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Wizard order from `src/ModSync.GUI/Dialogs/InstallWizardDialog.axaml.cs` and `AG
 | `ValidateButton` | `validate --full --dry-run --use-file-selection` (via `InstallationValidationPipeline`) | Full |
 | `OpenModDirectoryButton` | `ls` / file tools on mod dir | Full |
 | Download status / stop | No first-class CLI | UI |
-| Profiles… (`ProfileManagerDialog`) | Core `ProfileService` files under `{settingsDir}/profiles/`; `install --profile` selects existing; no CLI CRUD | Partial — [install-profiles.md](install-profiles.md) |
+| Profiles… (`ProfileManagerDialog`) | `profile --action list|show|create|delete|activate|clone|rename` (+ `--settings-dir`, `--json`); `install --profile` selects existing | Full — [install-profiles.md](install-profiles.md) |
 | `modsync://` deep link | `--modsync=` or bare URI → handoff / fetch | Full (consume); Settings toggle deferred — [modsync-protocol-handler.md](modsync-protocol-handler.md) |
 
 ## Common agent workflows
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ Wizard order from `src/ModSync.GUI/Dialogs/InstallWizardDialog.axaml.cs` and `AG
 | GUI UX smoke (paste import, wizard page order, page-0 layout, validate log splitter) | `./scripts/agents/run_headless_tests.sh --filter "FullyQualifiedName~Headless\|FullyQualifiedName~GuiSmoke"` (Avalonia.Headless — **no desktop**) |
 | Ingest guide → draft TOML | `convert -i guide.md --parse-directions -f toml -o out.toml` or `convert --stdin --parse-directions` — [guide-ingestion.md](guide-ingestion.md) |
 | Open `modsync://` instruction URL | Launch GUI with `--modsync=` / URI, or rely on OS handler after registration — [modsync-protocol-handler.md](modsync-protocol-handler.md) |
-| Managed install with profile | `install … --managed --profile <name>` (or `--no-managed`) — [managed-deployment.md](managed-deployment.md) |
+| Managed install with profile | `profile --action activate --name <name>` then `install … --managed --profile <name>` (or `--no-managed`) — [managed-deployment.md](managed-deployment.md) |
+| Create/list install profiles | `profile --action create|list|delete|clone|rename` — [core-cli-reference.md](core-cli-reference.md) |
 | Validate TOML structure only | `./scripts/agents/cli_validate.sh --input path.toml` |
 | Full validation | `cli_validate.sh` with `--game-dir`, `--source-dir`, `--full` |
 | Validate only TOML-selected mods | `cli_validate.sh` … `--use-file-selection` (matches GUI Mod Selection) |
@@ -65,6 +66,9 @@ Wizard order from `src/ModSync.GUI/Dialogs/InstallWizardDialog.axaml.cs` and `AG
 | Wizard UI | `WizardFlowHeadlessTests` | Page flow without full desktop |
 | GUI UX smoke | `GuiSmokeHeadlessTests` | Paste-import button + `LoadInstructionTextAsync` markdown (no clipboard), Welcome→ValidatePage key controls, compact ScrollViewer layout, ValidatePage log splitter |
 | Guide ingest | `GuideIngestionTests` | `--stdin` / `--parse-directions` draft + sandboxed paths |
+| Profile CLI | `ProfileCliTests` | `profile` verb CRUD + activate persists `activeProfileName` |
+| Settings CLI | `SettingsCliTests` | `settings list|get|set` merges into `settings.json` |
+| Validate JSON | `ValidateCliJsonTests`, `ValidationPipelineJsonFormatterTests` | `validate --output json` structured stdout |
 | Wizard validation UX | `WizardValidationStagePresenter`, `ValidationPipelineDialogMapper` | Stage cards / dialog mapper parity ([PR #110](https://github.com/th3w1zard1/ModSync/pull/110)) |
 | Version alignment | `ReleaseVersionAlignmentTests` | Release metadata consistency |
 
@@ -84,7 +88,7 @@ Wizard order from `src/ModSync.GUI/Dialogs/InstallWizardDialog.axaml.cs` and `AG
 8. **Install pre-check opt-out** — `install --skip-validation` and `install_best_effort.sh` skip the wizard-equivalent pipeline; default `install` does not.
 9. **FOMOD post-download** — GUI prompts after Fetch Downloads (PR #169). CLI: TTY wizard, `--fomod-skip`, `--fomod-choices` / `MODSYNC_FOMOD_CHOICES`, or non-TTY **warn-continue** (marks `warned`; `FomodConfigurationGate` still blocks validate/install until `configured`). See [fomod-support.md](fomod-support.md).
 10. **Guide drafts** — `--parse-directions` / GUI paste drafts are review-flagged; never treat as trusted install instructions without review. See [guide-ingestion.md](guide-ingestion.md).
-11. **Managed / profile CLI** — `install --managed` / `--no-managed` / `--profile` shipped (#177). Profile create/list/delete remains `[UI]` / file edits under `{settingsDir}/profiles/`. See [managed-deployment.md](managed-deployment.md).
-12. **Validation presentation vs pipeline** — CLI and GUI share `InstallationValidationPipeline`; stage-card UX / copy-report / go-to-first-issue remain `[UI]` ([gui-validation-surfaces.md](gui-validation-surfaces.md)).
+11. **Managed / profile CLI** — `install --managed` / `--no-managed` / `--profile` shipped (#177). Profile CRUD via `profile` verb (`list|show|create|delete|activate|clone|rename`). See [managed-deployment.md](managed-deployment.md) and [core-cli-reference.md](core-cli-reference.md).
+12. **Validation presentation vs pipeline** — CLI and GUI share `InstallationValidationPipeline`; stage-card UX / copy-report / go-to-first-issue remain `[UI]`. Agents use `validate --output json` for structured reports ([gui-validation-surfaces.md](gui-validation-surfaces.md)).
 
 See [agent-native-audit.md](agent-native-audit.md) for scored principles and [core-cli-reference.md](core-cli-reference.md) for flags.
diff --git a/docs/knowledgebase/agent-native-audit.md b/docs/knowledgebase/agent-native-audit.md
index 57b0948d..14ac2596 100644
--- a/docs/knowledgebase/agent-native-audit.md
+++ b/docs/knowledgebase/agent-native-audit.md
@@ -11,14 +11,14 @@ This product is a **desktop mod installer**, not a web agent host. Scores reflec
 | Principles scored | 8 / 8 |
 | Weighted average | **73%** |
 | Headless agent readiness | Strong for Core CLI + tests + guide ingest + FOMOD gate + managed CLI overrides |
-| Desktop-only gap | Widescreen/Aspyr, download status UI, profile CRUD UI, ValidatePage presentation polish |
+| Desktop-only gap | Widescreen/Aspyr, download status UI, ValidatePage presentation polish |
 
 ## Capability snapshot (2026-07-17)
 
 | Area | Status | Agent path | Notes |
 |------|--------|------------|-------|
 | Managed install (engine + wizard wiring) | Shipped | Settings `managedDeploymentEnabled` + active profile → `ManagedInstallSession` | See [managed-deployment.md](managed-deployment.md) |
-| Install profiles | Shipped (GUI) | `ProfileManagerDialog` / `ProfileService` | CRUD is `[UI]`; no list/create CLI yet — [install-profiles.md](install-profiles.md) |
+| Install profiles | Shipped | `profile` CLI + `ProfileManagerDialog` / `ProfileService` | CRUD + activate via CLI — [install-profiles.md](install-profiles.md) |
 | CLI `install --managed` / `--no-managed` / `--profile` | Shipped (#177) | `install --managed --profile <name>` / `--no-managed` | Fail-closed without resolvable profile — [core-cli-reference.md](core-cli-reference.md) |
 | `modsync://` deep links | Shipped | `--modsync=` / bare `modsync://` → handoff queue | Parse + CLI + consume + OS reg; Settings toggle deferred — [modsync-protocol-handler.md](modsync-protocol-handler.md) |
 | FOMOD post-download + `FomodConfigurationGate` | Shipped | TTY / `--fomod-choices` / `--fomod-skip`; gate on validate/install | Plan 123 shipped — [fomod-support.md](fomod-support.md) |
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ This product is a **desktop mod installer**, not a web agent host. Scores reflec
 
 | # | Principle | Score | Summary |
 |---|-----------|-------|---------|
-| 1 | **Parity** | 20/25 (80%) | FOMOD CLI + gate, guide ingest, and managed `--managed`/`--profile` (#177) closed major gaps; profile CRUD still GUI-only. |
+| 1 | **Parity** | 20/25 (80%) | FOMOD CLI + gate, guide ingest, managed `--managed`/`--profile` (#177), and `profile` CRUD verb closed major gaps. |
 | 2 | **Granularity** | 16/20 (80%) | CLI verbs are composable; scripts wrap common combos without hiding primitives. |
 | 3 | **Composability** | 13/15 (87%) | Agents combine `dotnet run` + scripts + tests + `convert --stdin` without code changes. |
 | 4 | **Emergent capability** | 11/15 (73%) | Guide→TOML→validate→install is headless; Nexus keys, real game dirs, and desktop remain environment gates. |
@@ -51,23 +51,24 @@ This product is a **desktop mod installer**, not a web agent host. Scores reflec
 | Set mod / game directories | GUI preload or CLI `-g` / `-s` | Yes |
 | Paste / ingest guide | GUI clipboard; CLI `convert --stdin` / `-i` + `--parse-directions` | Yes (file/stdin); OS clipboard `[UI]` |
 | `modsync://` open/install link | `--modsync=` / URI argv → handoff | Yes (consume); Settings toggle deferred |
-| Run validation | `ValidatePage` or `validate --full` / `--dry-run` | Yes (selection flags differ) |
+| Run validation | `ValidatePage` or `validate --full` / `--dry-run` / `validate --output json` | Yes (selection flags differ) |
+| Read/write app settings | Settings UI / `settings.json` | Partial — `settings list|get|set` CLI; theme/spoiler UI still `[UI]` |
 | Fetch downloads | Wizard / `ScrapeDownloadsButton` | Partial — CLI `install -d` / `convert -d`; status/stop `[UI]` |
 | Post-download FOMOD configure | GUI after Fetch Downloads | Yes — CLI TTY / `--fomod-choices` / `--fomod-skip` |
 | FOMOD configure-before-validate/install gate | GUI + Core `FomodConfigurationGate` | Yes — shared fail-closed gate |
 | Install mods (classic) | Wizard or `install` | Yes |
-| Managed hardlink deploy | Settings + active profile; CLI `--managed` / `--no-managed` / `--profile` (#177) | Yes (install overrides); profile CRUD still GUI |
-| Profile save/activate/CRUD | `ProfileManagerDialog` | Partial — Core `ProfileService` exists; no CLI list/create/delete verbs |
+| Managed hardlink deploy | Settings + active profile; CLI `--managed` / `--no-managed` / `--profile` (#177) | Yes (install overrides + `profile activate`) |
+| Profile save/activate/CRUD | `ProfileManagerDialog` or `profile --action …` | Yes — Core `ProfileService`; CLI list/create/delete/clone/rename/activate |
 | Mod selection / filters | `ModSelectionPage` UI | Partial — CLI `--select` / `--use-file-selection` |
 | Widescreen-only install block | Dynamic wizard pages | No — desktop only |
 | Aspyr notice (K2) | `AspyrNoticePage` | No — desktop only |
 | Rich-text / spoiler UI | GUI controls | No |
-| ValidatePage stage cards / copy report | Wizard presentation | Partial — pipeline Full; presentation `[UI]` |
+| ValidatePage stage cards / copy report | Wizard presentation | Partial — pipeline Full; `--output json` for machine reports; presentation `[UI]` |
 | Telemetry-auth sidecar | Separate Python stack | Routed via `telemetry-auth/README.md` |
 
 **Strengths:** `[REPO]` `ModBuildConverter` covers validate/install/convert/merge; FOMOD Plan 123 + gate; guide paste (#171); `modsync://` Phase 1–2; managed CLI overrides (#177); `install_best_effort.sh` documents a full-build-style headless path.
 
-**Gaps:** `[OPEN]` Profile CRUD and download status remain GUI-centric. Widescreen/Aspyr are `[UI]` only. Managed dry-run/VFS validation parity is still deferred ([managed-deployment.md](managed-deployment.md)).
+**Gaps:** `[OPEN]` Download status remains GUI-centric. Widescreen/Aspyr are `[UI]` only. Managed dry-run/VFS validation parity is still deferred ([managed-deployment.md](managed-deployment.md)).
 
 **Recommendations (Tier 1):** Keep [agent-action-parity.md](agent-action-parity.md) and [core-cli-reference.md](core-cli-reference.md) current when wizard pages or install flags change.
 
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ This product is a **desktop mod installer**, not a web agent host. Scores reflec
 
 | Tool layer | Examples |
 |------------|----------|
-| Atomic CLI verbs | `validate`, `install`, `convert`, `merge`, `holopatcher` |
+| Atomic CLI verbs | `validate`, `install`, `convert`, `merge`, `profile`, `settings`, `holopatcher` |
 | Composition | `install -d --concurrent --best-effort -y`; `convert --stdin --parse-directions` |
 | Scripts | Thin wrappers (`cli_validate.sh`, `run_headless_tests.sh`, `cli_full_build_pipeline.sh`) |
 
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ Agents can assemble workflows from:
 - `mod-builds` TOMLs / markdown guides at repo root
 - `modsync://` URLs for instruction fetch/handoff
 
-**Gaps:** No MCP tools inside the app; MCP wrappers in `scripts/agents/mcp_*.sh` are optional IDE tooling, not product features. Profile CRUD still requires GUI or direct JSON under `{settingsDir}/profiles/`.
+**Gaps:** No MCP tools inside the app; MCP wrappers in `scripts/agents/mcp_*.sh` are optional IDE tooling, not product features.
 
 ---
 
@@ -152,11 +153,10 @@ Files are the interface: instruction TOMLs, ingested drafts under `tmp/`, `tmp/k
 
 ## Top agent-native gaps (2026-07-17)
 
-1. **Profile CRUD** — save/activate/clone/rename/delete only via `ProfileManagerDialog` `[UI]`; no `profile` CLI verb (install can select an existing profile via `--profile`).
-2. **Download status / stop** — CLI can download; live progress and stop controls are `[UI]` only.
-3. **Widescreen + Aspyr flows** — K2 wizard-only pages; no CLI equivalent.
-4. **Managed dry-run / VFS validation parity** — deferred `[OPEN]` in [managed-deployment.md](managed-deployment.md); classic VFS validate does not fully model managed staging/deploy.
-5. **Validation presentation / machine output** — stage-card UX / copy-report / go-to-first-issue remain `[UI]`; no structured JSON validation report for agents.
+1. **Download status / stop** — CLI can download; live progress and stop controls are `[UI]` only.
+2. **Widescreen + Aspyr flows** — K2 wizard-only pages; no CLI equivalent.
+3. **Managed dry-run / VFS validation parity** — deferred `[OPEN]` in [managed-deployment.md](managed-deployment.md); classic VFS validate does not fully model managed staging/deploy.
+4. **Validation presentation / machine output** — stage-card UX / copy-report / go-to-first-issue remain `[UI]`; CLI supports `validate --output json` for structured reports.
 
 Honorable mentions: OS clipboard paste still `[UI]` (stdin/file ingest covers agents); `modsync://` Settings checkbox deferred.
 
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ Honorable mentions: OS clipboard paste still `[UI]` (stdin/file ingest covers ag
 2. **Tier 1:** Treat GUI-only flows as `[UI]` in plans; check [agent-action-parity.md](agent-action-parity.md) before assuming headless parity.
 3. **Tier 2:** When adding wizard steps, add a CLI or script path—or document the gap in the parity matrix.
 4. **Tier 2:** Close managed dry-run/VFS validation parity ([plan 004](../plans/2026-07-13-004-managed-deployment-validation-plan.md)).
-5. **Tier 3:** Optional: structured JSON validation output; CLI profile list/create/activate verbs.
+5. **Tier 3:** Optional: extend JSON validation schema with per-mod issue IDs.
 
 ## Strengths summary
 
diff --git a/docs/knowledgebase/core-cli-reference.md b/docs/knowledgebase/core-cli-reference.md
index 589b537f..1d40b771 100644
--- a/docs/knowledgebase/core-cli-reference.md
+++ b/docs/knowledgebase/core-cli-reference.md
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ Validate an instruction file. Structural checks work with `-i` alone; environmen
 | `--dry-run-only` | No | VFS dry-run only; skips per-component archive existence checks (requires game + source dirs) |
 | `--errors-only` | No | Suppress warnings/info |
 | `--ignore-errors` | No | Best-effort dependency order |
+| `--output` | No | Output format: `text` (default) or `json` (machine-readable report on stdout) |
 
 **Example:**
 
@@ -55,11 +56,15 @@ dotnet run --project src/ModSync.Core/ModSync.Core.csproj -f net9.0 -- \
 
 dotnet run --project src/ModSync.Core/ModSync.Core.csproj -f net9.0 -- \
   validate -i ./mod-builds/TOMLs/KOTOR1_Full.toml \
-  -g ./tmp/kotor_template -s ./tmp/mod_downloads --dry-run-only
+  -g ./tmp/kotor_template -s ./tmp/mod_downloads --dry-run-only --output json
 ```
 
 With an empty mod workspace, `--dry-run` runs archive checks first and often exits non-zero before VFS simulation. Use `--dry-run-only` when you want VFS structural validation without requiring archives on disk.
 
+**JSON output:** `--output json` writes a single JSON document to stdout (stages, counts, dry-run issues). Progress logs are suppressed so agents can parse stdout directly. Early failures (missing input file, missing dirs) also emit JSON with an `error` field.
+
+**Tests:** `dotnet test src/ModSync.Tests/ModSync.Tests.csproj --filter "FullyQualifiedName~ValidateCliJsonTests|FullyQualifiedName~ValidationPipelineJsonFormatterTests"`
+
 ---
 
 ### `install`
@@ -183,6 +188,68 @@ dotnet test src/ModSync.Tests/ModSync.Tests.csproj --filter "Name~AutoGenerateLo
 
 ---
 
+### `profile`
+
+Manage install profiles under `{settingsDir}/profiles/` via `ProfileService` (same storage as `ProfileManagerDialog`).
+
+| Flag | Required | Description |
+|------|----------|-------------|
+| `-a` / `--action` | Yes | `list`, `show`, `create`, `delete`, `activate`, `clone`, `rename` |
+| `-n` / `--name` | For create/delete/activate/show | Profile name |
+| `--from` | For clone/rename | Source profile name (or use `--name` as source) |
+| `--to` | For clone/rename | Target profile name |
+| `--settings-dir` | No | ModSync settings directory (default: platform AppData / `~/.config/ModSync`) |
+| `--json` | No | JSON output for `list` and `show` |
+
+**Examples:**
+
+```bash
+dotnet run --project src/ModSync.Core/ModSync.Core.csproj -f net9.0 -- \
+  profile --action create --name "K2 Full Build" --settings-dir ./tmp/modsync_settings
+
+dotnet run --project src/ModSync.Core/ModSync.Core.csproj -f net9.0 -- \
+  profile --action activate --name "K2 Full Build" --settings-dir ./tmp/modsync_settings
+
+dotnet run --project src/ModSync.Core/ModSync.Core.csproj -f net9.0 -- \
+  profile --action list --json --settings-dir ./tmp/modsync_settings
+```
+
+`activate` writes `activeProfileName` to `settings.json` (same field used by managed deploy). See [install-profiles.md](install-profiles.md).
+
+**Tests:** `dotnet test src/ModSync.Tests/ModSync.Tests.csproj --filter "FullyQualifiedName~ProfileCliTests"`
+
+---
+
+### `settings`
+
+Read or write keys in persisted `settings.json` (same file as the GUI `AppSettings` store). Merges into the existing JSON document without removing unrelated GUI-owned keys.
+
+| Flag | Required | Description |
+|------|----------|-------------|
+| `-a` / `--action` | Yes | `list`, `get`, or `set` |
+| `-k` / `--key` | For get/set | Setting key (camelCase JSON names, e.g. `sourcePath`, `managedDeploymentEnabled`) |
+| `--value` | For set | New value (`true`/`false`, numbers, JSON literals, or strings). Omit or pass empty to remove the key. |
+| `--settings-dir` | No | Settings directory (default: platform AppData / `~/.config/ModSync`) |
+| `--json` | No | JSON output for list/get/set |
+| `--reveal-secrets` | No | Include sensitive values such as `nexusModsApiKey` (default redacts to `***`) |
+
+**Examples:**
+
+```bash
+dotnet run --project src/ModSync.Core/ModSync.Core.csproj -f net9.0 -- \
+  settings --action list --json --settings-dir ./tmp/modsync_settings
+
+dotnet run --project src/ModSync.Core/ModSync.Core.csproj -f net9.0 -- \
+  settings --action set --key sourcePath --value ./tmp/mod_downloads --settings-dir ./tmp/modsync_settings
+
+dotnet run --project src/ModSync.Core/ModSync.Core.csproj -f net9.0 -- \
+  settings --action set --key managedDeploymentEnabled --value true --settings-dir ./tmp/modsync_settings
+```
+
+**Tests:** `dotnet test src/ModSync.Tests/ModSync.Tests.csproj --filter "FullyQualifiedName~SettingsCliTests"`
+
+---
+
 ### `set-nexus-api-key`
 
 Store and optionally validate a Nexus Mods API key.
diff --git a/docs/knowledgebase/install-profiles.md b/docs/knowledgebase/install-profiles.md
index 5584baa7..91d2373d 100644
--- a/docs/knowledgebase/install-profiles.md
+++ b/docs/knowledgebase/install-profiles.md
@@ -31,6 +31,23 @@ directories into the existing static `MainConfig` via its instance accessors
 untouched. The stored `InstructionFilePath` is informational; activation does not
 auto-load the instruction file.
 
+## CLI
+
+Headless agents use the `profile` verb on `ModBuildConverter` (same `ProfileService` storage as the GUI):
+
+```bash
+dotnet run --project src/ModSync.Core/ModSync.Core.csproj -f net9.0 -- \
+  profile --action list --settings-dir ./tmp/modsync_settings
+
+dotnet run --project src/ModSync.Core/ModSync.Core.csproj -f net9.0 -- \
+  profile --action create --name "My Build" --settings-dir ./tmp/modsync_settings
+
+dotnet run --project src/ModSync.Core/ModSync.Core.csproj -f net9.0 -- \
+  profile --action activate --name "My Build" --settings-dir ./tmp/modsync_settings
+```
+
+Actions: `list`, `show`, `create`, `delete`, `activate`, `clone`, `rename`. Use `--json` on `list`/`show` for machine-readable output. See [core-cli-reference.md](core-cli-reference.md).
+
 ## GUI
 
 `src/ModSync.GUI/Dialogs/ProfileManagerDialog.axaml(.cs)` lists profiles with
@@ -50,6 +67,9 @@ the global context menu.
 capture/apply against real `ModComponent` instances and `MainConfig` (statics saved and
 restored per test), filename sanitization, corrupt-file skipping.
 
+`src/ModSync.Tests/ProfileCliTests.cs`: CLI `profile` verb create/delete/activate/clone/rename.
+
 ```bash
 dotnet test src/ModSync.Tests/ModSync.Tests.csproj --filter "FullyQualifiedName~ProfileService"
+dotnet test src/ModSync.Tests/ModSync.Tests.csproj --filter "FullyQualifiedName~ProfileCliTests"
 ```
diff --git a/docs/knowledgebase/kotor1-full-build-canonical-guide.md b/docs/knowledgebase/kotor1-full-build-canonical-guide.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5c50bd56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/knowledgebase/kotor1-full-build-canonical-guide.md
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+# KOTOR 1 Full Mod Build — Canonical Install Guide (kotor.neocities.org)
+
+**Source:** https://kotor.neocities.org/modding/mod_builds/k1/full (fetched 2026-07-30)
+
+This is the authoritative, human-authored install guide the `mod-builds` GitHub repo's own
+README explicitly defers to ("PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE WEBSITE"). It is more
+precise than the automated `KOTOR1_Full.toml` for per-mod manual steps (specific file
+deletions, folder/option selection, overwrite requirements) and should be treated as the
+source of truth when it and the automated instruction file disagree. Any automated
+--best-effort install should be audited against this doc, not the other way around.
+
+## Pre-Installation Requirements
+
+- Fresh game install (perform a "zeroing step": uninstall, delete all remaining files, reinstall)
+- Game directory and subfolders must NOT be read-only
+- Single KOTOR installation only
+- Use WinRAR or 7zip (not Windows built-in extractor)
+- Extract all archives before running installers
+- Extract each installer mod to a separate folder
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+1. Create free accounts on both DeadlyStream and Nexus Mods (DeadlyStream rate-limits anonymous downloads; Nexus does not permit downloads at all without an account).
+2. Select your language before installing — cannot be changed afterward without overwriting many downloaded mod files.
+
+## Installation Rules (in order of importance)
+
+1. Install mods in the **exact order presented** — reordering causes significant bugs.
+2. Overwrite files when prompted — the order is tailored so overwrites resolve compatibility correctly.
+3. Do **not** use Vortex Mod Manager or Steam Workshop with KOTOR mods — both have trouble functioning correctly.
+4. Follow special installation instructions from both this guide and individual mod creators.
+5. Track "master" mods — some mods depend on others; the master cannot be removed if you want the dependent mod.
+6. Don't continue old saves unless using only texture files (no `.2da` filetypes).
+7. Identify external/prerequisite mods beforehand — some have mid-list insertion points.
+8. Monitor mod tiers for context on importance.
+9. Check OS compatibility notes if not on Windows.
+10. Avoid readme spoilers.
+
+## Environment notes relevant to this (Linux) install
+
+- **Linux users: batch-lowercase mod files before and after installation.** KOTOR's engine expects case-insensitive matching that Windows filesystems provide for free; Linux filesystems are case-sensitive, so mixed-case filenames from Windows-authored mods can silently fail to be found unless lowercased.
+- **Mac/Linux: "Unique Sith Governor" (mod #63) causes crashes — consider skipping.**
+- Multi-monitor: disable secondary monitors during TSLPatcher/HoloPatcher installs.
+- AMD: update drivers; rollback if crashes persist.
+- Steam Deck: "Vision Enhancement" (mod #118) is incompatible — skip it.
+
+## Complete mod list, in required install order, with special instructions
+
+1. **KOTOR Dialogue Fixes** (Tier 1) — Loose-File. Move chosen `dialog.tlk` to the main game directory (where the .exe is), **NOT** Override.
+2. **Character Startup Changes + Patch** (Tier 2) — TSLPatcher + Loose-File Patch. Install the patch *after* the main mod to enable feat selection.
+3. **Thematic KOTOR Companions** (Tier 2) — TSLPatcher. No master dependency.
+4. **JC's Minor Fixes** (Tier 2) — Loose-File. Move files from "Straight Fixes," "Resolution Fixes," "Aesthetic Improvements," and "Things what bother me" folders to Override. **Skip:** `N_AdmrlSaulKar.mdl/.mdx`, `N_SithComF.mdl/.mdx`, `N_SithComM.mdl/.mdx`, all "MAN26" and "plc_kiosk" files, and the entire Bugfix folder.
+5. **Ajunta Pall Appearance + Patch** (Tier 2) — TSLPatcher patch **first**, then Loose-File mod. Only use Transparent/Non-Transparent folders from the main file; optionally add the Sith eyes subfolder. Do not move files from the main mod's root.
+6. **KOTOR Community Patch + Patch** (Tier 1) — HoloPatcher + Loose-File Patch. Run HoloPatcher installer, then move patch files to Override.
+7. **Droid Claw Fix** (Tier 3) — TSLPatcher. Note: significant difficulty increase in some areas.
+8. **K1 Ported Alien VO Replacements** (Tier 3) — HoloPatcher. Install main mod, then re-run patcher and select the K1CP compatibility option.
+9. **Ultimate Korriban High Resolution + Patch** (Tier 2) — Loose-File, `.tpc` variant only. Ignore the Kexikus skyboxes requirement notice.
+10. **Ultimate Kashyyyk High Resolution** (Tier 2) — Loose-File, `.tpc` variant only.
+11. **Ultimate Tatooine High Resolution** (Tier 2) — Loose-File, `.tpc` variant only.
+12. **Ultimate Dantooine High Resolution** (Tier 2) — Loose-File, `.tpc` variant only.
+13. **Ultimate Endar Spire/Star Forge/Yavin Station** (Tier 2) — Loose-File, `.tpc` variant only (covers three areas).
+14. **Ultimate Manaan High Resolution** (Tier 2) — Loose-File, `.tpc` variant only.
+15. **Ultimate Taris High Resolution** (Tier 2) — Loose-File, `.tpc` variant only. **Delete `LSI_win01.tpc` and `LSI_box01.tpc` BEFORE moving to Override.** Visual bugs confirmed without Quanon's Taris Retexture (installed later, #92).
+16. **Ultimate Character Overhaul** (Tier 2) — Loose-File, `.tpc` file, 2x version recommended. **Ignore all patches for now — install later** (see #81's relationship and any later patch entries).
+17. **Ultimate Unknown World High Resolution** (Tier 2) — Loose-File, `.tpc` variant only. Delete `LUN_blst01.tpc` and `LUN_blst02.tpc` before moving to Override.
+18. **Korriban Sith Art** (Tier 2) — Loose-File. Download and install both files.
+19. **Deadeye Duncan on Manaan** (Tier 3) — Loose-File.
+20. **Consistent Conditioning Icons** (Tier 4) — Loose-File.
+21. **HD Pazaak Cards** (Tier 3) — Loose-File. Optional: move "green" folder files for K2-style specialty cards.
+22. **HD PC Portraits** (Tier 3) — Loose-File.
+23. **PMHA05 HD** (Tier 3) — Loose-File.
+24. **PMHA02 HD** (Tier 3) — Loose-File.
+25. **PMHA01 HD** (Tier 3) — Loose-File.
+26. **PFHC05 HD** (Tier 2) — Loose-File.
+27. **PFHB02 Dark Side Transition Eye Fix** (Tier 2) — Loose-File. Recommend the upscale option.
+28. **High-Poly Grenades** (Tier 4) — Loose-File.
+29. **HD Gizka** (Tier 4) — Loose-File. Move files from the Creatures folder only; skip readme/.jpg preview.
+30. **Gammorean Reskin Pack** (Tier 2) — Loose-File.
+31. **War Droid Mk 1 HD** (Tier 2) — Loose-File.
+32. **AstromechHD** (Tier 3) — Loose-File.
+33. **HD Realistic Jawas** (Tier 3) — Loose-File.
+34. **HD Realistic Sand People + Patch** (Tier 3) — Loose-File, `.tga` filetype version (not `.tpc`).
+35. **K1 Better Twi'lek Male Heads** (Tier 3) — HoloPatcher. Choose slim or original necks.
+36. **HD Twi'lek Females** (Tier 2) — Loose-File. Only `hd_twilek_female.rar`; ignore other versions (older mod version, fewer head changes than current screenshots).
+37. **Thigh-High Boots for Twi'lek** (Tier 2) — Loose-File. From the NPC Replacement folder, move the six files (not the optional folder) to Override.
+38. **Shaleena/Lashowe Mouth Adjustment** (Tier 3) — Loose-File.
+39. **Calo Nord Recolor** (Tier 3) — Loose-File.
+40. **HD Darth Malak** (Tier 2) — Loose-File. Do NOT download the `.tga` file. If using CineMalak (#41, recommended), select the Malak (Red Eyes) or (Blue Eyes) folder textures; ignore `N_DarthMalak01.tga` unless skipping CineMalak.
+41. **CineMalak - HD Malak Retexture** (Tier 2) — Loose-File. Move the loose `N_DarthMalak01.tga` directly to Override.
+42. **Detran's Darth Revan** (Tier 2) — Loose-File. Copy the file, rename the duplicate to `PMBJ01.tga`, move all files to Override.
+43. **Darth Bandon HD** (Tier 2) — Loose-File.
+44. **HD Vrook** (Tier 2) — Loose-File.
+45. **Random HD UI Elements** (Tier 3) — Loose-File. Download "random UI elements" only; skip the optional T3-M4 request.
+46. **HD NPC Portraits** (Tier 3) — Loose-File. V2 option only; ignore V1 Looks.
+47. **NPC Clothing M** (Tier 2) — Loose-File. Master: K1 Community Patch. Ignore `txi.rar`. Delete `n_commm07.tga` and `N_CommMD01.tga`. Delete `N_CommM08.tga`, duplicate `N_CommM0801`, rename the duplicate to `N_CommM08.tga`, move all files to Override.
+48. **Juhani Appearance Overhaul + Patch** (Tier 2) — TSLPatcher + Patch. "Body & Lightsaber" version only — do NOT use head changes. Install the patch after to fix a lightsaber-disappearance bug. (Head model is replaced by #49.)
+49. **Juhani Real Cathar Head** (Tier 2) — Loose-File.
+50. **Korriban: Back in Black** (Tier 2) — TSLPatcher. Install the K1CP-compatible option. Optional: re-run patcher for alternate Master Uthar/Yuthura Ban outfits.
+51. **Cloaked Jedi Robes** (Tier 2) — TSLPatcher. Use screenshots to choose robe style; "Brown-Red-Blue Alternative" strongly recommended.
+52. **JC's Jedi Tailor** (Tier 4) — TSLPatcher. Non-English: NO. If using Cloaked Jedi Robes' 100% Brown option, install the 100% Brown compatibility patch after.
+53. **Robes with Shadows for K1** (Tier 2) — Loose-File. Master: Cloaked Jedi Robes. Move files from the "Jedi Robes Override" folder only.
+54. **Qel-Droma Robes Reskin** (Tier 2) — Loose-File. Master: JC's Cloaked Jedi Robes.
+55. **Quanon's HK-47** (Tier 2) — Loose-File. Delete `PO_phk47.tga` before moving other files to Override.
+56. **PLC_Sign** (Tier 3) — Loose-File.
+57. **Kiosk HD + Patch** (Tier 3) — Loose-File. Use the "Kiosk HD 15.03.2024" version.
+58. **PLC_Desk** (Tier 3) — Loose-File.
+59. **LTS_EscapePod HD** (Tier 3) — Loose-File.
+60. **HD Non-Game Weapons** (Tier 2) — Loose-File.
+61. **K2 Swoops to K1** (Tier 3) — HoloPatcher.
+62. **Stunbaton HD** (Tier 2) — Loose-File. "Stun baton HD" file only (skip "stunbaton 2025" unless preferring the non-vanilla icon).
+63. **Unique Sith Governor** (Tier 3) — HoloPatcher. **WARNING: known crashes on macOS and possibly Linux — consider skipping on this platform.**
+64. **Ithorians HD** (Tier 2) — Loose-File. Choose base or Vurt retexture.
+65. **Duros HD** (Tier 2) — Loose-File.
+66. **Quaren HD** (Tier 2) — Loose-File. Master: K1CP (not strictly JC's Dense Aliens as the mod page states).
+67. **Davik HD** (Tier 2) — Loose-File.
+68. **Doctors HD** (Tier 2) — Loose-File.
+69. **Kebla Yurt HD** (Tier 2) — Loose-File. Delete `N_CommF02.tga` & `.txi` to preserve only face improvements (not clothing).
+70. **Deadeye Duncan HD** (Tier 2) — Loose-File.
+71. **N_oldAMH01 HD** (Tier 2) — Loose-File.
+72. **HD Astromech Droids** (Tier 2) — Loose-File. Delete `po_pt3m33.tga` before moving files to Override.
+73. **Protocol Droids HD** (Tier 2) — Loose-File.
+74. **Davik's Trophies** (Tier 3) — Loose-File.
+75. **HD Carth Onasi** (Tier 3) — Loose-File. "Carth Onasi (new clothes).rar" file (skip head/face changes). Delete `PO_pcarth3.tga` before moving other files to Override.
+76. **HD Canderous Ordo + Patch** (Tier 2) — Loose-File & Patch. 'new clothes' version only (not head/face) — remember the patch; head texture comes from #77.
+77. **Quanon's Canderous Ordo** (Tier 2) — Loose-File. Move ONLY `P_CandH01.tga` to Override (head only, not body).
+78. **Jolee Bindo HD** (Tier 2) — Loose-File.
+79. **Fen's Jolee** (Tier 2) — Loose-File. Default version only (not iconic recolor). Move ONLY `P_joleeh01.tga` and `P_joleeh01.txi` to Override.
+80. **Zaalbar HD** (Tier 2) — Loose-File. Standard version recommended (avoid "Vurt's KotOR Visual Resurgence"). Delete `po_pzaalbar3.tga` before moving to Override.
+81. **Sith Uniform Reformation Revised** (Tier 2) — TSLPatcher. Select the K1CP-compatible install option.
+82. **Stylized Portraits by Tinman888** (Tier 4) — Loose-File. Use the Lite version recommended. Do NOT install the PC folder unless wanting a Revan portrait override.
+83. **Star Map Revamp** (Tier 3) — Loose-File.
+84. **Background Ship Improvements** (Tier 3) — Loose-File. `hd_kt_400_military_droid_carrier_and_lethisk_class_armed_freighter.rar`.
+85. **Kebla Yurt Renovation** (Tier 3) — HoloPatcher.
+86. **Vurt's K1 Hi-Res Ebon Hawk Retexture** (Tier 2) — Loose-File. Copy `LDA_EHawk01`, rename the duplicate to `M36_EHawk01.tga`, move all files to Override.
+87. **Ultimate Ebon Hawk Repairs** (Tier 2) — Loose-File. Move "to override" files, then the "Animated Monitors" folder files (overwrite when prompted).
+88. **High Quality Cockpit Skyboxes** (Tier 2) — Loose-File. Select resolution based on performance; Medium recommended. Very large sizes risk save corruption.
+89. **Yavin Station Hangar** (Tier 4) — TSLPatcher & Loose-File with situational patches. Optional: re-run installer for a visible forcefield. If using HQ Cockpit Skyboxes: move matching-resolution folder files to Override, delete `ebo_yab/yaf/yal/yar/yat.tga`. If using Vurt's Ebon Hawk: download and apply the provided patch.
+90. **Ebon Hawk Cockpit Upgrade (LEH_Scre01)** (Tier 3) — Loose-File.
+91. **Ebon Hawk Cockpit Upgrade (LEH_Scre02)** (Tier 3) — Loose-File. Recommend the version without overlays.
+92. **Taris Reskin + Patch** (Tier 2) — Loose-File. Install ONLY Part 1 and Part 2 (skip Dantooine Estates and Sith Base modifications). Delete `LTS_Bsky01.tga`, `LTS_Bsky02.tga`, `LTS_sky0001.tga` through `LTS_SKY0005.tga` from Part 1 before moving to Override.
+93. **High Quality Starfields and Nebulas** (Tier 3) — Loose-File.
+94. **High Quality Skyboxes II + Patch** (Tier 2) — Loose-File. `HQSkyboxesII_K1.7z` only. Delete `m36aa_01_lm0` through `m36aa_01_lm2.tga` before moving to Override, then apply the patch.
+95. **Ebon Hawk Transparent Cockpit Windows for K1** (Tier 3) — Loose-File. Apply the main install, then relevant compatibility patches: K1CP Leviathan forcefield, HQ Skyboxes compat, Yavin Station Hangar (if using those mods).
+96. **Hi-Res Beam Effects** (Tier 2) — Loose-File.
+97. **HD Fire and Ice** (Tier 2) — Loose-File.
+98. **Animated Energy Shields** (Tier 2) — Loose-File.
+99. **Animated Cantina Sign** (Tier 3) — Loose-File.
+100. **Revamped FX** (Tier 3) — Loose-File. Alternative to HD Fire/Ice & Hi-Res Beam Effects (partial overlap) — can install with overwrite to keep non-overlapping additions. Recommend against included optional files.
+101. **Terminal Texture** (Tier 2) — Loose-File. Choose from 3 versions per preference.
+102. **RepTab HD** (Tier 3) — Loose-File.
+103. **Animated Swoop Monitors** (Tier 3) — Loose-File.
+104. **Loadscreens in Color** (Tier 3) — Loose-File.
+105. **New Lightsaber Blade Models** (Tier 1) — TSLPatcher. Use the standard install option only (others untested).
+106. **Darth Malak's Lightsaber** (Tier 1) — HoloPatcher.
+107. **Blaster Visual Effects** (Tier 3) — Loose-File. Move override folder files; optionally move yellow/green disruptor files from the optional folder after.
+108. **Wookiee Warblade Fix** (Tier 3) — Loose-File.
+109. **Kill the Czerka Jerk on Kashyyyk** (Tier 3) — TSLPatcher. Non-English: NO.
+110. **Korriban Academy Workbench** (Tier 3) — Loose-File.
+111. **Senni Vek Mod** (Tier 3) — HoloPatcher. Choose "Senni Vek's Ambush" (recommended) or "Senni Vek Restoration".
+112. **KOTOR 1 Twi'lek Male NPC Diversity** (Tier 3) — HoloPatcher. Optionally move upscaled textures. If using Better Twi'lek Males' original-necks option, move "Optional - Original Necks" folder files. If using Senni Vek Mod, re-run installer and select the compatibility patch.
+113. **Ixgil the Bith** (Tier 4) — TSLPatcher.
+114. **Hidden Bek Control Room Restoration** (Tier 4) — Loose-File.
+115. **Swoop Bike Upgrades** (Tier 4) — TSLPatcher.
+116. **Jedi Choice Dialogue Enhancement** (Tier 3) — Loose-File. Non-English: NO. Move ONLY `dan13_dorak.dlg`.
+117. **Juhani Dialogue Restoration** (Tier 2) — Loose-File.
+118. **Vision Enhancement** (Tier 3) — TSLPatcher. **WARNING: incompatible with Steam Deck (crashes).**
+119. **Leviathan Differentiated Dialogue** (Tier 3) — Loose-File. Non-English: NO.
+120. **Balanced Pazaak** (Tier 3) — Loose-File.
+121. **Ebon Hawk Camera Replacement** (Tier 1) — Loose-File.
+122. **Rebalanced Grenades** (Tier 2) — HoloPatcher.
+123. **Grenades and Mines HD** (Tier 3) — Loose-File. Master: High-Poly Grenades. Delete `ii_trapkit_001.tga` through `ii_trapkit_004.tga` before installing.
+124. **Random Turret Minigame Remover** (Tier 3) — Loose-File.
+125. **Trask Without Tutorials** (Tier 2) — TSLPatcher.
+126. **All Hands on Deck for the Leviathan Prison Break** (Tier 2) — TSLPatcher. Included optional file is compatible; use or skip as preferred.
+127. **Ain't No Air in Space** (Tier 4) — TSLPatcher.
+128. **Party Conversations on the Ebon Hawk** (Tier 1) — TSLPatcher. Use the K1CP-compatible install option.
+129. **Dark Sacrifice** (Tier 1) — TSLPatcher. Restores a cut Dark Side romance ending with Carth; optional in-playthrough choice.
+130. **Saber Throw Knockdown Effect** (Tier 2) — TSLPatcher.
+131. **Sunry Murder Recording Enhancement** (Tier 2) — TSLPatcher. Non-English: NO.
+132. **PC Dialogue with Davik's Slaves Change** (Tier 2) — TSLPatcher. Option 2 recommended (retains massage, adds DS points; also adds DS points for threatening).
+133. **Taris Rapid Transit** (Tier 3) — TSLPatcher. Non-English: NO. Full or Light version per preference.
+134. **Manaan Fast Travel System** (Tier 3) — HoloPatcher. Match language version if non-English.
+135. **Recruit T3-M4 Early** (Tier 2) — Loose-File. Non-English: NO.
+136. **Security Spikes for K1** (Tier 2) — TSLPatcher.
+
+## Installation statistics (per the guide)
+
+- Total pre-extracted filesize: ~7GB
+- Total extracted (excluding upscaled movies): ~14GB
+- Total with HD movies (1920x1080): ~25GB
+- Tier distribution: 8 Essential, 62 Recommended, 51 Suggested, 15 Optional
+- Method distribution: ~68 Loose-File, ~48 TSLPatcher, ~20 HoloPatcher
+
+## How this differs from / should correct the automated pipeline
+
+The merged `KOTOR1_Full.toml`/Markdown instruction set (189 resolved components after
+dependency expansion, vs. 136 top-level mods here) drives ModSync's `--best-effort`
+automated install. That automation does not necessarily encode every per-file deletion,
+folder-only selection, or "install later" ordering note above. When auditing or fixing a
+stuck/failed component, **check its entry in this guide first** — a mismatch here (wrong
+file variant downloaded, a deletion step not applied, wrong install-order position) is a
+more likely root cause than a bug in ModSync itself.
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+# Mod-Build Download Playbook (Living Doc)
+
+Practical, per-host procedures for automating the "click through and download" step of
+installing a `mod-builds` TOML/Markdown build (e.g. `KOTOR1_Full.toml`) without a human
+at the keyboard. This doc is meant to be appended to whenever a new quirk is discovered —
+add a dated note under the relevant host section rather than rewriting it.
+
+Tooling used: `claude-in-chrome` (Chrome browser automation, available as
+`mcp__claude-in-chrome__*` tools) for anything that needs a real browser session;
+FlareSolverr (`http://localhost:8191`) as a fallback cookie/session solver for
+Cloudflare-gated hosts when a full browser session is overkill; plain `curl`/`dotnet`
+for everything else. No ad hoc `.sh` files — every action is an inline command or an
+inline browser-automation call.
+
+**2026-07-30: `claude-in-chrome` was confirmed unavailable in this environment** (the
+Chrome extension reports "not connected" consistently — checked from both the parent
+session and this subagent, not a one-off). **Use `agent-browser` instead** — a real CLI
+browser automation tool already installed (`~/.cargo/bin/agent-browser`, Chrome-backed,
+confirmed working). Key commands: `agent-browser open <url>`, `click <sel>`,
+`download <sel> <path>`, `get title/url/text`, `screenshot <path>`, `snapshot -i`
+(accessibility tree of interactive elements — useful for finding what to click without
+a screenshot), `wait --load networkidle`. Commands chain with `&&` and the browser
+persists across separate CLI invocations (daemon-backed) — no per-call reconnect
+needed. Fully inline, no script files. Run `agent-browser --help` for the complete
+command reference.
+
+**HARD RULE: never attempt to solve, click through, or otherwise bypass a CAPTCHA or
+"verify you are human" challenge** (Cloudflare Turnstile checkbox, reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha,
+etc.), regardless of how automatable it looks with a real browser tool. This is a firm
+safety boundary, not a per-run judgment call. If a page under automation shows a visible
+CAPTCHA/Turnstile checkbox, **stop on that specific mod immediately** and log it as
+**blocked-pending-user-action** (distinct from a dead link or a premium-only file) —
+the user themselves would need to solve it in their own browser, or the mod build owner
+would need a Nexus API key to bypass the browser flow entirely via the official API. Do
+not retry the same CAPTCHA-gated URL hoping it resolves on its own the way DeadlyStream's
+JS-timing "One moment, please..." challenge does — a Turnstile checkbox is a genuine
+human-verification gate, not a timing challenge.
+
+## FlareSolverr
+
+- The real API is `POST http://localhost:8191/v1` with a JSON body, e.g.
+  `{"cmd":"sessions.list"}` or `{"cmd":"request.get","url":"...","maxTimeout":60000}`.
+  **A bare `GET /` returns 404 and is not a health check** — don't mistake that for
+  FlareSolverr being down.
+- `sessions.list` / `sessions.create` / `sessions.destroy` manage a persistent solved
+  session so repeated requests to the same Cloudflare-gated host don't re-solve the
+  challenge every time.
+- Confirmed running as of 2026-07-30, version `1.1.0-patchright` (it uses Patchright
+  under the hood, not vanilla Playwright — Patchright patches known headless-detection
+  fingerprints, which matters for hosts that fingerprint the browser rather than just
+  checking a JS challenge).
+
+## deadlystream.com (~180 of 189 mods — the bulk of the build)
+
+- Plain file/category pages return HTTP 200 to a bare `curl` — no blanket Cloudflare
+  wall on browsing. This means the prior run's near-total failure was **not** a bot-wall
+  problem across the board.
+- Actual attachment/download endpoints (typically
+  `.../applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=<n>` or a "Download this
+  file" button on the file page) may require an active forum session, a Referer header,
+  or simply have stale/renumbered ids in the TOML if the build is older than the current
+  site structure — treat each failure as "investigate this specific link," not "the host
+  is blocked."
+- **Recommended flow:** navigate to the file page with `claude-in-chrome`, find the
+  actual download control (button/link text varies — "Download this file", a version
+  entry, etc.), click it, and capture the resulting download. Only reach for
+  FlareSolverr-solved cookies + `curl` if the click-through proves unreliable for a
+  given file (e.g. Chrome tools time out repeatedly on the same URL).
+- **2026-07-30 (this run): the real failure mode found.** ModSync's own
+  `DeadlyStreamDownloadHandler` resolves ALL 168 DeadlyStream URLs in the build
+  essentially simultaneously when `--concurrent` is passed (or in a tight sequential
+  loop with no delay otherwise). Within the first ~30 seconds of hitting the site this
+  hard, DeadlyStream's edge (`159.89.148.93`) started serving a JS anti-bot challenge
+  page (`<title>One moment, please...</title>`, "Please wait while your request is
+  being verified...", an obfuscated fingerprint-check script) to the handler's
+  `HttpClient` — which cannot execute JS, so every single resolution failed with
+  "Could not extract csrfKey from page" / "No file attachments/download links found".
+  Within another ~2 minutes, the block escalated further: **the site became fully
+  unreachable at the TCP level** (`curl` connect times out after 15s with no response
+  at all, `HTTP 000`) — not just from this tool, but from a completely separate `curl`
+  process AND from FlareSolverr's own Patchright-driven browser (`page.goto: Timeout
+  30000ms exceeded`). This means it's a network/WAF-level block on this environment's
+  egress IP, not an application-layer bot-check, and it persisted for at least 20+
+  minutes after the burst (still blocked when re-tested at 11:33, ~18 min after the
+  process that caused it was killed at 11:21). **Do not re-run the installer's
+  `--concurrent` flag against DeadlyStream URLs again until connectivity is confirmed
+  recovered** (`curl -m 10 https://deadlystream.com/` returning something other than
+  `000`/timeout) — retrigger it and the block window likely resets. When it does
+  recover, use the installer WITHOUT `--concurrent` (or better, patch in a
+  several-hundred-ms delay between DeadlyStream requests) so it behaves like a human
+  browsing session instead of a scraper burst.
+- The prior run's "near-total failure" (the one this playbook's original write-up
+  described as "likely dead/renumbered attachment ids") was actually this same
+  self-inflicted rate-limit/block, not stale ids — the site structure looks intact
+  from the one debug HTML captured (a real IPS/Invision forum file page), it's just
+  that literally none of the requests got through before/during the block.
+- **2026-07-30 (root cause identified): Cloudflare WARP was the real culprit, not just
+  our request burst.** This machine runs `warp-cli` in full-tunnel `Mode: Warp` with
+  `Always On: true` — all outbound traffic (including the DeadlyStream requests above)
+  was egressing through Cloudflare's shared consumer WARP exit IP. That shared IP has
+  presumably accumulated a bad reputation from other WARP users' traffic, so
+  DeadlyStream's own protection (host-level firewall/WAF, not necessarily Cloudflare's
+  edge — the site's `curl -I` response shows plain `Server: Apache` with no `cf-ray`
+  header, so it may not even be Cloudflare-fronted) blocks that IP outright, and our
+  concurrent burst was enough to trip it. **Fix that actually restored access:**
+  ```
+  warp-cli tunnel host add deadlystream.com
+  warp-cli tunnel host add www.deadlystream.com
+  ```
+  This adds a split-tunnel exclusion so traffic to those two hostnames bypasses the WARP
+  tunnel entirely and goes out over the normal ISP connection, while WARP stays on
+  (`Always On: true`, other traffic unaffected) for everything else. Verified working
+  immediately after (`curl -m 10 https://deadlystream.com/` → `200`, ~1s response, no
+  further wait needed) — this was a WARP split-tunnel config issue, not a time-based
+  block that needed to "cool down." **If DeadlyStream (or any other host) starts
+  timing out at the TCP level again, check `warp-cli tunnel host list` first** and add
+  the host if it's missing, before assuming a fresh bot-block or waiting it out.
+  Still worth adding a small delay between DeadlyStream requests going forward (see
+  above) since the underlying site may have its own separate rate-limiting on top of
+  the now-resolved WARP IP-reputation issue.
+- Check `warp-cli tunnel host list` for the current exclusion list; `warp-cli status`
+  / `warp-cli settings` show whether WARP is even active in the current environment —
+  this may not apply on environments where WARP isn't installed/running.
+
+## nexusmods.com (23 mods)
+
+- Bare `curl` gets HTTP 403 (Cloudflare/bot-check) — needs a real browser context.
+- No `NEXUS_API_KEY` present in this environment, so the API-based direct-download
+  endpoint is not available; every Nexus mod goes through the free "Slow download"
+  button flow: open the mod's Files page, pick the right file/version, click
+  "Slow download," and the site holds a countdown timer (historically ~5s-ish, subject
+  to change) before revealing the actual download link/triggering the download.
+- Some files are premium-only with no free download path at all — if a file page shows
+  no free download option, log it in the progress doc as unobtainable-without-payment
+  rather than retrying indefinitely.
+- **2026-07-30: full working recipe found — Nexus IS obtainable without premium, without
+  API key, and without solving any CAPTCHA.** Screenshots for every step below are
+  saved in `docs/knowledgebase/nexus-flow-screenshots/` (numbered 01-09) — refer to them
+  directly rather than re-deriving selectors from scratch.
+
+  **Why earlier attempts failed:**
+  - `claude-in-chrome` was confirmed disconnected all session (extension never
+    connected) — irrelevant now that `agent-browser`/Patchright work, but don't waste
+    time retrying it first.
+  - The Nexus API's `download_link.json` endpoint (used automatically by
+    `NexusModsDownloadHandler.DownloadWithApiKey`) returns **HTTP 403 "You don't have
+    permission to get download links from the API without visiting nexusmods.com -
+    this is for premium users only"** for any non-premium account, even with a valid,
+    validated API key (confirmed directly against the real endpoint,
+    `is_premium:false` account). **An API key alone does not unlock free-tier Nexus
+    downloads via the CLI's automatic path — only Premium accounts can skip the
+    browser.** Free/Supporter-tier accounts must go through the manual browser flow
+    below every time.
+  - `agent-browser`'s default engine is literally Chrome-for-Testing running
+    **headless** — Cloudflare serves an actual interactive Turnstile "verify you are
+    human" checkbox to it (see `01-headless-turnstile-captcha-blocked.png`), which is a
+    hard stop (never solve/click through a CAPTCHA — see the hard rule above).
+  - Switching to **Patchright, headed** (not headless), with a **persistent
+    user-data-dir**, made the Turnstile disappear entirely on the mod page — real
+    headed Patchright reads as a normal browser to Cloudflare (`02-...png`). The
+    remaining wall at that point was Nexus's own **login requirement** ("You have to be
+    logged in to download files") — solved by the user logging in once, by hand, in
+    that visible window (never enter a password yourself — see the password rule under
+    Prohibited actions). The login persists in the profile directory afterward.
+  - The Nexus **login page itself** also showed a Cloudflare Turnstile "Verification
+    failed" widget under **headless** Chrome-for-Testing (same root cause) — another
+    data point that headless is what triggers Cloudflare here, not something specific
+    to one page.
+
+  **Launching a controllable, persistent, headed Patchright session** (do this once,
+  keep it running, reconnect via CDP for every subsequent action instead of relaunching
+  — relaunching each time is slow, pops a new window, and loses any in-page state):
+  ```python
+  # one-time launch, backgrounded (nohup ... & disown), NOT closed afterward:
+  from patchright.sync_api import sync_playwright
+  import time
+  with sync_playwright() as p:
+      ctx = p.chromium.launch_persistent_context(
+          user_data_dir='/home/<user>/.patchright-nexus-profile',  # persists login
+          headless=False,
+          viewport={'width': 1280, 'height': 900},  # advisory only — see gotcha below
+          accept_downloads=True,
+          args=['--remote-debugging-port=9333'],
+      )
+      page = ctx.pages[0] if ctx.pages else ctx.new_page()
+      page.goto('https://www.nexusmods.com/kotor/mods/<id>?tab=files')
+      time.sleep(3600)  # keep the context alive; do real work via CDP reconnects below
+  ```
+  Then, in every subsequent script:
+  ```python
+  from patchright.sync_api import sync_playwright
+  with sync_playwright() as p:
+      browser = p.chromium.connect_over_cdp("http://localhost:9333")
+      page = browser.contexts[0].pages[0]
+      # ... act on `page` ...
+      # DO NOT call browser.close() — see gotcha below
+  ```
+
+  **Gotchas that cost real time — read before automating this again:**
+  1. **`browser.close()` after `connect_over_cdp()` sends a real CDP `Browser.close`
+     and kills the actual browser process**, not just the client connection. It is not
+     a "disconnect." Never call it after reconnecting via CDP — just let the script
+     end and the WebSocket drop on its own.
+  2. **The requested `viewport` size is not honored when reconnecting via CDP to an
+     already-launched persistent context** — the real screenshot/coordinate space ends
+     up being whatever the actual OS window size is (observed: requested 1280×900, got
+     913×931). Always read the actual PNG dimensions
+     (`struct.unpack('>II', open(path,'rb').read(33)[16:24])`) before trusting pixel
+     coordinates from a screenshot — don't assume the requested viewport size.
+  3. **The "Manual download" confirmation modal's real button lives in what appears to
+     be a closed shadow root** (`<div id="next-shadow-root">` intercepts pointer
+     events; `get_by_role`/`get_by_text` cannot find it at all — a locator scoped to
+     "Manual download" only ever matches the *background* file-card buttons, never the
+     modal's, and clicking those does nothing useful because they're covered). The
+     working fix is a **raw coordinate click** (`page.mouse.click(x, y)`), reading the
+     click point directly off a screenshot — see `04-...png`/`06-...png`. Locator-based
+     `.first`/`.last`/`.nth()` on "Manual download" are unreliable once the modal is
+     open because the match count and DOM order don't correspond to visual stacking
+     order in any predictable way (observed count going from a real 3 matches down to
+     2, with `.last` resolving to a *background* button, not the modal's).
+  4. **The actual file download can auto-fire without another click** once you reach
+     the "Your download is starting... 5 second delay" screen (`09-...png`) — but the
+     event is easy to miss if you're not already listening via
+     `page.expect_download()`/`page.wait_for_event("download")` at the moment it
+     fires. If a wait for the event times out, **don't assume failure — check for a
+     "Download didn't start? Start download manually" link on the same page** and
+     click that (wrapped in `expect_download`) as the reliable fallback, rather than
+     reloading and restarting the whole multi-step flow from scratch.
+
+  **Full click sequence per mod file** (see screenshots 03→09 in order):
+  1. Navigate to `https://www.nexusmods.com/<game>/mods/<id>?tab=files`.
+  2. Click the file card's **"Manual download"** button (normal locator click works
+     for this one — it's not in the shadow root).
+  3. A "Download mod file" confirmation modal opens containing a second "Manual
+     download" button — **this one requires a coordinate click** (gotcha #3).
+  4. This navigates to a **Free vs. Premium** choice page
+     (`file_id=<n>` in the URL) — click the **"Slow download"** button (normal locator
+     click works here).
+  5. A **"Download this large file without losing progress"** dialog may appear for
+     files over ~500MB — choose **"Standard download"** (locator click works).
+  6. Lands on a **"Your download is starting"** page with a **5 second delay** and a
+     free-tier speed estimate — the actual download fires automatically; catch it with
+     `expect_download`/`wait_for_event`, falling back to the **"Start download
+     manually"** link (gotcha #4) if the event isn't caught in time.
+  7. `download.save_as('tmp/mod_downloads/<suggested_filename>')`. Note
+     `download.save_as()` blocks until the (throttled, ~1.5MB/s free-tier) download
+     fully completes — a 683MB file took several minutes; this is normal, not a hang.
+
+  All ~19-21 Nexus mod pages in this build (1192, 1209, 1282, 1360, 1364-1370, 1384,
+  1493, 1632, 1666, 1710, 1711, 66, 90) should be run through this same sequence now
+  that it's proven working — none of them need to be logged as blocked-pending-user-
+  action anymore, since the one genuinely user-only step (logging in) is already done
+  for this session's profile directory.
+
+## mega.nz (14 mods)
+
+- Requires a real browser: MEGA decrypts the file client-side in JS from the URL
+  fragment (the part after `#`), so `curl` alone can't produce a usable file even if it
+  gets a 200.
+- **Recommended flow:** navigate to the link with `claude-in-chrome`, wait for the page
+  to reach a "ready to download" state (it shows a spinner/progress while decrypting
+  metadata), then trigger the download button and capture the browser download event.
+- 2026-07-30: no dated notes yet — append after first MEGA batch.
+
+## github.com (3 mods)
+
+- Plain release assets — no browser needed. `curl -L <url> -o <dest>` (or
+  `gh release download` if the link is a repo rather than a direct asset URL) is
+  sufficient.
+
+## drive.google.com / pastebin / gamefront / misc (~5 mods)
+
+- Rare enough not to generalize. Handle each with a `claude-in-chrome` navigation and a
+  manual look at what the page actually offers (Drive files need the "Download anyway"
+  click-through for files without a virus scan; pastebin links are usually just
+  supplementary notes, not archives — check before treating a pastebin URL as a
+  download source at all).
+
+## Batch install pass — critical gotcha (2026-07-30)
+
+**Do not wrap the `install -d ...` command in a short external `timeout` (e.g. `timeout
+280 dotnet run ...`).** The CLI resolves/downloads ALL components in the instruction
+file (189 in the K1 full build) before it starts copying anything into `Override/` —
+it is not incremental per-mod. A `timeout 280` (or any timeout shorter than the full
+download pass takes) kills the process before it ever reaches the actual install step,
+so `Override/` stays empty no matter how many archives are already staged in
+`--source-dir`. Confirmed by watching `run5.log`: it was still mid-download on
+component ~170/189 when the external timeout fired.
+
+**Fix:** launch it as a genuinely long-lived background process with no external
+`timeout` — `nohup ... -- install ... -d --download-timeout-hours 72 < /dev/null >
+log.txt 2>&1 &` (redirect stdin from `/dev/null` explicitly; do not rely on `nohup`
+alone to detach stdin) — and let it run for however long it actually needs (can be
+30+ minutes for a build this size, longer if DeadlyStream/Nexus are slow). Check
+progress via the log tail and `find .../Override -type f | wc -l`, not by assuming a
+fixed duration.
+
+A separate, parallelizable option for downloading without triggering the install
+phase at all: `convert -i <toml> -o <discard.toml> -d --source-path <staging-dir>
+--non-interactive --fomod-skip` — this only downloads, never touches the game
+directory, so it's safe to run concurrently with other work (but NOT concurrently with
+another process downloading into the *same* staging directory — two writers to the
+same target filename can race/corrupt a partial file).
+
+Also observed: running `install` **without** `-d` (local-files-only, to fold an
+already-staged batch into Override without re-attempting network) got stuck
+indefinitely at "Starting installation..." with zero read-byte progress in
+`/proc/<pid>/io` for 3+ minutes (real hang, not slow disk — two samples 5s apart
+showed identical `rchar`). Root cause not fully isolated; workaround is to always run
+the combined `-d` form (already-staged files are recognized via
+`DownloadCacheService`/`FindBestMatchingFilenameAsync` pattern-matching against each
+component's instruction `Source` globs, so re-running with `-d` does not re-download
+files that already exist and pass matching — it's cheap to always include `-d`).
+
+## Git-based checkpoint system can make installs impractically slow on spinning/USB disks
+
+**2026-07-30:** `install` (without `--no-checkpoint`) creates a git repository inside
+the game directory and commits a full baseline snapshot before doing any real install
+work — logged as "Initializing Git-based checkpoint system..." / "Creating baseline
+checkpoint of game directory...". For a ~6.4GB KOTOR install on a slow external/USB
+drive, this measured at roughly **1 MB/s sustained write** (`/proc/<pid>/io` `wchar`
+delta sampled across 5s), i.e. **~1-2 hours just for the baseline checkpoint**, before
+any mod is actually copied into `Override/`. **The `--no-checkpoint` CLI flag does NOT
+currently work — confirmed by reading the source.**
+`src/ModSync.Core/CLI/ModBuildConverter.cs` declares a `NoCheckpoint` bool property on
+the install options, but nothing downstream ever reads it: grepping the whole
+`src/ModSync.Core` tree for `NoCheckpoint` turns up only that one declaration.
+`InstallCoordinator.LoadOrCreateSessionAsync` (`src/ModSync.Core/Installation/InstallCoordinator.cs`)
+unconditionally does `CheckpointService = new Services.GitCheckpointService(destinationPath.FullName)`
+and calls `InitializeAsync()` regardless of the flag. Passing `--no-checkpoint` had
+zero measurable effect in this run (re-verified: same "Initializing Git-based
+checkpoint system..." / slow-write behavior with or without the flag) — this is a
+real upstream bug, not a usage mistake, so don't waste a retry on it. **Current
+workaround: just budget the time.** It does eventually finish and then the real
+per-mod install work proceeds normally. Verify the checkpoint is actually the
+bottleneck (not a real hang) by sampling `wchar` in `/proc/<pid>/io` for the process a
+few seconds apart — if it's climbing, it's working, just slowly.
+
+## Cross-mirror filename false-positive match (ComponentValidationService)
+
+**2026-07-30:** When a component lists multiple alternate download URLs for
+*different, unrelated* mods that happen to share a name prefix, ModSync's
+`ComponentValidationService` can wrongly conclude a pattern is "satisfied by existing
+file with different extension or naming" when it isn't. Concretely: the component
+"Carth Onasi and Male PC Romance" (expects `Carth Onasi and Male PC Romance.7z`, an
+installer) was reported as satisfied because `Carth Onasi.rar` — a completely
+different mod (Vurt's character retexture) — already existed in the staging
+directory from an earlier, unrelated component. **Don't trust "Pattern satisfied by
+existing file with different extension or naming" log lines at face value** when two
+components share a name prefix; grep the staging directory for the *exact* expected
+filename from the component's `Directions`/`Source` field, and if it's not there,
+fetch it manually rather than assuming the fuzzy match was correct. Fixed in this run
+by downloading the real file directly from its DeadlyStream file page.
+
+## Stale install_session.json blocks retries even after the missing archive appears
+
+**2026-07-30:** `<gameDir>/.modsync/install_session.json` persists a per-component
+`State` (Pending/Running/Completed/Failed/Blocked/Skipped) **across separate `install`
+invocations**, independent of `--no-checkpoint` (that flag only affects the git
+checkpoint system — this is a different persistence mechanism, `CheckpointManager`).
+Once a component is marked `Blocked`/`Skipped` (because its archive wasn't in the
+staging directory at the time), **later runs skip it again immediately — logged as
+"Skipping 'X' (blocked by dependency)" — even after you've since downloaded the missing
+file into the staging directory.** This is misleading: the log message says "blocked by
+dependency" but the real cause is just a stale cached state, not an actual unmet
+dependency (verified by cross-referencing the same component's very first failure,
+which says "mod file(s) not in workspace"). **Fix: delete
+`<gameDir>/.modsync/install_session.json` before any install run where you've added
+new files to the staging directory since the last run** — this forces a full
+fresh re-evaluation of every component. Cost: a full re-run re-walks and
+re-hashes/extracts everything (confirmed component-idempotent — already-placed files
+get "already exists, skipping" — but the full pass through 189 components with the
+current staging directory size took **~80 minutes** on this environment's storage), so
+budget accordingly. This is a real gap in ModSync worth fixing upstream (state should
+be invalidated per-component when its previously-missing source file becomes
+available, not just globally never-rechecked), but the workaround unblocks progress in
+the meantime.
+
+## DeadlyStream: some files need a second "confirm" step beyond csrfKey
+
+**2026-07-30:** For roughly half the DeadlyStream files in this build, the
+`?do=download&csrfKey=...` request (see recipe below) does NOT return the file directly
+— it returns another HTML page containing a second link with extra params:
+`?do=download&r=<n>&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=<key>`. This is IPS/Invision's "large file /
+please confirm" interstitial. **Detect it by checking the response `Content-Type`
+header** (`text/html` means you got an interstitial, not a file) rather than assuming
+success from a 200 status. When that happens, grep the response body for
+`do=download[^"']*confirm=1[^"']*` (unescape `&amp;` to `&`), then issue that exact URL
+as a follow-up request with the same cookie jar and `Referer` — that one returns the
+real file. Confirmed working for `HD Realistic Sand People`, `High Quality Skyboxes
+II`, `Rebalanced Grenades`, and others; some files (`Darth Malak's Lightsaber`,
+`Republic Soldier Fix`) return the file directly on the first `csrfKey` request with no
+confirm step needed — always check both paths rather than assuming one or the other.
+This two-step flow is pure `curl`, no browser needed, and is generally reliable for
+DeadlyStream files that failed via ModSync's own `DeadlyStreamDownloadHandler` (which
+apparently doesn't implement this second confirm hop) — before concluding a
+"mod file(s) not in workspace" skip is a dead link, retry it manually with this
+two-step curl recipe first.
+
+## DeadlyStream download links need a real session, not a bare GET
+
+**2026-07-30:** A bare `curl <file-page-url>/?do=download&csrfKey=...` (no cookie jar,
+default curl UA) returns **HTTP 403** even when the file page itself (and the
+csrfKey extraction) succeeded — DeadlyStream's forum software (IPS/Invision) appears
+to require a real browser-like User-Agent plus a cookie jar carried over from the
+initial page GET, and a `Referer` header pointing back at the file page. Working
+pattern (plain `curl`, no browser needed):
+```
+curl -sL -c cookies.txt -b cookies.txt \
+  -A "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" \
+  "<file-page-url>" -o page.html
+csrf=$(grep -o 'do=download[^"]*csrfKey=[a-f0-9]*' page.html | head -1 | grep -o 'csrfKey=[a-f0-9]*' | cut -d= -f2)
+curl -sL -c cookies.txt -b cookies.txt \
+  -A "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/124.0 Safari/537.36" \
+  -e "<file-page-url>" \
+  "<file-page-url>?do=download&csrfKey=$csrf" -o output.7z
+```
+
+## Archive integrity check (apply to every downloaded file, any host)
+
+Before counting a download as successful:
+
+1. File exists and is non-trivially sized (a few KB floor; tune per known-small
+   legitimate mods rather than a single global number).
+2. For archive extensions (`.zip`, `.rar`, `.7z`): confirm it actually opens as that
+   archive type (`unzip -tq` for zip, `7z t` for 7z, **`unrar t` for rar — NOT `7z
+   t`**) rather than being an HTML error/login page saved under an archive extension.
+   The 2026-07-30 run's `Canderous Patch.rar` (104 bytes, recurred more than once across
+   retries — DeadlyStream appears to intermittently serve a truncated file for this
+   specific mod) is the canonical failure case this check catches — a real archive of
+   that size is implausible, and testing it (`unrar t`) reports "Cannot open the file
+   as archive".
+   - **2026-07-30: this environment's `7z` (7-Zip 26.02) has no RAR codec built in**
+     (standard for Linux 7-Zip builds — RAR support is a separate non-free codec).
+     Running `7z t some.rar` reports "Cannot open the file as archive" for EVERY
+     `.rar`, even perfectly valid ones — this is a false positive from the tool, not a
+     real integrity failure. Use `unrar t <file>.rar` instead (a real `/usr/bin/unrar`
+     was present in this environment); only trust `7z t`'s verdict for `.7z` files.
+   - Also: `file` misidentifies some valid mod `.zip` archives as "Microsoft OOXML"
+     (zip-based Office formats share the same magic bytes as plain zip). Don't reject
+     a `.zip` on `file`'s label alone — confirm with `unzip -tq` or `unzip -l`, which
+     correctly listed real contents for the one case seen (`KOTOR1-Republic-Soldier_v1.4.0.zip`).
+3. Only after passing both checks does the file get left in the staging directory for
+   the batch install pass to pick up.
+
+## Stale checkpoint state blocks retries even after files become available
+
+**2026-07-30:** `.modsync/install_session.json` (in the game directory) persists a
+per-component `InstallState` (`Pending`/`Running`/`Completed`/`Failed`/`Blocked`/`Skipped`).
+Once a component fails or gets marked `Blocked` (e.g. its archive wasn't staged yet at
+that time), **re-running `install` does not re-evaluate it** — the coordinator replays
+the cached state from this file and just logs "Skipping '<name>' (blocked by
+dependency)" every time, even after the missing file has since been downloaded. Confirmed:
+~36 components stuck this way across several re-runs despite their archives landing in
+`tmp/mod_downloads/`. Fix: delete (or reset the relevant entries in)
+`<game-dir>/.modsync/install_session.json` to force a fresh full re-evaluation, then
+re-run `install`. The `State` enum (`ModComponent.ComponentInstallState` in
+`src/ModSync.Core/ModComponent.cs`) maps `0=Pending 1=Running 2=Completed 3=Failed
+4=Blocked 5=Skipped` if you need to reset only specific components' `State` field to `0`
+rather than deleting the whole session (the latter forces the baseline checkpoint's
+per-component completion tracking, not the file checkpoint itself, to be redone — cheap
+compared to the 8GB+ git baseline, which is untouched).
+
+## Canonical instructions vs. the automated TOML
+
+**2026-07-30:** the `mod-builds` GitHub repo's own README defers to a **canonical,
+human-authored install guide** at https://kotor.neocities.org/modding/mod_builds/k1/full
+(saved in full at `docs/knowledgebase/kotor1-full-build-canonical-guide.md`) for exact
+per-mod install steps — specific file deletions, folder-only selections, and
+install-order/master-mod notes. **The merged instruction TOML does not always encode
+these precisely.** Spot-checking found it inconsistent: some components (e.g. "Taris
+Reskin") correctly encode the guide's exact multi-file deletion list; others (e.g.
+"Ultimate Taris High Resolution", "NPC Clothing M") only have a blanket Extract+Move
+with no Delete/rename step the guide requires, leaving extra files in Override that
+cause guide-documented visual bugs. When a component's behavior looks "successful" but
+seems off, **check its entry in the canonical guide before assuming a ModSync bug** —
+the automation may just be faithfully executing an incomplete instruction. A full
+line-by-line audit of all 136 top-level mods against the guide has not been done; treat
+this as a known gap for a future pass, not a solved problem.
+
+## Real ModSync bug: merge step corrupts a duplicate dependency GUID into a phantom one
+
+**2026-07-30:** "Ultimate Character Overhaul Patches" permanently failed its dependency
+check every run, even after a full checkpoint reset ruled out staleness. Root cause: in
+the **source** `mod-builds/TOMLs/KOTOR1_Full.toml`, this component's `Dependencies` list
+is `["63cf4877-...", "eff1eb51-...", "63cf4877-..."]` — the third entry is a harmless
+duplicate of the first. In the **merged** `tmp/KOTOR1_Full_merged.toml` produced by
+ModSync's own merge step, that third entry becomes `"92c3a209-055c-4061-8af9-7a040f597597"`
+— a GUID that does not correspond to any component anywhere in the merged file. This is
+a genuine bug in `src/ModSync.Core/Services/ComponentMergeService.cs`, likely around the
+`HashSet<Guid>` dependency-dedup logic (~line 757) interacting with `Guid.NewGuid()`
+generation elsewhere in the same file (~line 979) — plausibly the dedup path
+mishandles an exact duplicate and falls through to a fresh-GUID-generation branch meant
+for genuinely new/unmatched entries. **Not yet fixed in the C# source** — worked around
+for this install by editing the merged TOML directly (removed the phantom third entry).
+If this recurs on a re-merge, re-apply the same fix or dig into `ComponentMergeService.cs`
+directly; this is worth a proper source-level fix in a follow-up session since silent
+dependency corruption could affect other duplicate-GUID cases in any build.
+
+## The install command must be allowed to run to completion, uninterrupted
+
+**2026-07-30: do not wrap the `install` command in a short external `timeout`.**
+Six consecutive install invocations against the full 189-component `KOTOR1_Full`
+build each ran under an external `timeout 280` (~4.7 minutes) and were killed before
+`Override/` ever received a single file, despite `tmp/mod_downloads/` correctly
+accumulating 120+ verified archives across those same runs. The CLI's `install -d`
+appears to resolve/attempt every component's download before it reaches the actual
+copy-into-`Override` step — it is not incremental per mod within a single invocation.
+A 280s external timeout guarantees the process is killed mid-resolution on a
+189-component build long before it would reach that step, no matter how much is
+already staged. **Run the install command as a genuinely long-lived process with no
+short external timeout** (the command already carries its own
+`--download-timeout-hours 72` internal budget) — either a real background process or
+an external timeout measured in hours, not minutes. Confirm progress by watching for
+the log to actually reach a copy/extract/install stage, not just download-resolution
+lines for individual components.
+
+## nexusmods.com / gamefront.com: CLI auto-download hard-fails, needs a manual drop-in
+
+Confirmed from a full run's log: Nexus Mods returns HTTP 401 via the CLI's own
+`HttpClient` path ("Free downloads from Nexus Mods require manual interaction...
+provide an API key"), and GameFront fails with "requires manual interaction... JS
+countdown timers and anti-bot protection." Neither can be fetched by the CLI's
+automatic downloader at all — this isn't a transient failure to retry. For both, the
+working path is: download via `claude-in-chrome` (per the host sections above), then
+place the resulting archive into the staging directory under whatever filename
+convention `DownloadCacheService`/`InstallationService` uses to recognize a component's
+file as already present (check `src/ModSync.Core/Services/Download/` and
+`src/ModSync.Core/Services/InstallationService.cs` for the exact matching logic if the
+naming isn't obvious from the component's own `Filename`/`Destination` field) — once
+recognized as present, the CLI skips the failing auto-download path for that component
+entirely.
+
+## Batch install pass (once a batch of verified archives is staged)
+
+```
+dotnet run --project src/ModSync.Core/ModSync.Core.csproj -f net9.0 --no-build -- \
+  install -i <merged-toml> -g <real-game-dir> -s <staging-dir> \
+  -d --concurrent --best-effort --skip-validation --download-timeout-hours 72
+```
+
+Run this after each meaningful batch of new downloads rather than one mod at a time —
+downloading is the slow part, installing is fast and idempotent under `--best-effort`.
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+---
+name: kotor1-full-modinstall-automated
+description: Automated installation of KOTOR 1 Full mod build (~150 mods) to /run/media/brunner56/MyBook/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/swkotor/
+metadata:
+  type: project
+  status: in-progress
+  created: 2026-07-30T10:43Z
+  target_directory: /run/media/brunner56/MyBook/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/swkotor/
+---
+
+# KOTOR 1 Full Mod Build — Automated Installation Plan
+
+**Target Directory**: `/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/swkotor/`  
+**Status**: In Progress — Orchestration Agent Active  
+**Last Updated**: 2026-07-30 10:43 CDT
+
+---
+
+## Summary
+
+Automate end-to-end installation of the KOTOR 1 Full mod build from https://github.com/KOTOR-Community-Portal/mod-builds. The build comprises ~150 mods across 4 installation tiers with complex interdependencies, sourced primarily from DeadlyStream (120 mods) with 5 from Nexus Mods. Agent will discover, download, and install all mods with dependency ordering, prerequisite handling, and autonomous configuration choices. No user prompts at any stage.
+
+---
+
+## Problem Frame
+
+KOTOR 1 community has a mature, well-curated mod build (KOTOR Community Portal's mod-builds repo) but installation is manual, requiring:
+- Navigation of 150+ mod files across multiple sources (DeadlyStream, Nexus Mods, direct downloads)
+- Strict dependency ordering (30+ mod interdependencies)
+- File-level conflict resolution (texture replacements, prerequisite checks)
+- Configuration choices for graphics/gameplay variants
+- Platform-specific handling (Windows multi-monitor, macOS/Linux compatibility)
+
+**Goal**: Fully automated installation without user intervention, with intelligent choice-making and error recovery.
+
+---
+
+## Source Material
+
+**Repository**: https://github.com/KOTOR-Community-Portal/mod-builds  
+**Instruction Format**: Markdown (not TOML)  
+**KOTOR 1 Full Instructions**: `/content/k1/full.md` (~156 KB)  
+**Backup Workflow References**: `scripts/cleaner.bat`, `cleanlist_k1.txt` (mod deduplication, cleanup helpers)
+
+---
+
+## Key Findings (from Research Agent)
+
+### Mod Distribution by Source
+- **DeadlyStream**: ~120 mods (deadlystream.com)
+- **Nexus Mods**: 5 mods (IDs: 1367, 1365, 1364, 10, 90, 1209, 1666, 1192)
+- **Direct Downloads**: 3–5 mods (Mega, GameFront)
+- **GitHub/Other**: Minimal
+
+### Installation Tiers (Sequential Order)
+| Phase | Category | Mods | Purpose |
+|-------|----------|------|---------|
+| Tier 1 | Essential Bugfixes | ~10 | KOTOR Community Patch (K1CP), dialogue/gameplay fixes |
+| Tier 2A | Mechanics & Graphics | ~30 | Ultimate texture series (Taris, Kashyyyk, Tatooine, Unknown), gameplay changes |
+| Tier 2B | Graphics (NPC/Char) | ~40 | Portraits, appearance overhauls, HD character textures |
+| Tier 2C | Environment & Effects | ~30 | Ebon Hawk, skyboxes, UI, effects |
+| Tier 2D | Content Restoration | ~20 | Dialogue restoration, side quests, restored content |
+| Tier 3–4 | QoL & Balance | ~20 | Transit systems, minigame fixes, balance adjustments |
+
+### Critical Master Mods (Install First)
+1. **KOTOR Community Patch (K1CP)** — Required by 5+ downstream mods
+2. **Cloaked Jedi Robes** — Prerequisite for Qel-Droma Reskin, JC's Jedi Tailor, Robes with Shadows
+3. **High-Poly Grenades** — Required for HD Grenades & Mines
+4. **Better Twi'lek Heads** — Required for Male Twi'lek Diversity compatibility
+5. **HQ Skyboxes II** & **HQ Cockpit Skyboxes** — Required for Ebon Hawk Transparent Cockpit patches
+
+### Installation Methods
+- **Loose-file** (~40 mods): Direct copy to Override folder
+- **TSLPatcher** (~80 mods): Executable installers; multi-monitor issues on Windows
+- **HoloPatcher** (~20 mods): Newer standard; similar to TSLPatcher
+- **Special** (~10 mods): File deletion, duplication, single-file extraction
+
+### Pre-Installation File Operations
+**Deletions** (prevent texture conflicts):
+- Ultimate Taris: `LSI_win01.tpc`, `LSI_box01.tpc`
+- Ultimate Unknown World: `LUN_blst01.tpc`, `LUN_blst02.tpc`
+- Taris Reskin: 5 sky textures
+- HQ Skyboxes II: `m36aa_01_lm0-2.tga`
+- Male NPC Clothing: 3 files
+- HD Grenades: `ii_trapkit_001-004.tga`
+
+**Duplications**:
+- Vurt's Hi-Res Ebon Hawk: `LDA_EHawk01` → `M36_EHawk01.tga`
+- Detran's Darth Revan: create `PMBJ01.tga` copy
+
+**Single-File Installs** (extract specific files only):
+- Quanon's Canderous: `P_CandH01.tga`
+- Fen's Jolee: head texture + `.txi`
+- Robes with Shadows: Jedi Robes folder
+
+### User Configuration Choices (Autonomous Defaults)
+**Graphics/Appearance** (default: "install more"):
+- KOTOR Dialogue Fixes → Bugfixes + PC Response Moderation (more features)
+- Cloaked Jedi Robes → Brown-Red-Blue Alternative (recommended in guide)
+- HD Twi'lek Females → Specific file variant
+- HD Darth Malak → Red Eyes (more dramatic)
+- Ithorians HD → Vurt retexture (more detailed)
+- HD Skyboxes II → Medium texture size (recommended)
+- Terminal Texture → Aesthetic variant chosen arbitrarily
+- Stylized Portraits → Lite version (balance quality/consistency)
+- Better Twi'lek Heads → Slim neck variant (refined look)
+
+**Gameplay** (default: more features):
+- Davik Slave Change → Option 1 (remove, cleaner)
+- Senni Vek Mod → Restoration variant (more content)
+- Taris Rapid Transit → Full version (more features)
+
+**Exclusions** (skip problematic mods):
+- Vision Enhancement (Steam Deck incompatible)
+- Unique Sith Governor (crashes on macOS/Linux)
+
+---
+
+## Execution Plan
+
+### U1. Agent Setup & Environment Validation
+
+**Goal**: Verify tools, dependencies, and target directory state
+
+**Approach**:
+- Load browser automation (Claude in Chrome) tools
+- Verify Flaresolverr availability at http://localhost:8191
+- Validate target KOTOR directory exists and is accessible
+- Create staging directory for downloads (`/tmp/kotor_mod_staging` or similar)
+- Document baseline state (existing mod counts, file structure)
+
+**Execution**: Start immediately  
+**Status**: Pending
+
+---
+
+### U2. Discover & Parse Mod-Builds Repository
+
+**Goal**: Extract complete mod list, sources, dependencies, and installation instructions from `full.md`
+
+**Approach**:
+- Clone or fetch https://github.com/KOTOR-Community-Portal/mod-builds
+- Parse `/content/k1/full.md` into structured format (mod name, source, tier, method, dependencies, prerequisites)
+- Extract user configuration points and assign autonomous choices
+- Build dependency graph (prerequisites, file deletions, single-file extractions)
+- Identify all mod sources (DeadlyStream URLs, Nexus mod IDs, direct URLs)
+
+**Execution**: Parallel with browser setup  
+**Status**: Pending
+
+---
+
+### U3. Download All Mods
+
+**Goal**: Fetch all ~150 mods from their sources without user interaction
+
+**Approach**:
+- For each mod in install order:
+  - **DeadlyStream**: Navigate to mod page, extract download link, use browser to fetch
+  - **Nexus Mods**: Use Nexus API or direct download (Flaresolverr for CloudFlare bypass if needed)
+  - **Direct URLs**: Fetch via browser
+  - Save to staging directory with organized folder structure (by tier)
+  - Log download success/failure for each mod
+
+**Execution Challenges**:
+- Nexus Mods may require session/API key — use Flaresolverr bypass or detect login requirement
+- CloudFlare protection on some sources — Flaresolverr fallback
+- Mod page parsing — dynamic content or login walls handled via browser automation
+
+**Status**: Pending
+
+---
+
+### U4. Pre-Process Mod Files
+
+**Goal**: Extract archives, handle single-file selections, apply deletions
+
+**Approach**:
+- For each downloaded mod:
+  - Detect archive type (ZIP, 7z, RAR, etc.)
+  - Extract to mod-specific folder in staging
+  - For single-file installs (e.g., Quanon's Canderous):
+    - Extract only the specified texture file from the mod's archive
+    - Stage that file for direct copy to Override
+  - For mods with file deletion requirements:
+    - Flag files to be deleted before installation (log these for verification)
+  - Create installation manifest for each mod (source files, target paths, operations)
+
+**Status**: Pending
+
+---
+
+### U5. Install Mods in Dependency Order (Tier by Tier)
+
+**Goal**: Apply all mods to KOTOR game directory in correct order
+
+**Approach**:
+- **Tier 1 (K1CP + essentials)**: Install first (foundation for downstream mods)
+  - Copy K1CP loose files to Override
+  - Run any TSLPatcher/HoloPatcher installers
+- **Apply Pre-Deletion List**: Remove texture files that will be replaced (Ultimate Taris, Ultimate Unknown World, etc.)
+- **Tier 2A (Ultimate textures)**: Install Ultimate series and gameplay mods
+- **Tier 2B (NPC Graphics)**: Install character/portrait mods
+- **Tier 2C (Environment)**: Install Ebon Hawk, skybox, UI mods
+- **Tier 2D (Content)**: Install dialogue restoration and side quest mods
+- **Tier 3–4 (QoL)**: Install transit, minigame, balance mods
+- **Per-Mod Installation**:
+  - Loose-file: Copy Override folder files to game's Override directory
+  - TSLPatcher/HoloPatcher: Execute installer with no prompts (handle batch mode if available)
+  - Special: Apply file duplications, single-file extractions, deletions as documented
+
+**Execution Challenges**:
+- TSLPatcher multi-monitor issues on Windows → May need to programmatically disable secondary monitors during installation
+- Executable installers may prompt for input → Use desktop automation to auto-confirm dialogs
+- File conflicts (texture overwrites) → Carefully sequence deletions before replacements
+
+**Status**: Pending
+
+---
+
+### U6. Validate Installation
+
+**Goal**: Verify all mods installed correctly, no missing files, no conflicts
+
+**Approach**:
+- For each mod: Verify key files exist in Override or game directory
+- Check mod count matches expected (~150)
+- Scan for texture conflicts or missing dependencies (cross-reference against dependency graph)
+- Test KOTOR game launch (if possible) to detect critical errors
+- Compare file structure against mod-builds reference and ModSync validation patterns
+
+**Status**: Pending
+
+---
+
+### U7. Document and Update Living Plan
+
+**Goal**: Maintain this plan document with complete installation record
+
+**Approach**:
+- Log every mod installed (name, source, version, install method, dependencies)
+- Record all configuration choices made (graphics variants, gameplay options, exclusions)
+- Document any problems encountered and how they were solved
+- Final verification checklist
+- Lessons learned for future mod-build automation
+
+**Status**: Pending
+
+---
+
+## Deferred to Follow-Up Work
+
+- **Skill Creation**: Create reusable skills/prompts for mod-build installations (currently inline agents)
+- **TOML Generation**: Generate TOML serialization of mod-builds Markdown for ModSync integration
+- **Mod Manager Integration**: Extend ModSync to accept mod-builds Markdown directly (alternative to TOML)
+- **Automated Testing**: Add regression tests for mod-builds installation validation
+
+---
+
+## Assumptions & Constraints
+
+**Assumptions**:
+- Nexus Mods does not require login (or Flaresolverr handles CloudFlare bypass transparently)
+- KOTOR installation directory is valid and mod-installable
+- All mod sources (DeadlyStream, Nexus, direct URLs) are accessible and stable
+- File system has sufficient disk space (~7 GB pre-extraction, ~14 GB extracted)
+
+**Constraints**:
+- No user prompts at any stage
+- All configuration choices made autonomously (prefer "more features")
+- Platform-specific handling (Windows multi-monitor, macOS/Linux compatibility)
+- No filesystem scripts; inline terminal commands only
+
+---
+
+## Execution Status Log
+
+### Agent Status
+- **Research Agent** (a86b92a1d82681fce): ✅ COMPLETED — Mod-builds structure analyzed
+- **Orchestration Agent** (a4b42190694c18317): ✅ COMPLETED SETUP (but BLOCKED on network issue)
+- **Network Diagnostics**: 🔴 CRITICAL BLOCKER IDENTIFIED
+
+### Progress Timeline
+
+**[10:43 CDT] Research Phase Complete**
+- Mod-builds repository mapped: 150 mods, 4 tiers, 30+ dependencies
+- Sources identified: DeadlyStream (120), Nexus (5), Direct (3-5)
+- Installation methods documented: Loose-file (40), TSLPatcher (80), HoloPatcher (20), Special (10)
+- User configuration choices analyzed and autonomous defaults assigned
+- Platform-specific issues documented (Windows multi-monitor, macOS/Linux case-sensitivity, Steam Deck)
+
+**[10:43 CDT] Orchestration Agent Launched**
+- Starting discovery phase (clone mod-builds repo, parse full.md)
+- Will proceed through U1–U7 sequentially
+- No user prompts; solving all problems autonomously
+
+**[10:43–10:44 CDT] Preparation Phase**
+- ✅ KOTOR installation directory verified at `/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/swkotor/`
+- ✅ Downloaded KOTOR1_Full.toml from mod-builds repository
+- ✅ Created mod staging directories
+- ✅ All resources prepared
+
+**[10:45–10:48 CDT] Validation Phase (Dry-Run)**
+- ✅ Dry-run validation PASSED
+- ✅ All 136+ mods validated successfully
+- ✅ Dependency graph resolved: 189 components including dependencies
+- ✅ Auto-fixes applied for missing dependencies
+- ✅ No blocking issues detected
+
+**[10:48 CDT – 11:00 CDT] Installation Phase (BLOCKED)**
+- ✅ Launched best-effort download and installation
+- ✅ Merging TOML + Markdown instruction sets completed
+- ⚠️ Began downloading from: DeadlyStream, Nexus Mods, MEGA, GitHub
+- 🔴 **CRITICAL BLOCKER AT 10:55 CDT**: DeadlyStream completely unreachable
+  - **Root Cause**: 100% network routing failure to deadlystream.com
+  - **Evidence**: 
+    - Ping: 0% success (all packets lost)
+    - Traceroute: 5/5 hops timeout
+    - HTTP/HTTPS: Connection timeout (10-120s)
+    - DNS: ✅ Resolves to 159.89.148.93 (functional)
+    - Hypothesis: Server down, blocked by firewall, or regional ISP blocking
+  - **Impact**: ~120 of 150 mods unavailable (DeadlyStream primary source)
+  - **Accumulated Errors**: 2,086 errors/warnings before kill
+  - **Downloaded**: Only 12 MB of ~7 GB target (9% complete)
+  - **Installation Killed**: 11:00 CDT (7 minutes after start)
+
+**Diagnostic Findings**:
+- ✅ Google: Reachable (HTTP 200)
+- ✅ Nexus Mods: Reachable (HTTP 403 expected behavior)
+- ❌ **DeadlyStream: UNREACHABLE** (routing failure)
+- ⚠️ MEGA.nz: Some success, some failures (intermittent connectivity)
+
+**Alternative Sources Identified**:
+- 34 MEGA.nz backup links found in mod-builds documentation
+- 5 Nexus Mods sources available
+- Insufficient to cover all mods: covers ~39 of ~150 mods (26%)
+- **Gap**: ~111 mods have no documented backup source
+
+### Installation Metrics
+- **Total Mods**: 136+
+- **Methods**:
+  - Loose-file: 82 mods
+  - TSLPatcher: 35 mods
+  - HoloPatcher: 15 mods
+  - Other: varies
+- **Sources**:
+  - DeadlyStream: ~120 mods
+  - Nexus Mods: 5 mods
+  - Direct/MEGA/GitHub: 3–5 mods
+- **Dependency Components**: 189 (including prerequisites and patches)
+
+---
+
+## Key Technical Decisions
+
+### Why Autonomous Configuration Choices?
+User requested "choose whatever you like" for customizable choices. Applying principle: **install more features by default** (prefer HD variants, restored content, enhanced gameplay) unless a mod is known to be problematic (Steam Deck incompatible, crashes on Linux).
+
+### Why Dependency Graph Parsing?
+Mod-builds Markdown contains 30+ interdependencies (master mods, file deletions, single-file extractions). Parsing into dependency graph ensures correct installation order and avoids conflicts.
+
+### Why Flaresolverr Fallback?
+Nexus Mods and some mod sources protect against automated scraping via CloudFlare. Flaresolverr at localhost:8191 provides transparent bypass for browser automation.
+
+### Why Living Plan?
+Installation will encounter edge cases and platform-specific issues. Living plan documents each decision, problem, and solution for future mod-build automation and team reference.
+
+---
+
+## References & Sources
+
+- **Mod-Builds Repository**: https://github.com/KOTOR-Community-Portal/mod-builds
+- **KOTOR 1 Full Instructions**: `/content/k1/full.md`
+- **DeadlyStream**: https://www.deadlystream.com/
+- **Nexus Mods (KOTOR)**: https://www.nexusmods.com/kotor/
+- **ModSync Reference**: `src/ModSync.Core/`, `src/ModSync.Tests/` (dependency resolution, validation patterns)
+- **Browser Automation**: Claude in Chrome MCP, Flaresolverr (http://localhost:8191)
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+# KOTOR 1 Full Mod Build Installation Plan
+**Date Started:** 2026-07-30  
+**Target Directory:** `/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/swkotor/`  
+**Status:** IN PROGRESS
+
+## Overview
+Installing the complete KOTOR 1 Full mod build (136 mods) using ModSync's automated CLI pipeline and manual supplementation where needed.
+
+## Build Specification
+**Source:** https://github.com/KOTOR-Community-Portal/mod-builds/blob/main/content/k1/full.md  
+**Total Mods:** 136  
+- Essential Mods: 6
+- Recommended Mods: 49
+- Suggested Mods: 56
+- Optional Mods: 25
+
+## Installation Architecture
+
+### Tools Used
+1. **ModSync.Core CLI** (`dotnet run --project src/ModSync.Core`)
+   - Converts markdown → TOML
+   - Validates instruction files
+   - Performs best-effort installation with automatic downloads
+   - Handles TSLPatcher and HoloPatcher integration
+
+2. **cli_full_build_pipeline.sh** (`scripts/agents/cli_full_build_pipeline.sh`)
+   - Merges markdown + TOML sources
+   - Runs validation (dry-run and full)
+   - Coordinates installation process
+
+### Directories
+- **Source Markdown:** `/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/Workspaces/ModSync/mod-builds/content/k1/full.md`
+- **Converted TOML:** `/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/Workspaces/ModSync/tmp/KOTOR1_Full_from_markdown.toml`
+- **Mod Downloads:** `/tmp/kotor_mods_downloads/`
+- **Target KOTOR Install:** `/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/swkotor/`
+
+## Installation Steps
+
+### Phase 1: Preparation (COMPLETE)
+- [x] Verify KOTOR installation directory exists and is valid
+- [x] Clone mod-builds repository to local workspace
+- [x] Convert markdown build file to TOML format
+- [x] Create staging directories for mod downloads
+
+### Phase 2: Pre-Installation Validation
+- [ ] Run dry-run validation to detect conflicts
+- [ ] Document any pre-existing mods in Override directory
+- [ ] Verify disk space (estimated 25GB required)
+- [ ] Check system permissions and paths
+
+### Phase 3: Automated Download & Installation
+- [ ] Set Nexus Mods API key (if needed for premium content)
+- [ ] Run best-effort installation with ModSync CLI:
+  ```bash
+  scripts/agents/cli_full_build_pipeline.sh --game k1 \
+    --game-dir /run/media/brunner56/MyBook/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/swkotor/ \
+    --source-dir /tmp/kotor_mods_downloads \
+    --install --skip-validation --download-timeout-hours 72
+  ```
+
+### Phase 4: Manual Supplement (As Needed)
+If automated downloads fail for specific sources:
+- Deadly Stream mods (direct download or manual upload)
+- MEGA links (time-sensitive, may require refresh)
+- Game Front downloads (direct navigation)
+- Alternative CDN sources
+
+### Phase 5: Post-Installation Validation
+- [ ] Verify all mod files installed to Override directory
+- [ ] Check for missing dependencies
+- [ ] Test KOTOR launch (if possible on headless system)
+- [ ] Generate installation log
+
+## Mod Download Sources
+### Nexus Mods (Premium Content - May Require API Key)
+- Ultimate Korriban/Kashyyyk/Tatooine/Dantooine/Endar Spire/Manaan/Taris/Character Overhaul/Unknown World
+- High-Poly Grenades
+- Taris Rapid Transit
+- Fen's Jolee
+- (~15 mods total)
+
+### Deadly Stream (Free Community Hub)
+- ~80+ mods (majority of build)
+- Requires free account and navigation
+- Direct download available
+
+### MEGA (Cloud Storage)
+- Character Startup Changes patch
+- Ajunta Pall Appearance patch
+- KOTOR Community Patch patch
+- Ported VO Replacements (K1CP compatibility)
+- Ultimate Korriban patch
+- HD Sand People (.tga version)
+- HD Canderous Ordo patch
+- Juhani Appearance Overhaul patch
+- Taris Reskin patch
+- Calo Nord Recolor
+- Unique Sith Governor
+
+### GitHub
+- mod-builds repository (already cloned)
+- Potential direct-download releases
+
+### Game Front (Legacy CDN)
+- Hi-Res Ebon Hawk
+
+## Critical Installation Notes
+
+### File Deletions Before Install
+Several mods require specific file deletions to avoid conflicts:
+- Ultimate Taris: Delete LSI_win01.tpc and LSI_box01.tpc
+- Ultimate Unknown World: Delete specific .tpc files
+- Quanon's HK-47: Delete PO_phk47.tga
+- HD Canderous Ordo: Download "new clothes" version
+- Male NPC Clothing: Delete specific .tga files
+- HD Astromech Droids: Delete po_pt3m33.tga
+
+### Conditional Installs (Choosing More Features)
+- Ultimate Character Overhaul: Use 2x option (more features)
+- Juhani Appearance Overhaul: Use Body & Lightsaber version
+- Korriban: Back in Black: Use K1CP-compatible install
+- Sith Uniform Reformation: Use K1CP-compatible installation
+- Reflective Lightsaber Blades: Use standard install option
+- Manaan Rapid Transit: Choose preferred language version
+
+### Patcher Requirements
+- **TSLPatcher:** For script modifications and complex patches (~35 mods)
+- **HoloPatcher:** For compatibility layer patches (~15 mods)
+- **Loose-File:** Direct file copy to Override (~82 mods)
+
+## Known Issues & Workarounds
+
+### Potential Blockers
+1. **Nexus Mods API Key:** Required for ~15-20 mods from Nexus Mods
+   - **Status:** Not configured
+   - **Workaround:** Can be set via `dotnet run --project src/ModSync.Core -- set-nexus-api-key`
+   - **Alternative:** Manual download and placement
+
+2. **Deadly Stream Access:** Some mods may require login or have access restrictions
+   - **Workaround:** Direct navigation and manual download
+
+3. **MEGA Link Expiration:** Some MEGA links may be temporary
+   - **Workaround:** Alternative sources or re-upload
+
+4. **System Limitations (Headless/Linux):**
+   - No display available for some interactive installers
+   - Mitigated by using CLI tools and TSLPatcher automation
+
+### Compatibility Notes
+- Some mods have known macOS/Linux crash issues (documented in build spec)
+- Build targeting Windows Steam installation but applicable to Linux Steam Proton
+- Path separator handling managed by ModSync CLI
+
+## Success Criteria
+
+### Installation Complete When:
+1. All 136 mods (or configurable subset) downloaded and extracted
+2. All mod files placed in `/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/swkotor/Override/`
+3. All TSLPatcher and HoloPatcher operations completed
+4. No conflicts or missing dependencies reported
+5. KOTOR launcher able to start without critical errors
+6. All installations logged and documented
+
+### Validation Checks
+```bash
+# Check mod file count in Override
+find /run/media/brunner56/MyBook/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/swkotor/Override -type f | wc -l
+
+# Verify no installation errors
+# Check TSLPatcher/HoloPatcher logs
+# Verify game config updated with any necessary patches
+```
+
+## Timeline & Progress Tracking
+
+### Estimated Duration
+- Preparation: ~15 minutes
+- Download & Installation: 2-6 hours (depending on source speed and API availability)
+- Validation & Troubleshooting: ~1 hour
+
+### Phase Completion
+| Phase | Status | Start Time | End Time | Notes |
+|-------|--------|-----------|----------|-------|
+| Preparation | COMPLETE | 10:43 AM | 10:44 AM | Directories created, TOML generated, mod-builds TOML downloaded |
+| Validation (Dry-run) | COMPLETE | 10:45 AM | 10:48 AM | ✅ Dry-run validation passed (all 136+ mods parsed) |
+| Download/Install | IN PROGRESS | 10:48 AM | - | Started best-effort installation, processing mods |
+| Validation (Post-Install) | PENDING | - | - | Awaiting installation completion |
+
+## Execution Command (When Ready)
+
+```bash
+cd /run/media/brunner56/MyBook/Workspaces/ModSync
+
+# Dry-run first (recommended before actual install)
+./scripts/agents/cli_full_build_pipeline.sh --game k1 \
+  --game-dir /run/media/brunner56/MyBook/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/swkotor/ \
+  --source-dir /tmp/kotor_mods_downloads \
+  --dry-run-only
+
+# Then actual installation (if dry-run passes)
+./scripts/agents/cli_full_build_pipeline.sh --game k1 \
+  --game-dir /run/media/brunner56/MyBook/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/swkotor/ \
+  --source-dir /tmp/kotor_mods_downloads \
+  --install --skip-validation --download-timeout-hours 72
+```
+
+## Contingency Plans
+
+### If Nexus Mods API Not Available
+1. Identify which mods are from Nexus Mods only
+2. Attempt manual downloads from alternative sources
+3. Document which Nexus mods couldn't be installed
+4. Note in final report
+
+### If Download Bandwidth Limited
+1. Increase `--download-timeout-hours` parameter
+2. Stagger downloads across multiple runs
+3. Prioritize essential mods first
+
+### If Installation Partial
+1. Run partial dry-run to identify failed mods
+2. Manually install critical mods
+3. Continue with remaining installations
+4. Document fallback procedure
+
+## Reporting
+Final report will document:
+- Total mods successfully installed (count + list)
+- Any skipped or failed mods (with reasons)
+- Installation order executed
+- Choices made (widescreen variants, optional content, etc.)
+- Problems encountered and solutions applied
+- Verification results
diff --git a/errorlog.txt b/errorlog.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d776deb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/errorlog.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,817 @@
+
+Assertion with Exception Trace: Exception ''str' object has no attribute 'info'' of type '<class 'AttributeError'>' occurred.
+Formatted Traceback:
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+  File "pykotor/tslpatcher/patcher.py", line 372, in install
+  File "pykotor/tslpatcher/mods/nss.py", line 118, in patch_resource
+  File "pykotor/resource/formats/ncs/ncs_auto.py", line 112, in compile_nss
+  File "pykotor/resource/formats/ncs/compiler/parser.py", line 75, in __init__
+  File "ply/yacc.py", line 3317, in yacc
+AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'info'
+
+Stack Trace Variables:
+
+Function 'install' at /tmp/_MEIlRdZll/pykotor/tslpatcher/patcher.pyc:372:
+  self = <pykotor.tslpatcher.patcher.ModInstaller object at 0x7f2d1340c490>
+  should_cancel = <threading.Event object at 0x7f2d1389d0c0>
+  config = <pykotor.tslpatcher.config.PatcherConfig object at 0x7f2d1340cac0>
+  temp_script_folder = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\killczerkajerk\tslpatchdata\temp_nss_working_dir)
+  patches_list = [<pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.install.InstallFile object at 0x7f2d1340e440>, <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.install.InstallFile object at 0x7f2d1340e410>, <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.install.InstallFile object at 0x7f2d1340e470>, <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.install.InstallFile object at 0x7f2d1340e4a0>, <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.install.InstallFile object at 0x7f2d1340e4d0>, <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.install.InstallFile object at 0x7f2d1340e500>, <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.install.InstallFile object at 0x7f2d1340e110>, <pykoto...<truncated>
+  memory = PatcherMemory(memory_2da={}, memory_str={})
+  patch = <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.nss.ModificationsNSS object at 0x7f2d1340e680>
+  output_container_path = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\steamlibrary\steamapps\common\swkotor\override)
+  exists = False
+  capsule = None
+  data_to_patch = b'\r\n#include "k_inc_utility"\r\n\r\nvoid main()\r\n{\r\n\tUT_DarkSml(GetFirstPC());\r\n\r\n\tChangeToStandardFaction(OBJECT_SELF, STANDARD_FACTION_HOSTILE_1);\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionEquipItem(CreateItemOnObject("g_w_blstrrfl001", OBJECT_SELF, 1), INVENTORY_SLOT_RIGHTWEAPON, TRUE));\t\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionAttack(GetFirstPC(), FALSE));\r\n\r\n\tobject oNearby = GetFirstObjectInShape(SHAPE_SPHERE, 30.0, GetLocation(OBJECT_SELF), FALSE, OBJECT_TYPE_CREATURE );\r\n\twhile(GetIsO...<truncated>
+  patched_data = b'////////////////////////////////////////////////////////\r\n//\r\n//  NWScript\r\n//\r\n//  The list of actions and pre-defined constants.\r\n//\r\n//  (c) BioWare Corp, 1999\r\n//\r\n////////////////////////////////////////////////////////\r\n\r\n#define ENGINE_NUM_STRUCTURES   4\r\n#define ENGINE_STRUCTURE_0      effect\r\n#define ENGINE_STRUCTURE_1      event\r\n#define ENGINE_STRUCTURE_2      location\r\n#define ENGINE_STRUCTURE_3      talent\r\n\r\n// Constants\r\n\r\nint        NUM_INVENTORY_SLOTS  ...<truncated>
+  e = AttributeError("'str' object has no attribute 'info'")
+
+Function 'patch_resource' at /tmp/_MEIlRdZll/pykotor/tslpatcher/mods/nss.pyc:118:
+  self = <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.nss.ModificationsNSS object at 0x7f2d1340e680>
+  nss_source = b'\r\n#include "k_inc_utility"\r\n\r\nvoid main()\r\n{\r\n\tUT_DarkSml(GetFirstPC());\r\n\r\n\tChangeToStandardFaction(OBJECT_SELF, STANDARD_FACTION_HOSTILE_1);\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionEquipItem(CreateItemOnObject("g_w_blstrrfl001", OBJECT_SELF, 1), INVENTORY_SLOT_RIGHTWEAPON, TRUE));\t\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionAttack(GetFirstPC(), FALSE));\r\n\r\n\tobject oNearby = GetFirstObjectInShape(SHAPE_SPHERE, 30.0, GetLocation(OBJECT_SELF), FALSE, OBJECT_TYPE_CREATURE );\r\n\twhile(GetIsO...<truncated>
+  memory = PatcherMemory(memory_2da={}, memory_str={})
+  logger = <pykotor.tslpatcher.logger.PatchLogger object at 0x7f2d13867850>
+  game = <Game.K1: 1>
+  reader = <pykotor.common.stream.BinaryReader object at 0x7f2d1343c130>
+  nss_bytes = b'\r\n#include "k_inc_utility"\r\n\r\nvoid main()\r\n{\r\n\tUT_DarkSml(GetFirstPC());\r\n\r\n\tChangeToStandardFaction(OBJECT_SELF, STANDARD_FACTION_HOSTILE_1);\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionEquipItem(CreateItemOnObject("g_w_blstrrfl001", OBJECT_SELF, 1), INVENTORY_SLOT_RIGHTWEAPON, TRUE));\t\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionAttack(GetFirstPC(), FALSE));\r\n\r\n\tobject oNearby = GetFirstObjectInShape(SHAPE_SPHERE, 30.0, GetLocation(OBJECT_SELF), FALSE, OBJECT_TYPE_CREATURE );\r\n\twhile(GetIsO...<truncated>
+  source = <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.nss.MutableString object at 0x7f2d1343c2e0>
+  temp_script_file = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\killczerkajerk\tslpatchdata\temp_nss_working_dir\kas22_attack.nss)
+  is_windows = False
+  nwnnsscomp_exists = True
+
+Function 'compile_nss' at /tmp/_MEIlRdZll/pykotor/resource/formats/ncs/ncs_auto.pyc:112:
+  source = '\r\n#include "k_inc_utility"\r\n\r\nvoid main()\r\n{\r\n\tUT_DarkSml(GetFirstPC());\r\n\r\n\tChangeToStandardFaction(OBJECT_SELF, STANDARD_FACTION_HOSTILE_1);\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionEquipItem(CreateItemOnObject("g_w_blstrrfl001", OBJECT_SELF, 1), INVENTORY_SLOT_RIGHTWEAPON, TRUE));\t\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionAttack(GetFirstPC(), FALSE));\r\n\r\n\tobject oNearby = GetFirstObjectInShape(SHAPE_SPHERE, 30.0, GetLocation(OBJECT_SELF), FALSE, OBJECT_TYPE_CREATURE );\r\n\twhile(GetIsOb...<truncated>
+  game = <Game.K1: 1>
+  optimizers = [<pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.optimizers.RemoveNopOptimizer object at 0x7f2d1343c6d0>, <pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.optimizers.RemoveMoveSPEqualsZeroOptimizer object at 0x7f2d1343c4c0>, <pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.optimizers.RemoveUnusedBlocksOptimizer object at 0x7f2d1343c580>]
+  library_lookup = [CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\killczerkajerk\tslpatchdata\temp_nss_working_dir)]
+  errorlog = None
+  debug = False
+
+Function '__init__' at /tmp/_MEIlRdZll/pykotor/resource/formats/ncs/compiler/parser.pyc:75:
+  self = <pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.compiler.parser.NssParser object at 0x7f2d1343c640>
+  functions = [ScriptFunction(<DataType.INT: 'int'>, 'Random', [ScriptParam(<DataType.INT: 'int'>, 'nMaxInteger', None)], '// 0: Get an integer between 0 and nMaxInteger-1.\r\n// Return value on error: 0\r\nint Random(int nMaxInteger);', '// 0: Get an integer between 0 and nMaxInteger-1.\r\n// Return value on error: 0\r\nint Random(int nMaxInteger);'), ScriptFunction(<DataType.VOID: 'void'>, 'PrintString', [ScriptParam(<DataType.STRING: 'string'>, 'sString', None)], '// 1: Output sString to the log file.\r\nvoid PrintStr...<truncated>
+  constants = [ScriptConstant("DataType.INT", "NUM_INVENTORY_SLOTS", "18"), ScriptConstant("DataType.INT", "TRUE", "1"), ScriptConstant("DataType.INT", "FALSE", "0"), ScriptConstant("DataType.FLOAT", "DIRECTION_EAST", "0.0"), ScriptConstant("DataType.FLOAT", "DIRECTION_NORTH", "90.0"), ScriptConstant("DataType.FLOAT", "DIRECTION_WEST", "180.0"), ScriptConstant("DataType.FLOAT", "DIRECTION_SOUTH", "270.0"), ScriptConstant("DataType.FLOAT", "PI", "3.141592"), ScriptConstant("DataType.INT", "ATTITUDE_NEUTRAL", "0"), ScriptC...<truncated>
+  library = {'k_inc_cheat': b'//:: k_inc_cheat\n/*\n    This will be localized area for all\n    Cheat Bot scripting.\n*/\n//:: Created By: Preston Watamaniuk\n//:: Copyright (c) 2002 Bioware Corp.\n#include "k_inc_debug"\n//Takes a PLANET_ Constant\nvoid CH_SetPlanetaryGlobal(int nPlanetConstant);\n//Makes the specified party member available to the PC\nvoid CH_SetPartyMemberAvailable(int nNPC);\n//::///////////////////////////////////////////////\n//:: Set Planet Local\n//:: Copyright (c) 2001 Bioware Corp.\n//::////...<truncated>
+  library_lookup = [CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\killczerkajerk\tslpatchdata\temp_nss_working_dir)]
+  errorlog = None
+  debug = False
+
+Function 'yacc' at /tmp/_MEIlRdZll/ply/yacc.pyc:3317:
+  method = 'LALR'
+  debug = False
+  tabmodule = 'pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.compiler.parsetab'
+  start = None
+  check_recursion = True
+  optimize = False
+  write_tables = False
+  debugfile = 'parser.out'
+  outputdir = '/tmp/_MEIlRdZll/pykotor/resource/formats/ncs/compiler'
+  debuglog = 'yacc_debuglog.txt'
+  errorlog = <ply.yacc.PlyLogger object at 0x7f2d1343c9a0>
+  picklefile = None
+  _items = [('__annotations__', {'tokens': 'list[str]', 'literals': 'list[str]'}), ('__class__', <class 'pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.compiler.parser.NssParser'>), ('__delattr__', <method-wrapper '__delattr__' of NssParser object at 0x7f2d1343c640>), ('__dict__', {}), ('__dir__', <built-in method __dir__ of NssParser object at 0x7f2d1343c640>), ('__doc__', None), ('__eq__', <method-wrapper '__eq__' of NssParser object at 0x7f2d1343c640>), ('__format__', <built-in method __format__ of NssParser object at 0x7f2d1343c640...<truncated>
+  pdict = {'__annotations__': {'tokens': 'list[str]', 'literals': 'list[str]'}, '__class__': <class 'pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.compiler.parser.NssParser'>, '__delattr__': <method-wrapper '__delattr__' of NssParser object at 0x7f2d1343c640>, '__dict__': {}, '__dir__': <built-in method __dir__ of NssParser object at 0x7f2d1343c640>, '__doc__': None, '__eq__': <method-wrapper '__eq__' of NssParser object at 0x7f2d1343c640>, '__format__': <built-in method __format__ of NssParser object at 0x7f2d1343c640>, '__ge__': <m...<truncated>
+  srcfile = '/tmp/_MEIlRdZll/pykotor/resource/formats/ncs/compiler/parser.pyc'
+  pkg = 'pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.compiler'
+  pinfo = <ply.yacc.ParserReflect object at 0x7f2d1343c910>
+  signature = "leftORleftANDleftBITWISE_ORleftBITWISE_XORleftBITWISE_ANDleftEQUALSNOT_EQUALSleftGREATER_THANLESS_THANGREATER_THAN_OR_EQUALSLESS_THAN_OR_EQUALSleftBITWISE_LEFTBITWISE_RIGHTleftADDMINUSleftMULTIPLYDIVIDEMODrightBITWISE_NOTNOTleftINCREMENTDECREMENTACTION_TYPE ADD ADDITION_ASSIGNMENT_OPERATOR AND BITWISE_AND BITWISE_LEFT BITWISE_NOT BITWISE_OR BITWISE_RIGHT BITWISE_XOR BREAK_CONTROL CASE_CONTROL CONTINUE_CONTROL DECREMENT DEFAULT_CONTROL DIVIDE DIVISION_ASSIGNMENT_OPERATOR DO_CONTROL EFFECT_TYPE ELSE_CONTROL ...<truncated>
+  lr = <ply.yacc.LRTable object at 0x7f2d1343ca30>
+  module = <pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.compiler.parser.NssParser object at 0x7f2d1343c640>
+Assertion with Exception Trace: Exception 'cannot install - missing a required mod' of type '<class 'ImportError'>' occurred.
+Formatted Traceback:
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+  File "__main__.py", line 1353, in <module>
+  File "__main__.py", line 1348, in main
+  File "__main__.py", line 163, in __init__
+  File "__main__.py", line 375, in handle_commandline
+  File "__main__.py", line 391, in _begin_oneshot
+  File "__main__.py", line 1071, in begin_install_thread
+  File "__main__.py", line 1069, in begin_install_thread
+  File "__main__.py", line 1150, in _execute_mod_install
+  File "pykotor/tslpatcher/patcher.py", line 100, in config
+ImportError: cannot install - missing a required mod
+
+Stack Trace Variables:
+
+Function '<module>' at /tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f/__main__.py:1353:
+  __annotations__ = {'CURRENT_VERSION': 'tuple[int, ...]'}
+  _pyi_main_co = <code object <module> at 0x7fa1086d5840, file "__main__.py", line 1>
+  sys = <module 'sys' (built-in)>
+  pyimod02_importers = <module 'pyimod02_importers' from '/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/Workspaces/ModSync/PyInstaller/loader/pyimod02_importers.py'>
+  os = <module 'os' from '/tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f/base_library.zip/os.pyc'>
+  VIRTENV = 'VIRTUAL_ENV'
+  python_path = ['/tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f/base_library.zip', '/tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f/lib-dynload', '/tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f']
+  pth = '/tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f'
+  encodings = <module 'encodings' from '/tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f/base_library.zip/encodings/__init__.pyc'>
+  pyimod03_ctypes = <module 'pyimod03_ctypes' from '/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/Workspaces/ModSync/PyInstaller/loader/pyimod03_ctypes.py'>
+  entry = '/tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f/base_library.zip'
+  annotations = _Feature((3, 7, 0, 'beta', 1), (3, 11, 0, 'alpha', 0), 16777216)
+  base64 = <module 'base64' from '/tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f/base64.pyc'>
+  contextlib = <module 'contextlib' from '/tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f/contextlib.pyc'>
+  ctypes = <module 'ctypes' from '/tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f/ctypes/__init__.pyc'>
+  inspect = <module 'inspect' from '/tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f/inspect.pyc'>
+  io = <module 'io' from '/tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f/base_library.zip/io.pyc'>
+  json = <module 'json' from '/tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f/json/__init__.pyc'>
+  pathlib = <module 'pathlib' from '/tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f/pathlib.pyc'>
+  subprocess = <module 'subprocess' from '/tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f/subprocess.pyc'>
+  tempfile = <module 'tempfile' from '/tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f/tempfile.pyc'>
+  time = <module 'time' (built-in)>
+  tk = <module 'tkinter' from '/tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f/tkinter/__init__.pyc'>
+  traceback = <module 'traceback' from '/tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f/base_library.zip/traceback.pyc'>
+  webbrowser = <module 'webbrowser' from '/tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f/webbrowser.pyc'>
+  ArgumentParser = <class 'argparse.ArgumentParser'>
+  Namespace = <class 'argparse.Namespace'>
+  datetime = <class 'datetime.datetime'>
+  timedelta = <class 'datetime.timedelta'>
+  timezone = <class 'datetime.timezone'>
+  IntEnum = <enum 'IntEnum'>
+  Event = <class 'threading.Event'>
+  Thread = <class 'threading.Thread'>
+  filedialog = <module 'tkinter.filedialog' from '/tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f/tkinter/filedialog.pyc'>
+  messagebox = <module 'tkinter.messagebox' from '/tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f/tkinter/messagebox.pyc'>
+  ttk = <module 'tkinter.ttk' from '/tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f/tkinter/ttk.pyc'>
+  tkfont = <module 'tkinter.font' from '/tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f/tkinter/font.pyc'>
+  TYPE_CHECKING = False
+  Callable = typing.Callable
+  NoReturn = typing.NoReturn
+  Game = <enum 'Game'>
+  BinaryReader = <class 'pykotor.common.stream.BinaryReader'>
+  ResourceIdentifier = <class 'pykotor.extract.file.ResourceIdentifier'>
+  decode_bytes_with_fallbacks = <function decode_bytes_with_fallbacks at 0x7fa0f9df2ef0>
+  CaseAwarePath = <class 'pykotor.tools.path.CaseAwarePath'>
+  find_kotor_paths_from_default = <function find_kotor_paths_from_default at 0x7fa0f97163b0>
+  PatchLog = <class 'pykotor.tslpatcher.logger.PatchLog'>
+  PatchLogger = <class 'pykotor.tslpatcher.logger.PatchLogger'>
+  ModInstaller = <class 'pykotor.tslpatcher.patcher.ModInstaller'>
+  ConfigReader = <class 'pykotor.tslpatcher.reader.ConfigReader'>
+  NamespaceReader = <class 'pykotor.tslpatcher.reader.NamespaceReader'>
+  ModUninstaller = <class 'pykotor.tslpatcher.uninstall.ModUninstaller'>
+  format_exception_with_variables = <function format_exception_with_variables at 0x7fa0f9cc7eb0>
+  universal_simplify_exception = <function universal_simplify_exception at 0x7fa0f9cc7c70>
+  striprtf = <function striprtf at 0x7fa0f9dd0f70>
+  Path = <class 'utility.system.path.Path'>
+  ToolTip = <class 'utility.tkinter.tooltip.ToolTip'>
+  CURRENT_VERSION = (1, 5, 1)
+  VERSION_LABEL = 'v1.5.1'
+  ExitCode = <enum 'ExitCode'>
+  HoloPatcherError = <class '__main__.HoloPatcherError'>
+  parse_args = <function parse_args at 0x7fa1086ca7a0>
+  App = <class '__main__.App'>
+  onAppCrash = <function onAppCrash at 0x7fa0f948b520>
+  is_frozen = <function is_frozen at 0x7fa0f949d3f0>
+  main = <function main at 0x7fa0f949d480>
+
+Function 'main' at /tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f/__main__.py:1348:
+
+Function '__init__' at /tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f/__main__.py:163:
+  self = <__main__.App object .>
+  cmdline_args = Namespace(game_dir='/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/swkotor', tslpatchdata="/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/Workspaces/ModSync/tmp/mod_downloads/[K1]_Republic_Soldier's_New_Shade_v1.1.1/[K1]_Republic_Soldier's_New_Shade_v1.1.1", namespace_option_index=3, console=False, uninstall=False, install=True, validate=False)
+  __class__ = <class '__main__.App'>
+
+Function 'handle_commandline' at /tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f/__main__.py:375:
+  self = <__main__.App object .>
+  cmdline_args = Namespace(game_dir='/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/swkotor', tslpatchdata="/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/Workspaces/ModSync/tmp/mod_downloads/[K1]_Republic_Soldier's_New_Shade_v1.1.1/[K1]_Republic_Soldier's_New_Shade_v1.1.1", namespace_option_index=3, console=False, uninstall=False, install=True, validate=False)
+  num_cmdline_actions = 1
+
+Function '_begin_oneshot' at /tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f/__main__.py:391:
+  self = <__main__.App object .>
+  cmdline_args = Namespace(game_dir='/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/swkotor', tslpatchdata="/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/Workspaces/ModSync/tmp/mod_downloads/[K1]_Republic_Soldier's_New_Shade_v1.1.1/[K1]_Republic_Soldier's_New_Shade_v1.1.1", namespace_option_index=3, console=False, uninstall=False, install=True, validate=False)
+
+Function 'begin_install_thread' at /tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f/__main__.py:1071:
+  should_cancel_thread = <threading.Event object at 0x7fa0f94a5120>
+  namespace_option = <pykotor.tslpatcher.namespaces.PatcherNamespace object at 0x7fa0f90ac310>
+  ini_file_path = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\tslpatchdata\new_shade\option_3.ini)
+  namespace_mod_path = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\tslpatchdata\new_shade)
+  installer = <pykotor.tslpatcher.patcher.ModInstaller object at 0x7fa0f94a5720>
+  self = <__main__.App object .>
+
+Function 'begin_install_thread' at /tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f/__main__.py:1069:
+  should_cancel_thread = <threading.Event object at 0x7fa0f94a5120>
+  namespace_option = <pykotor.tslpatcher.namespaces.PatcherNamespace object at 0x7fa0f90ac310>
+  ini_file_path = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\tslpatchdata\new_shade\option_3.ini)
+  namespace_mod_path = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\tslpatchdata\new_shade)
+  installer = <pykotor.tslpatcher.patcher.ModInstaller object at 0x7fa0f94a5720>
+  self = <__main__.App object .>
+
+Function '_execute_mod_install' at /tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f/__main__.py:1150:
+  self = <__main__.App object .>
+  installer = <pykotor.tslpatcher.patcher.ModInstaller object at 0x7fa0f94a5720>
+  should_cancel_thread = <threading.Event object at 0x7fa0f94a5120>
+
+Function 'config' at /tmp/_MEIGu0Q3f/pykotor/tslpatcher/patcher.pyc:100:
+  self = <pykotor.tslpatcher.patcher.ModInstaller object at 0x7fa0f94a5720>
+  ini_file_bytes = b';[K1] Republic Soldier\'s New Shade v1.1.1 - Option 3;\r\n\r\n;Patcher Setup;\r\n[Settings]\r\nFileExists=1\r\nWindowCaption=New Shade for JC\'s "Republic Soldier Uniform for PC" - Male and Female\r\nConfirmMessage=N/A\nRequired=pfbbl.mdl\r\nLogLevel=4\r\nInstallerMode=1\r\nBackupFiles=1\r\nPlaintextLog=1\nLookupGameFolder=0\r\nLookupGameNumber=1\r\nSaveProcessedScripts=0\r\n\r\n;Indexing;\r\n[InstallList]\r\ninstall_folder0=Override\r\n\r\n;Override Install;\r\n[install_folder0]\r\nReplace0=PMBBL01.tpc\r...<truncated>
+  ini_text = ';[K1] Republic Soldier\'s New Shade v1.1.1 - Option 3;\r\n\r\n;Patcher Setup;\r\n[Settings]\r\nFileExists=1\r\nWindowCaption=New Shade for JC\'s "Republic Soldier Uniform for PC" - Male and Female\r\nConfirmMessage=N/A\nRequired=pfbbl.mdl\r\nLogLevel=4\r\nInstallerMode=1\r\nBackupFiles=1\r\nPlaintextLog=1\nLookupGameFolder=0\r\nLookupGameNumber=1\r\nSaveProcessedScripts=0\r\n\r\n;Indexing;\r\n[InstallList]\r\ninstall_folder0=Override\r\n\r\n;Override Install;\r\n[install_folder0]\r\nReplace0=PMBBL01.tpc\r\...<truncated>
+  requiredfile_path = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\steamlibrary\steamapps\common\swkotor\override\pfbbl.mdl)
+Assertion with Exception Trace: Exception ''str' object has no attribute 'info'' of type '<class 'AttributeError'>' occurred.
+Formatted Traceback:
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+  File "pykotor/tslpatcher/patcher.py", line 372, in install
+  File "pykotor/tslpatcher/mods/nss.py", line 118, in patch_resource
+  File "pykotor/resource/formats/ncs/ncs_auto.py", line 112, in compile_nss
+  File "pykotor/resource/formats/ncs/compiler/parser.py", line 75, in __init__
+  File "ply/yacc.py", line 3317, in yacc
+AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'info'
+
+Stack Trace Variables:
+
+Function 'install' at /tmp/_MEINbFrkh/pykotor/tslpatcher/patcher.pyc:372:
+  self = <pykotor.tslpatcher.patcher.ModInstaller object at 0x7f2ab4fec490>
+  should_cancel = <threading.Event object at 0x7f2ab54a10c0>
+  config = <pykotor.tslpatcher.config.PatcherConfig object at 0x7f2ab4fecc40>
+  temp_script_folder = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\killczerkajerk\tslpatchdata\temp_nss_working_dir)
+  patches_list = [<pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.install.InstallFile object at 0x7f2ab4fee440>, <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.install.InstallFile object at 0x7f2ab4fee410>, <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.install.InstallFile object at 0x7f2ab4fee470>, <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.install.InstallFile object at 0x7f2ab4fee4a0>, <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.install.InstallFile object at 0x7f2ab4fee4d0>, <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.install.InstallFile object at 0x7f2ab4fee500>, <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.install.InstallFile object at 0x7f2ab4fee110>, <pykoto...<truncated>
+  memory = PatcherMemory(memory_2da={}, memory_str={})
+  patch = <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.nss.ModificationsNSS object at 0x7f2ab4fee680>
+  output_container_path = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\steamlibrary\steamapps\common\swkotor\override)
+  exists = False
+  capsule = None
+  data_to_patch = b'\r\n#include "k_inc_utility"\r\n\r\nvoid main()\r\n{\r\n\tUT_DarkSml(GetFirstPC());\r\n\r\n\tChangeToStandardFaction(OBJECT_SELF, STANDARD_FACTION_HOSTILE_1);\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionEquipItem(CreateItemOnObject("g_w_blstrrfl001", OBJECT_SELF, 1), INVENTORY_SLOT_RIGHTWEAPON, TRUE));\t\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionAttack(GetFirstPC(), FALSE));\r\n\r\n\tobject oNearby = GetFirstObjectInShape(SHAPE_SPHERE, 30.0, GetLocation(OBJECT_SELF), FALSE, OBJECT_TYPE_CREATURE );\r\n\twhile(GetIsO...<truncated>
+  patched_data = b'////////////////////////////////////////////////////////\r\n//\r\n//  NWScript\r\n//\r\n//  The list of actions and pre-defined constants.\r\n//\r\n//  (c) BioWare Corp, 1999\r\n//\r\n////////////////////////////////////////////////////////\r\n\r\n#define ENGINE_NUM_STRUCTURES   4\r\n#define ENGINE_STRUCTURE_0      effect\r\n#define ENGINE_STRUCTURE_1      event\r\n#define ENGINE_STRUCTURE_2      location\r\n#define ENGINE_STRUCTURE_3      talent\r\n\r\n// Constants\r\n\r\nint        NUM_INVENTORY_SLOTS  ...<truncated>
+  e = AttributeError("'str' object has no attribute 'info'")
+
+Function 'patch_resource' at /tmp/_MEINbFrkh/pykotor/tslpatcher/mods/nss.pyc:118:
+  self = <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.nss.ModificationsNSS object at 0x7f2ab4fee680>
+  nss_source = b'\r\n#include "k_inc_utility"\r\n\r\nvoid main()\r\n{\r\n\tUT_DarkSml(GetFirstPC());\r\n\r\n\tChangeToStandardFaction(OBJECT_SELF, STANDARD_FACTION_HOSTILE_1);\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionEquipItem(CreateItemOnObject("g_w_blstrrfl001", OBJECT_SELF, 1), INVENTORY_SLOT_RIGHTWEAPON, TRUE));\t\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionAttack(GetFirstPC(), FALSE));\r\n\r\n\tobject oNearby = GetFirstObjectInShape(SHAPE_SPHERE, 30.0, GetLocation(OBJECT_SELF), FALSE, OBJECT_TYPE_CREATURE );\r\n\twhile(GetIsO...<truncated>
+  memory = PatcherMemory(memory_2da={}, memory_str={})
+  logger = <pykotor.tslpatcher.logger.PatchLogger object at 0x7f2ab546b850>
+  game = <Game.K1: 1>
+  reader = <pykotor.common.stream.BinaryReader object at 0x7f2ab50405e0>
+  nss_bytes = b'\r\n#include "k_inc_utility"\r\n\r\nvoid main()\r\n{\r\n\tUT_DarkSml(GetFirstPC());\r\n\r\n\tChangeToStandardFaction(OBJECT_SELF, STANDARD_FACTION_HOSTILE_1);\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionEquipItem(CreateItemOnObject("g_w_blstrrfl001", OBJECT_SELF, 1), INVENTORY_SLOT_RIGHTWEAPON, TRUE));\t\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionAttack(GetFirstPC(), FALSE));\r\n\r\n\tobject oNearby = GetFirstObjectInShape(SHAPE_SPHERE, 30.0, GetLocation(OBJECT_SELF), FALSE, OBJECT_TYPE_CREATURE );\r\n\twhile(GetIsO...<truncated>
+  source = <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.nss.MutableString object at 0x7f2ab5040670>
+  temp_script_file = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\killczerkajerk\tslpatchdata\temp_nss_working_dir\kas22_attack.nss)
+  is_windows = False
+  nwnnsscomp_exists = True
+
+Function 'compile_nss' at /tmp/_MEINbFrkh/pykotor/resource/formats/ncs/ncs_auto.pyc:112:
+  source = '\r\n#include "k_inc_utility"\r\n\r\nvoid main()\r\n{\r\n\tUT_DarkSml(GetFirstPC());\r\n\r\n\tChangeToStandardFaction(OBJECT_SELF, STANDARD_FACTION_HOSTILE_1);\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionEquipItem(CreateItemOnObject("g_w_blstrrfl001", OBJECT_SELF, 1), INVENTORY_SLOT_RIGHTWEAPON, TRUE));\t\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionAttack(GetFirstPC(), FALSE));\r\n\r\n\tobject oNearby = GetFirstObjectInShape(SHAPE_SPHERE, 30.0, GetLocation(OBJECT_SELF), FALSE, OBJECT_TYPE_CREATURE );\r\n\twhile(GetIsOb...<truncated>
+  game = <Game.K1: 1>
+  optimizers = [<pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.optimizers.RemoveNopOptimizer object at 0x7f2ab5040a90>, <pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.optimizers.RemoveMoveSPEqualsZeroOptimizer object at 0x7f2ab5040880>, <pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.optimizers.RemoveUnusedBlocksOptimizer object at 0x7f2ab5040940>]
+  library_lookup = [CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\killczerkajerk\tslpatchdata\temp_nss_working_dir)]
+  errorlog = None
+  debug = False
+
+Function '__init__' at /tmp/_MEINbFrkh/pykotor/resource/formats/ncs/compiler/parser.pyc:75:
+  self = <pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.compiler.parser.NssParser object at 0x7f2ab5040a00>
+  functions = [ScriptFunction(<DataType.INT: 'int'>, 'Random', [ScriptParam(<DataType.INT: 'int'>, 'nMaxInteger', None)], '// 0: Get an integer between 0 and nMaxInteger-1.\r\n// Return value on error: 0\r\nint Random(int nMaxInteger);', '// 0: Get an integer between 0 and nMaxInteger-1.\r\n// Return value on error: 0\r\nint Random(int nMaxInteger);'), ScriptFunction(<DataType.VOID: 'void'>, 'PrintString', [ScriptParam(<DataType.STRING: 'string'>, 'sString', None)], '// 1: Output sString to the log file.\r\nvoid PrintStr...<truncated>
+  constants = [ScriptConstant("DataType.INT", "NUM_INVENTORY_SLOTS", "18"), ScriptConstant("DataType.INT", "TRUE", "1"), ScriptConstant("DataType.INT", "FALSE", "0"), ScriptConstant("DataType.FLOAT", "DIRECTION_EAST", "0.0"), ScriptConstant("DataType.FLOAT", "DIRECTION_NORTH", "90.0"), ScriptConstant("DataType.FLOAT", "DIRECTION_WEST", "180.0"), ScriptConstant("DataType.FLOAT", "DIRECTION_SOUTH", "270.0"), ScriptConstant("DataType.FLOAT", "PI", "3.141592"), ScriptConstant("DataType.INT", "ATTITUDE_NEUTRAL", "0"), ScriptC...<truncated>
+  library = {'k_inc_cheat': b'//:: k_inc_cheat\n/*\n    This will be localized area for all\n    Cheat Bot scripting.\n*/\n//:: Created By: Preston Watamaniuk\n//:: Copyright (c) 2002 Bioware Corp.\n#include "k_inc_debug"\n//Takes a PLANET_ Constant\nvoid CH_SetPlanetaryGlobal(int nPlanetConstant);\n//Makes the specified party member available to the PC\nvoid CH_SetPartyMemberAvailable(int nNPC);\n//::///////////////////////////////////////////////\n//:: Set Planet Local\n//:: Copyright (c) 2001 Bioware Corp.\n//::////...<truncated>
+  library_lookup = [CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\killczerkajerk\tslpatchdata\temp_nss_working_dir)]
+  errorlog = None
+  debug = False
+
+Function 'yacc' at /tmp/_MEINbFrkh/ply/yacc.pyc:3317:
+  method = 'LALR'
+  debug = False
+  tabmodule = 'pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.compiler.parsetab'
+  start = None
+  check_recursion = True
+  optimize = False
+  write_tables = False
+  debugfile = 'parser.out'
+  outputdir = '/tmp/_MEINbFrkh/pykotor/resource/formats/ncs/compiler'
+  debuglog = 'yacc_debuglog.txt'
+  errorlog = <ply.yacc.PlyLogger object at 0x7f2ab5040d60>
+  picklefile = None
+  _items = [('__annotations__', {'tokens': 'list[str]', 'literals': 'list[str]'}), ('__class__', <class 'pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.compiler.parser.NssParser'>), ('__delattr__', <method-wrapper '__delattr__' of NssParser object at 0x7f2ab5040a00>), ('__dict__', {}), ('__dir__', <built-in method __dir__ of NssParser object at 0x7f2ab5040a00>), ('__doc__', None), ('__eq__', <method-wrapper '__eq__' of NssParser object at 0x7f2ab5040a00>), ('__format__', <built-in method __format__ of NssParser object at 0x7f2ab5040a00...<truncated>
+  pdict = {'__annotations__': {'tokens': 'list[str]', 'literals': 'list[str]'}, '__class__': <class 'pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.compiler.parser.NssParser'>, '__delattr__': <method-wrapper '__delattr__' of NssParser object at 0x7f2ab5040a00>, '__dict__': {}, '__dir__': <built-in method __dir__ of NssParser object at 0x7f2ab5040a00>, '__doc__': None, '__eq__': <method-wrapper '__eq__' of NssParser object at 0x7f2ab5040a00>, '__format__': <built-in method __format__ of NssParser object at 0x7f2ab5040a00>, '__ge__': <m...<truncated>
+  srcfile = '/tmp/_MEINbFrkh/pykotor/resource/formats/ncs/compiler/parser.pyc'
+  pkg = 'pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.compiler'
+  pinfo = <ply.yacc.ParserReflect object at 0x7f2ab5040cd0>
+  signature = "leftORleftANDleftBITWISE_ORleftBITWISE_XORleftBITWISE_ANDleftEQUALSNOT_EQUALSleftGREATER_THANLESS_THANGREATER_THAN_OR_EQUALSLESS_THAN_OR_EQUALSleftBITWISE_LEFTBITWISE_RIGHTleftADDMINUSleftMULTIPLYDIVIDEMODrightBITWISE_NOTNOTleftINCREMENTDECREMENTACTION_TYPE ADD ADDITION_ASSIGNMENT_OPERATOR AND BITWISE_AND BITWISE_LEFT BITWISE_NOT BITWISE_OR BITWISE_RIGHT BITWISE_XOR BREAK_CONTROL CASE_CONTROL CONTINUE_CONTROL DECREMENT DEFAULT_CONTROL DIVIDE DIVISION_ASSIGNMENT_OPERATOR DO_CONTROL EFFECT_TYPE ELSE_CONTROL ...<truncated>
+  lr = <ply.yacc.LRTable object at 0x7f2ab5040df0>
+  module = <pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.compiler.parser.NssParser object at 0x7f2ab5040a00>
+Assertion with Exception Trace: Exception 'cannot install - missing a required mod' of type '<class 'ImportError'>' occurred.
+Formatted Traceback:
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+  File "__main__.py", line 1353, in <module>
+  File "__main__.py", line 1348, in main
+  File "__main__.py", line 163, in __init__
+  File "__main__.py", line 375, in handle_commandline
+  File "__main__.py", line 391, in _begin_oneshot
+  File "__main__.py", line 1071, in begin_install_thread
+  File "__main__.py", line 1069, in begin_install_thread
+  File "__main__.py", line 1150, in _execute_mod_install
+  File "pykotor/tslpatcher/patcher.py", line 100, in config
+ImportError: cannot install - missing a required mod
+
+Stack Trace Variables:
+
+Function '<module>' at /tmp/_MEIpiOGr8/__main__.py:1353:
+  __annotations__ = {'CURRENT_VERSION': 'tuple[int, ...]'}
+  _pyi_main_co = <code object <module> at 0x7f6d02d59840, file "__main__.py", line 1>
+  sys = <module 'sys' (built-in)>
+  pyimod02_importers = <module 'pyimod02_importers' from '/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/Workspaces/ModSync/PyInstaller/loader/pyimod02_importers.py'>
+  os = <module 'os' from '/tmp/_MEIpiOGr8/base_library.zip/os.pyc'>
+  VIRTENV = 'VIRTUAL_ENV'
+  python_path = ['/tmp/_MEIpiOGr8/base_library.zip', '/tmp/_MEIpiOGr8/lib-dynload', '/tmp/_MEIpiOGr8']
+  pth = '/tmp/_MEIpiOGr8'
+  encodings = <module 'encodings' from '/tmp/_MEIpiOGr8/base_library.zip/encodings/__init__.pyc'>
+  pyimod03_ctypes = <module 'pyimod03_ctypes' from '/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/Workspaces/ModSync/PyInstaller/loader/pyimod03_ctypes.py'>
+  entry = '/tmp/_MEIpiOGr8/base_library.zip'
+  annotations = _Feature((3, 7, 0, 'beta', 1), (3, 11, 0, 'alpha', 0), 16777216)
+  base64 = <module 'base64' from '/tmp/_MEIpiOGr8/base64.pyc'>
+  contextlib = <module 'contextlib' from '/tmp/_MEIpiOGr8/contextlib.pyc'>
+  ctypes = <module 'ctypes' from '/tmp/_MEIpiOGr8/ctypes/__init__.pyc'>
+  inspect = <module 'inspect' from '/tmp/_MEIpiOGr8/inspect.pyc'>
+  io = <module 'io' from '/tmp/_MEIpiOGr8/base_library.zip/io.pyc'>
+  json = <module 'json' from '/tmp/_MEIpiOGr8/json/__init__.pyc'>
+  pathlib = <module 'pathlib' from '/tmp/_MEIpiOGr8/pathlib.pyc'>
+  subprocess = <module 'subprocess' from '/tmp/_MEIpiOGr8/subprocess.pyc'>
+  tempfile = <module 'tempfile' from '/tmp/_MEIpiOGr8/tempfile.pyc'>
+  time = <module 'time' (built-in)>
+  tk = <module 'tkinter' from '/tmp/_MEIpiOGr8/tkinter/__init__.pyc'>
+  traceback = <module 'traceback' from '/tmp/_MEIpiOGr8/base_library.zip/traceback.pyc'>
+  webbrowser = <module 'webbrowser' from '/tmp/_MEIpiOGr8/webbrowser.pyc'>
+  ArgumentParser = <class 'argparse.ArgumentParser'>
+  Namespace = <class 'argparse.Namespace'>
+  datetime = <class 'datetime.datetime'>
+  timedelta = <class 'datetime.timedelta'>
+  timezone = <class 'datetime.timezone'>
+  IntEnum = <enum 'IntEnum'>
+  Event = <class 'threading.Event'>
+  Thread = <class 'threading.Thread'>
+  filedialog = <module 'tkinter.filedialog' from '/tmp/_MEIpiOGr8/tkinter/filedialog.pyc'>
+  messagebox = <module 'tkinter.messagebox' from '/tmp/_MEIpiOGr8/tkinter/messagebox.pyc'>
+  ttk = <module 'tkinter.ttk' from '/tmp/_MEIpiOGr8/tkinter/ttk.pyc'>
+  tkfont = <module 'tkinter.font' from '/tmp/_MEIpiOGr8/tkinter/font.pyc'>
+  TYPE_CHECKING = False
+  Callable = typing.Callable
+  NoReturn = typing.NoReturn
+  Game = <enum 'Game'>
+  BinaryReader = <class 'pykotor.common.stream.BinaryReader'>
+  ResourceIdentifier = <class 'pykotor.extract.file.ResourceIdentifier'>
+  decode_bytes_with_fallbacks = <function decode_bytes_with_fallbacks at 0x7f6d023ceef0>
+  CaseAwarePath = <class 'pykotor.tools.path.CaseAwarePath'>
+  find_kotor_paths_from_default = <function find_kotor_paths_from_default at 0x7f6cf3d7a3b0>
+  PatchLog = <class 'pykotor.tslpatcher.logger.PatchLog'>
+  PatchLogger = <class 'pykotor.tslpatcher.logger.PatchLogger'>
+  ModInstaller = <class 'pykotor.tslpatcher.patcher.ModInstaller'>
+  ConfigReader = <class 'pykotor.tslpatcher.reader.ConfigReader'>
+  NamespaceReader = <class 'pykotor.tslpatcher.reader.NamespaceReader'>
+  ModUninstaller = <class 'pykotor.tslpatcher.uninstall.ModUninstaller'>
+  format_exception_with_variables = <function format_exception_with_variables at 0x7f6cf43bfeb0>
+  universal_simplify_exception = <function universal_simplify_exception at 0x7f6cf43bfc70>
+  striprtf = <function striprtf at 0x7f6d023acf70>
+  Path = <class 'utility.system.path.Path'>
+  ToolTip = <class 'utility.tkinter.tooltip.ToolTip'>
+  CURRENT_VERSION = (1, 5, 1)
+  VERSION_LABEL = 'v1.5.1'
+  ExitCode = <enum 'ExitCode'>
+  HoloPatcherError = <class '__main__.HoloPatcherError'>
+  parse_args = <function parse_args at 0x7f6d02d4e7a0>
+  App = <class '__main__.App'>
+  onAppCrash = <function onAppCrash at 0x7f6cf3ae3520>
+  is_frozen = <function is_frozen at 0x7f6cf3af53f0>
+  main = <function main at 0x7f6cf3af5480>
+
+Function 'main' at /tmp/_MEIpiOGr8/__main__.py:1348:
+
+Function '__init__' at /tmp/_MEIpiOGr8/__main__.py:163:
+  self = <__main__.App object .>
+  cmdline_args = Namespace(game_dir='/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/swkotor', tslpatchdata="/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/Workspaces/ModSync/tmp/mod_downloads/[K1]_Republic_Soldier's_New_Shade_v1.1.1/[K1]_Republic_Soldier's_New_Shade_v1.1.1", namespace_option_index=3, console=False, uninstall=False, install=True, validate=False)
+  __class__ = <class '__main__.App'>
+
+Function 'handle_commandline' at /tmp/_MEIpiOGr8/__main__.py:375:
+  self = <__main__.App object .>
+  cmdline_args = Namespace(game_dir='/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/swkotor', tslpatchdata="/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/Workspaces/ModSync/tmp/mod_downloads/[K1]_Republic_Soldier's_New_Shade_v1.1.1/[K1]_Republic_Soldier's_New_Shade_v1.1.1", namespace_option_index=3, console=False, uninstall=False, install=True, validate=False)
+  num_cmdline_actions = 1
+
+Function '_begin_oneshot' at /tmp/_MEIpiOGr8/__main__.py:391:
+  self = <__main__.App object .>
+  cmdline_args = Namespace(game_dir='/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/swkotor', tslpatchdata="/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/Workspaces/ModSync/tmp/mod_downloads/[K1]_Republic_Soldier's_New_Shade_v1.1.1/[K1]_Republic_Soldier's_New_Shade_v1.1.1", namespace_option_index=3, console=False, uninstall=False, install=True, validate=False)
+
+Function 'begin_install_thread' at /tmp/_MEIpiOGr8/__main__.py:1071:
+  should_cancel_thread = <threading.Event object at 0x7f6cf3afd120>
+  namespace_option = <pykotor.tslpatcher.namespaces.PatcherNamespace object at 0x7f6cf368c310>
+  ini_file_path = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\tslpatchdata\new_shade\option_3.ini)
+  namespace_mod_path = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\tslpatchdata\new_shade)
+  installer = <pykotor.tslpatcher.patcher.ModInstaller object at 0x7f6cf3afd720>
+  self = <__main__.App object .>
+
+Function 'begin_install_thread' at /tmp/_MEIpiOGr8/__main__.py:1069:
+  should_cancel_thread = <threading.Event object at 0x7f6cf3afd120>
+  namespace_option = <pykotor.tslpatcher.namespaces.PatcherNamespace object at 0x7f6cf368c310>
+  ini_file_path = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\tslpatchdata\new_shade\option_3.ini)
+  namespace_mod_path = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\tslpatchdata\new_shade)
+  installer = <pykotor.tslpatcher.patcher.ModInstaller object at 0x7f6cf3afd720>
+  self = <__main__.App object .>
+
+Function '_execute_mod_install' at /tmp/_MEIpiOGr8/__main__.py:1150:
+  self = <__main__.App object .>
+  installer = <pykotor.tslpatcher.patcher.ModInstaller object at 0x7f6cf3afd720>
+  should_cancel_thread = <threading.Event object at 0x7f6cf3afd120>
+
+Function 'config' at /tmp/_MEIpiOGr8/pykotor/tslpatcher/patcher.pyc:100:
+  self = <pykotor.tslpatcher.patcher.ModInstaller object at 0x7f6cf3afd720>
+  ini_file_bytes = b';[K1] Republic Soldier\'s New Shade v1.1.1 - Option 3;\r\n\r\n;Patcher Setup;\r\n[Settings]\r\nFileExists=1\r\nWindowCaption=New Shade for JC\'s "Republic Soldier Uniform for PC" - Male and Female\r\nConfirmMessage=N/A\nRequired=pfbbl.mdl\r\nLogLevel=4\r\nInstallerMode=1\r\nBackupFiles=1\r\nPlaintextLog=1\nLookupGameFolder=0\r\nLookupGameNumber=1\r\nSaveProcessedScripts=0\r\n\r\n;Indexing;\r\n[InstallList]\r\ninstall_folder0=Override\r\n\r\n;Override Install;\r\n[install_folder0]\r\nReplace0=PMBBL01.tpc\r...<truncated>
+  ini_text = ';[K1] Republic Soldier\'s New Shade v1.1.1 - Option 3;\r\n\r\n;Patcher Setup;\r\n[Settings]\r\nFileExists=1\r\nWindowCaption=New Shade for JC\'s "Republic Soldier Uniform for PC" - Male and Female\r\nConfirmMessage=N/A\nRequired=pfbbl.mdl\r\nLogLevel=4\r\nInstallerMode=1\r\nBackupFiles=1\r\nPlaintextLog=1\nLookupGameFolder=0\r\nLookupGameNumber=1\r\nSaveProcessedScripts=0\r\n\r\n;Indexing;\r\n[InstallList]\r\ninstall_folder0=Override\r\n\r\n;Override Install;\r\n[install_folder0]\r\nReplace0=PMBBL01.tpc\r\...<truncated>
+  requiredfile_path = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\steamlibrary\steamapps\common\swkotor\override\pfbbl.mdl)
+Assertion with Exception Trace: Exception ''str' object has no attribute 'info'' of type '<class 'AttributeError'>' occurred.
+Formatted Traceback:
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+  File "pykotor/tslpatcher/patcher.py", line 372, in install
+  File "pykotor/tslpatcher/mods/nss.py", line 118, in patch_resource
+  File "pykotor/resource/formats/ncs/ncs_auto.py", line 112, in compile_nss
+  File "pykotor/resource/formats/ncs/compiler/parser.py", line 75, in __init__
+  File "ply/yacc.py", line 3317, in yacc
+AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'info'
+
+Stack Trace Variables:
+
+Function 'install' at /tmp/_MEIITsslR/pykotor/tslpatcher/patcher.pyc:372:
+  self = <pykotor.tslpatcher.patcher.ModInstaller object at 0x7f6166084490>
+  should_cancel = <threading.Event object at 0x7f61664f90c0>
+  config = <pykotor.tslpatcher.config.PatcherConfig object at 0x7f6166084c40>
+  temp_script_folder = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\killczerkajerk\tslpatchdata\temp_nss_working_dir)
+  patches_list = [<pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.install.InstallFile object at 0x7f6166086440>, <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.install.InstallFile object at 0x7f6166086410>, <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.install.InstallFile object at 0x7f6166086470>, <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.install.InstallFile object at 0x7f61660864a0>, <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.install.InstallFile object at 0x7f61660864d0>, <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.install.InstallFile object at 0x7f6166086500>, <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.install.InstallFile object at 0x7f6166086110>, <pykoto...<truncated>
+  memory = PatcherMemory(memory_2da={}, memory_str={})
+  patch = <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.nss.ModificationsNSS object at 0x7f6166086680>
+  output_container_path = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\steamlibrary\steamapps\common\swkotor\override)
+  exists = False
+  capsule = None
+  data_to_patch = b'\r\n#include "k_inc_utility"\r\n\r\nvoid main()\r\n{\r\n\tUT_DarkSml(GetFirstPC());\r\n\r\n\tChangeToStandardFaction(OBJECT_SELF, STANDARD_FACTION_HOSTILE_1);\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionEquipItem(CreateItemOnObject("g_w_blstrrfl001", OBJECT_SELF, 1), INVENTORY_SLOT_RIGHTWEAPON, TRUE));\t\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionAttack(GetFirstPC(), FALSE));\r\n\r\n\tobject oNearby = GetFirstObjectInShape(SHAPE_SPHERE, 30.0, GetLocation(OBJECT_SELF), FALSE, OBJECT_TYPE_CREATURE );\r\n\twhile(GetIsO...<truncated>
+  patched_data = b'////////////////////////////////////////////////////////\r\n//\r\n//  NWScript\r\n//\r\n//  The list of actions and pre-defined constants.\r\n//\r\n//  (c) BioWare Corp, 1999\r\n//\r\n////////////////////////////////////////////////////////\r\n\r\n#define ENGINE_NUM_STRUCTURES   4\r\n#define ENGINE_STRUCTURE_0      effect\r\n#define ENGINE_STRUCTURE_1      event\r\n#define ENGINE_STRUCTURE_2      location\r\n#define ENGINE_STRUCTURE_3      talent\r\n\r\n// Constants\r\n\r\nint        NUM_INVENTORY_SLOTS  ...<truncated>
+  e = AttributeError("'str' object has no attribute 'info'")
+
+Function 'patch_resource' at /tmp/_MEIITsslR/pykotor/tslpatcher/mods/nss.pyc:118:
+  self = <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.nss.ModificationsNSS object at 0x7f6166086680>
+  nss_source = b'\r\n#include "k_inc_utility"\r\n\r\nvoid main()\r\n{\r\n\tUT_DarkSml(GetFirstPC());\r\n\r\n\tChangeToStandardFaction(OBJECT_SELF, STANDARD_FACTION_HOSTILE_1);\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionEquipItem(CreateItemOnObject("g_w_blstrrfl001", OBJECT_SELF, 1), INVENTORY_SLOT_RIGHTWEAPON, TRUE));\t\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionAttack(GetFirstPC(), FALSE));\r\n\r\n\tobject oNearby = GetFirstObjectInShape(SHAPE_SPHERE, 30.0, GetLocation(OBJECT_SELF), FALSE, OBJECT_TYPE_CREATURE );\r\n\twhile(GetIsO...<truncated>
+  memory = PatcherMemory(memory_2da={}, memory_str={})
+  logger = <pykotor.tslpatcher.logger.PatchLogger object at 0x7f61664c3850>
+  game = <Game.K1: 1>
+  reader = <pykotor.common.stream.BinaryReader object at 0x7f61660f05e0>
+  nss_bytes = b'\r\n#include "k_inc_utility"\r\n\r\nvoid main()\r\n{\r\n\tUT_DarkSml(GetFirstPC());\r\n\r\n\tChangeToStandardFaction(OBJECT_SELF, STANDARD_FACTION_HOSTILE_1);\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionEquipItem(CreateItemOnObject("g_w_blstrrfl001", OBJECT_SELF, 1), INVENTORY_SLOT_RIGHTWEAPON, TRUE));\t\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionAttack(GetFirstPC(), FALSE));\r\n\r\n\tobject oNearby = GetFirstObjectInShape(SHAPE_SPHERE, 30.0, GetLocation(OBJECT_SELF), FALSE, OBJECT_TYPE_CREATURE );\r\n\twhile(GetIsO...<truncated>
+  source = <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.nss.MutableString object at 0x7f61660f0670>
+  temp_script_file = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\killczerkajerk\tslpatchdata\temp_nss_working_dir\kas22_attack.nss)
+  is_windows = False
+  nwnnsscomp_exists = True
+
+Function 'compile_nss' at /tmp/_MEIITsslR/pykotor/resource/formats/ncs/ncs_auto.pyc:112:
+  source = '\r\n#include "k_inc_utility"\r\n\r\nvoid main()\r\n{\r\n\tUT_DarkSml(GetFirstPC());\r\n\r\n\tChangeToStandardFaction(OBJECT_SELF, STANDARD_FACTION_HOSTILE_1);\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionEquipItem(CreateItemOnObject("g_w_blstrrfl001", OBJECT_SELF, 1), INVENTORY_SLOT_RIGHTWEAPON, TRUE));\t\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionAttack(GetFirstPC(), FALSE));\r\n\r\n\tobject oNearby = GetFirstObjectInShape(SHAPE_SPHERE, 30.0, GetLocation(OBJECT_SELF), FALSE, OBJECT_TYPE_CREATURE );\r\n\twhile(GetIsOb...<truncated>
+  game = <Game.K1: 1>
+  optimizers = [<pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.optimizers.RemoveNopOptimizer object at 0x7f61660f0a90>, <pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.optimizers.RemoveMoveSPEqualsZeroOptimizer object at 0x7f61660f0880>, <pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.optimizers.RemoveUnusedBlocksOptimizer object at 0x7f61660f0940>]
+  library_lookup = [CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\killczerkajerk\tslpatchdata\temp_nss_working_dir)]
+  errorlog = None
+  debug = False
+
+Function '__init__' at /tmp/_MEIITsslR/pykotor/resource/formats/ncs/compiler/parser.pyc:75:
+  self = <pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.compiler.parser.NssParser object at 0x7f61660f0a00>
+  functions = [ScriptFunction(<DataType.INT: 'int'>, 'Random', [ScriptParam(<DataType.INT: 'int'>, 'nMaxInteger', None)], '// 0: Get an integer between 0 and nMaxInteger-1.\r\n// Return value on error: 0\r\nint Random(int nMaxInteger);', '// 0: Get an integer between 0 and nMaxInteger-1.\r\n// Return value on error: 0\r\nint Random(int nMaxInteger);'), ScriptFunction(<DataType.VOID: 'void'>, 'PrintString', [ScriptParam(<DataType.STRING: 'string'>, 'sString', None)], '// 1: Output sString to the log file.\r\nvoid PrintStr...<truncated>
+  constants = [ScriptConstant("DataType.INT", "NUM_INVENTORY_SLOTS", "18"), ScriptConstant("DataType.INT", "TRUE", "1"), ScriptConstant("DataType.INT", "FALSE", "0"), ScriptConstant("DataType.FLOAT", "DIRECTION_EAST", "0.0"), ScriptConstant("DataType.FLOAT", "DIRECTION_NORTH", "90.0"), ScriptConstant("DataType.FLOAT", "DIRECTION_WEST", "180.0"), ScriptConstant("DataType.FLOAT", "DIRECTION_SOUTH", "270.0"), ScriptConstant("DataType.FLOAT", "PI", "3.141592"), ScriptConstant("DataType.INT", "ATTITUDE_NEUTRAL", "0"), ScriptC...<truncated>
+  library = {'k_inc_cheat': b'//:: k_inc_cheat\n/*\n    This will be localized area for all\n    Cheat Bot scripting.\n*/\n//:: Created By: Preston Watamaniuk\n//:: Copyright (c) 2002 Bioware Corp.\n#include "k_inc_debug"\n//Takes a PLANET_ Constant\nvoid CH_SetPlanetaryGlobal(int nPlanetConstant);\n//Makes the specified party member available to the PC\nvoid CH_SetPartyMemberAvailable(int nNPC);\n//::///////////////////////////////////////////////\n//:: Set Planet Local\n//:: Copyright (c) 2001 Bioware Corp.\n//::////...<truncated>
+  library_lookup = [CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\killczerkajerk\tslpatchdata\temp_nss_working_dir)]
+  errorlog = None
+  debug = False
+
+Function 'yacc' at /tmp/_MEIITsslR/ply/yacc.pyc:3317:
+  method = 'LALR'
+  debug = False
+  tabmodule = 'pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.compiler.parsetab'
+  start = None
+  check_recursion = True
+  optimize = False
+  write_tables = False
+  debugfile = 'parser.out'
+  outputdir = '/tmp/_MEIITsslR/pykotor/resource/formats/ncs/compiler'
+  debuglog = 'yacc_debuglog.txt'
+  errorlog = <ply.yacc.PlyLogger object at 0x7f61660f0d60>
+  picklefile = None
+  _items = [('__annotations__', {'tokens': 'list[str]', 'literals': 'list[str]'}), ('__class__', <class 'pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.compiler.parser.NssParser'>), ('__delattr__', <method-wrapper '__delattr__' of NssParser object at 0x7f61660f0a00>), ('__dict__', {}), ('__dir__', <built-in method __dir__ of NssParser object at 0x7f61660f0a00>), ('__doc__', None), ('__eq__', <method-wrapper '__eq__' of NssParser object at 0x7f61660f0a00>), ('__format__', <built-in method __format__ of NssParser object at 0x7f61660f0a00...<truncated>
+  pdict = {'__annotations__': {'tokens': 'list[str]', 'literals': 'list[str]'}, '__class__': <class 'pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.compiler.parser.NssParser'>, '__delattr__': <method-wrapper '__delattr__' of NssParser object at 0x7f61660f0a00>, '__dict__': {}, '__dir__': <built-in method __dir__ of NssParser object at 0x7f61660f0a00>, '__doc__': None, '__eq__': <method-wrapper '__eq__' of NssParser object at 0x7f61660f0a00>, '__format__': <built-in method __format__ of NssParser object at 0x7f61660f0a00>, '__ge__': <m...<truncated>
+  srcfile = '/tmp/_MEIITsslR/pykotor/resource/formats/ncs/compiler/parser.pyc'
+  pkg = 'pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.compiler'
+  pinfo = <ply.yacc.ParserReflect object at 0x7f61660f0cd0>
+  signature = "leftORleftANDleftBITWISE_ORleftBITWISE_XORleftBITWISE_ANDleftEQUALSNOT_EQUALSleftGREATER_THANLESS_THANGREATER_THAN_OR_EQUALSLESS_THAN_OR_EQUALSleftBITWISE_LEFTBITWISE_RIGHTleftADDMINUSleftMULTIPLYDIVIDEMODrightBITWISE_NOTNOTleftINCREMENTDECREMENTACTION_TYPE ADD ADDITION_ASSIGNMENT_OPERATOR AND BITWISE_AND BITWISE_LEFT BITWISE_NOT BITWISE_OR BITWISE_RIGHT BITWISE_XOR BREAK_CONTROL CASE_CONTROL CONTINUE_CONTROL DECREMENT DEFAULT_CONTROL DIVIDE DIVISION_ASSIGNMENT_OPERATOR DO_CONTROL EFFECT_TYPE ELSE_CONTROL ...<truncated>
+  lr = <ply.yacc.LRTable object at 0x7f61660f0df0>
+  module = <pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.compiler.parser.NssParser object at 0x7f61660f0a00>
+Assertion with Exception Trace: Exception 'cannot install - missing a required mod' of type '<class 'ImportError'>' occurred.
+Formatted Traceback:
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+  File "__main__.py", line 1353, in <module>
+  File "__main__.py", line 1348, in main
+  File "__main__.py", line 163, in __init__
+  File "__main__.py", line 375, in handle_commandline
+  File "__main__.py", line 391, in _begin_oneshot
+  File "__main__.py", line 1071, in begin_install_thread
+  File "__main__.py", line 1069, in begin_install_thread
+  File "__main__.py", line 1150, in _execute_mod_install
+  File "pykotor/tslpatcher/patcher.py", line 100, in config
+ImportError: cannot install - missing a required mod
+
+Stack Trace Variables:
+
+Function '<module>' at /tmp/_MEIWoZTdX/__main__.py:1353:
+  __annotations__ = {'CURRENT_VERSION': 'tuple[int, ...]'}
+  _pyi_main_co = <code object <module> at 0x7f70be0dd840, file "__main__.py", line 1>
+  sys = <module 'sys' (built-in)>
+  pyimod02_importers = <module 'pyimod02_importers' from '/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/Workspaces/ModSync/PyInstaller/loader/pyimod02_importers.py'>
+  os = <module 'os' from '/tmp/_MEIWoZTdX/base_library.zip/os.pyc'>
+  VIRTENV = 'VIRTUAL_ENV'
+  python_path = ['/tmp/_MEIWoZTdX/base_library.zip', '/tmp/_MEIWoZTdX/lib-dynload', '/tmp/_MEIWoZTdX']
+  pth = '/tmp/_MEIWoZTdX'
+  encodings = <module 'encodings' from '/tmp/_MEIWoZTdX/base_library.zip/encodings/__init__.pyc'>
+  pyimod03_ctypes = <module 'pyimod03_ctypes' from '/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/Workspaces/ModSync/PyInstaller/loader/pyimod03_ctypes.py'>
+  entry = '/tmp/_MEIWoZTdX/base_library.zip'
+  annotations = _Feature((3, 7, 0, 'beta', 1), (3, 11, 0, 'alpha', 0), 16777216)
+  base64 = <module 'base64' from '/tmp/_MEIWoZTdX/base64.pyc'>
+  contextlib = <module 'contextlib' from '/tmp/_MEIWoZTdX/contextlib.pyc'>
+  ctypes = <module 'ctypes' from '/tmp/_MEIWoZTdX/ctypes/__init__.pyc'>
+  inspect = <module 'inspect' from '/tmp/_MEIWoZTdX/inspect.pyc'>
+  io = <module 'io' from '/tmp/_MEIWoZTdX/base_library.zip/io.pyc'>
+  json = <module 'json' from '/tmp/_MEIWoZTdX/json/__init__.pyc'>
+  pathlib = <module 'pathlib' from '/tmp/_MEIWoZTdX/pathlib.pyc'>
+  subprocess = <module 'subprocess' from '/tmp/_MEIWoZTdX/subprocess.pyc'>
+  tempfile = <module 'tempfile' from '/tmp/_MEIWoZTdX/tempfile.pyc'>
+  time = <module 'time' (built-in)>
+  tk = <module 'tkinter' from '/tmp/_MEIWoZTdX/tkinter/__init__.pyc'>
+  traceback = <module 'traceback' from '/tmp/_MEIWoZTdX/base_library.zip/traceback.pyc'>
+  webbrowser = <module 'webbrowser' from '/tmp/_MEIWoZTdX/webbrowser.pyc'>
+  ArgumentParser = <class 'argparse.ArgumentParser'>
+  Namespace = <class 'argparse.Namespace'>
+  datetime = <class 'datetime.datetime'>
+  timedelta = <class 'datetime.timedelta'>
+  timezone = <class 'datetime.timezone'>
+  IntEnum = <enum 'IntEnum'>
+  Event = <class 'threading.Event'>
+  Thread = <class 'threading.Thread'>
+  filedialog = <module 'tkinter.filedialog' from '/tmp/_MEIWoZTdX/tkinter/filedialog.pyc'>
+  messagebox = <module 'tkinter.messagebox' from '/tmp/_MEIWoZTdX/tkinter/messagebox.pyc'>
+  ttk = <module 'tkinter.ttk' from '/tmp/_MEIWoZTdX/tkinter/ttk.pyc'>
+  tkfont = <module 'tkinter.font' from '/tmp/_MEIWoZTdX/tkinter/font.pyc'>
+  TYPE_CHECKING = False
+  Callable = typing.Callable
+  NoReturn = typing.NoReturn
+  Game = <enum 'Game'>
+  BinaryReader = <class 'pykotor.common.stream.BinaryReader'>
+  ResourceIdentifier = <class 'pykotor.extract.file.ResourceIdentifier'>
+  decode_bytes_with_fallbacks = <function decode_bytes_with_fallbacks at 0x7f70af7eeef0>
+  CaseAwarePath = <class 'pykotor.tools.path.CaseAwarePath'>
+  find_kotor_paths_from_default = <function find_kotor_paths_from_default at 0x7f70af1123b0>
+  PatchLog = <class 'pykotor.tslpatcher.logger.PatchLog'>
+  PatchLogger = <class 'pykotor.tslpatcher.logger.PatchLogger'>
+  ModInstaller = <class 'pykotor.tslpatcher.patcher.ModInstaller'>
+  ConfigReader = <class 'pykotor.tslpatcher.reader.ConfigReader'>
+  NamespaceReader = <class 'pykotor.tslpatcher.reader.NamespaceReader'>
+  ModUninstaller = <class 'pykotor.tslpatcher.uninstall.ModUninstaller'>
+  format_exception_with_variables = <function format_exception_with_variables at 0x7f70af6c3eb0>
+  universal_simplify_exception = <function universal_simplify_exception at 0x7f70af6c3c70>
+  striprtf = <function striprtf at 0x7f70af7ccf70>
+  Path = <class 'utility.system.path.Path'>
+  ToolTip = <class 'utility.tkinter.tooltip.ToolTip'>
+  CURRENT_VERSION = (1, 5, 1)
+  VERSION_LABEL = 'v1.5.1'
+  ExitCode = <enum 'ExitCode'>
+  HoloPatcherError = <class '__main__.HoloPatcherError'>
+  parse_args = <function parse_args at 0x7f70be0d27a0>
+  App = <class '__main__.App'>
+  onAppCrash = <function onAppCrash at 0x7f70aee87520>
+  is_frozen = <function is_frozen at 0x7f70aee993f0>
+  main = <function main at 0x7f70aee99480>
+
+Function 'main' at /tmp/_MEIWoZTdX/__main__.py:1348:
+
+Function '__init__' at /tmp/_MEIWoZTdX/__main__.py:163:
+  self = <__main__.App object .>
+  cmdline_args = Namespace(game_dir='/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/swkotor', tslpatchdata="/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/Workspaces/ModSync/tmp/mod_downloads/[K1]_Republic_Soldier's_New_Shade_v1.1.1/[K1]_Republic_Soldier's_New_Shade_v1.1.1", namespace_option_index=3, console=False, uninstall=False, install=True, validate=False)
+  __class__ = <class '__main__.App'>
+
+Function 'handle_commandline' at /tmp/_MEIWoZTdX/__main__.py:375:
+  self = <__main__.App object .>
+  cmdline_args = Namespace(game_dir='/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/swkotor', tslpatchdata="/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/Workspaces/ModSync/tmp/mod_downloads/[K1]_Republic_Soldier's_New_Shade_v1.1.1/[K1]_Republic_Soldier's_New_Shade_v1.1.1", namespace_option_index=3, console=False, uninstall=False, install=True, validate=False)
+  num_cmdline_actions = 1
+
+Function '_begin_oneshot' at /tmp/_MEIWoZTdX/__main__.py:391:
+  self = <__main__.App object .>
+  cmdline_args = Namespace(game_dir='/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/swkotor', tslpatchdata="/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/Workspaces/ModSync/tmp/mod_downloads/[K1]_Republic_Soldier's_New_Shade_v1.1.1/[K1]_Republic_Soldier's_New_Shade_v1.1.1", namespace_option_index=3, console=False, uninstall=False, install=True, validate=False)
+
+Function 'begin_install_thread' at /tmp/_MEIWoZTdX/__main__.py:1071:
+  should_cancel_thread = <threading.Event object at 0x7f70aeea1120>
+  namespace_option = <pykotor.tslpatcher.namespaces.PatcherNamespace object at 0x7f70aea20310>
+  ini_file_path = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\tslpatchdata\new_shade\option_3.ini)
+  namespace_mod_path = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\tslpatchdata\new_shade)
+  installer = <pykotor.tslpatcher.patcher.ModInstaller object at 0x7f70aeea1720>
+  self = <__main__.App object .>
+
+Function 'begin_install_thread' at /tmp/_MEIWoZTdX/__main__.py:1069:
+  should_cancel_thread = <threading.Event object at 0x7f70aeea1120>
+  namespace_option = <pykotor.tslpatcher.namespaces.PatcherNamespace object at 0x7f70aea20310>
+  ini_file_path = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\tslpatchdata\new_shade\option_3.ini)
+  namespace_mod_path = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\tslpatchdata\new_shade)
+  installer = <pykotor.tslpatcher.patcher.ModInstaller object at 0x7f70aeea1720>
+  self = <__main__.App object .>
+
+Function '_execute_mod_install' at /tmp/_MEIWoZTdX/__main__.py:1150:
+  self = <__main__.App object .>
+  installer = <pykotor.tslpatcher.patcher.ModInstaller object at 0x7f70aeea1720>
+  should_cancel_thread = <threading.Event object at 0x7f70aeea1120>
+
+Function 'config' at /tmp/_MEIWoZTdX/pykotor/tslpatcher/patcher.pyc:100:
+  self = <pykotor.tslpatcher.patcher.ModInstaller object at 0x7f70aeea1720>
+  ini_file_bytes = b';[K1] Republic Soldier\'s New Shade v1.1.1 - Option 3;\r\n\r\n;Patcher Setup;\r\n[Settings]\r\nFileExists=1\r\nWindowCaption=New Shade for JC\'s "Republic Soldier Uniform for PC" - Male and Female\r\nConfirmMessage=N/A\nRequired=pfbbl.mdl\r\nLogLevel=4\r\nInstallerMode=1\r\nBackupFiles=1\r\nPlaintextLog=1\nLookupGameFolder=0\r\nLookupGameNumber=1\r\nSaveProcessedScripts=0\r\n\r\n;Indexing;\r\n[InstallList]\r\ninstall_folder0=Override\r\n\r\n;Override Install;\r\n[install_folder0]\r\nReplace0=PMBBL01.tpc\r...<truncated>
+  ini_text = ';[K1] Republic Soldier\'s New Shade v1.1.1 - Option 3;\r\n\r\n;Patcher Setup;\r\n[Settings]\r\nFileExists=1\r\nWindowCaption=New Shade for JC\'s "Republic Soldier Uniform for PC" - Male and Female\r\nConfirmMessage=N/A\nRequired=pfbbl.mdl\r\nLogLevel=4\r\nInstallerMode=1\r\nBackupFiles=1\r\nPlaintextLog=1\nLookupGameFolder=0\r\nLookupGameNumber=1\r\nSaveProcessedScripts=0\r\n\r\n;Indexing;\r\n[InstallList]\r\ninstall_folder0=Override\r\n\r\n;Override Install;\r\n[install_folder0]\r\nReplace0=PMBBL01.tpc\r\...<truncated>
+  requiredfile_path = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\steamlibrary\steamapps\common\swkotor\override\pfbbl.mdl)
+Assertion with Exception Trace: Exception ''str' object has no attribute 'info'' of type '<class 'AttributeError'>' occurred.
+Formatted Traceback:
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+  File "pykotor/tslpatcher/patcher.py", line 372, in install
+  File "pykotor/tslpatcher/mods/nss.py", line 118, in patch_resource
+  File "pykotor/resource/formats/ncs/ncs_auto.py", line 112, in compile_nss
+  File "pykotor/resource/formats/ncs/compiler/parser.py", line 75, in __init__
+  File "ply/yacc.py", line 3317, in yacc
+AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'info'
+
+Stack Trace Variables:
+
+Function 'install' at /tmp/_MEISNqhlJ/pykotor/tslpatcher/patcher.pyc:372:
+  self = <pykotor.tslpatcher.patcher.ModInstaller object at 0x7f5b56264430>
+  should_cancel = <threading.Event object at 0x7f5b56701060>
+  config = <pykotor.tslpatcher.config.PatcherConfig object at 0x7f5b56264be0>
+  temp_script_folder = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\killczerkajerk\tslpatchdata\temp_nss_working_dir)
+  patches_list = [<pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.install.InstallFile object at 0x7f5b562663e0>, <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.install.InstallFile object at 0x7f5b562663b0>, <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.install.InstallFile object at 0x7f5b56266410>, <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.install.InstallFile object at 0x7f5b56266440>, <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.install.InstallFile object at 0x7f5b56266470>, <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.install.InstallFile object at 0x7f5b562664a0>, <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.install.InstallFile object at 0x7f5b562660b0>, <pykoto...<truncated>
+  memory = PatcherMemory(memory_2da={}, memory_str={})
+  patch = <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.nss.ModificationsNSS object at 0x7f5b56266620>
+  output_container_path = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\steamlibrary\steamapps\common\swkotor\override)
+  exists = False
+  capsule = None
+  data_to_patch = b'\r\n#include "k_inc_utility"\r\n\r\nvoid main()\r\n{\r\n\tUT_DarkSml(GetFirstPC());\r\n\r\n\tChangeToStandardFaction(OBJECT_SELF, STANDARD_FACTION_HOSTILE_1);\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionEquipItem(CreateItemOnObject("g_w_blstrrfl001", OBJECT_SELF, 1), INVENTORY_SLOT_RIGHTWEAPON, TRUE));\t\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionAttack(GetFirstPC(), FALSE));\r\n\r\n\tobject oNearby = GetFirstObjectInShape(SHAPE_SPHERE, 30.0, GetLocation(OBJECT_SELF), FALSE, OBJECT_TYPE_CREATURE );\r\n\twhile(GetIsO...<truncated>
+  patched_data = b'////////////////////////////////////////////////////////\r\n//\r\n//  NWScript\r\n//\r\n//  The list of actions and pre-defined constants.\r\n//\r\n//  (c) BioWare Corp, 1999\r\n//\r\n////////////////////////////////////////////////////////\r\n\r\n#define ENGINE_NUM_STRUCTURES   4\r\n#define ENGINE_STRUCTURE_0      effect\r\n#define ENGINE_STRUCTURE_1      event\r\n#define ENGINE_STRUCTURE_2      location\r\n#define ENGINE_STRUCTURE_3      talent\r\n\r\n// Constants\r\n\r\nint        NUM_INVENTORY_SLOTS  ...<truncated>
+  e = AttributeError("'str' object has no attribute 'info'")
+
+Function 'patch_resource' at /tmp/_MEISNqhlJ/pykotor/tslpatcher/mods/nss.pyc:118:
+  self = <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.nss.ModificationsNSS object at 0x7f5b56266620>
+  nss_source = b'\r\n#include "k_inc_utility"\r\n\r\nvoid main()\r\n{\r\n\tUT_DarkSml(GetFirstPC());\r\n\r\n\tChangeToStandardFaction(OBJECT_SELF, STANDARD_FACTION_HOSTILE_1);\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionEquipItem(CreateItemOnObject("g_w_blstrrfl001", OBJECT_SELF, 1), INVENTORY_SLOT_RIGHTWEAPON, TRUE));\t\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionAttack(GetFirstPC(), FALSE));\r\n\r\n\tobject oNearby = GetFirstObjectInShape(SHAPE_SPHERE, 30.0, GetLocation(OBJECT_SELF), FALSE, OBJECT_TYPE_CREATURE );\r\n\twhile(GetIsO...<truncated>
+  memory = PatcherMemory(memory_2da={}, memory_str={})
+  logger = <pykotor.tslpatcher.logger.PatchLogger object at 0x7f5b566cb7f0>
+  game = <Game.K1: 1>
+  reader = <pykotor.common.stream.BinaryReader object at 0x7f5b56288580>
+  nss_bytes = b'\r\n#include "k_inc_utility"\r\n\r\nvoid main()\r\n{\r\n\tUT_DarkSml(GetFirstPC());\r\n\r\n\tChangeToStandardFaction(OBJECT_SELF, STANDARD_FACTION_HOSTILE_1);\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionEquipItem(CreateItemOnObject("g_w_blstrrfl001", OBJECT_SELF, 1), INVENTORY_SLOT_RIGHTWEAPON, TRUE));\t\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionAttack(GetFirstPC(), FALSE));\r\n\r\n\tobject oNearby = GetFirstObjectInShape(SHAPE_SPHERE, 30.0, GetLocation(OBJECT_SELF), FALSE, OBJECT_TYPE_CREATURE );\r\n\twhile(GetIsO...<truncated>
+  source = <pykotor.tslpatcher.mods.nss.MutableString object at 0x7f5b56288610>
+  temp_script_file = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\killczerkajerk\tslpatchdata\temp_nss_working_dir\kas22_attack.nss)
+  is_windows = False
+  nwnnsscomp_exists = True
+
+Function 'compile_nss' at /tmp/_MEISNqhlJ/pykotor/resource/formats/ncs/ncs_auto.pyc:112:
+  source = '\r\n#include "k_inc_utility"\r\n\r\nvoid main()\r\n{\r\n\tUT_DarkSml(GetFirstPC());\r\n\r\n\tChangeToStandardFaction(OBJECT_SELF, STANDARD_FACTION_HOSTILE_1);\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionEquipItem(CreateItemOnObject("g_w_blstrrfl001", OBJECT_SELF, 1), INVENTORY_SLOT_RIGHTWEAPON, TRUE));\t\r\n\tAssignCommand(OBJECT_SELF, ActionAttack(GetFirstPC(), FALSE));\r\n\r\n\tobject oNearby = GetFirstObjectInShape(SHAPE_SPHERE, 30.0, GetLocation(OBJECT_SELF), FALSE, OBJECT_TYPE_CREATURE );\r\n\twhile(GetIsOb...<truncated>
+  game = <Game.K1: 1>
+  optimizers = [<pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.optimizers.RemoveNopOptimizer object at 0x7f5b56288a30>, <pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.optimizers.RemoveMoveSPEqualsZeroOptimizer object at 0x7f5b56288820>, <pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.optimizers.RemoveUnusedBlocksOptimizer object at 0x7f5b562888e0>]
+  library_lookup = [CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\killczerkajerk\tslpatchdata\temp_nss_working_dir)]
+  errorlog = None
+  debug = False
+
+Function '__init__' at /tmp/_MEISNqhlJ/pykotor/resource/formats/ncs/compiler/parser.pyc:75:
+  self = <pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.compiler.parser.NssParser object at 0x7f5b562889a0>
+  functions = [ScriptFunction(<DataType.INT: 'int'>, 'Random', [ScriptParam(<DataType.INT: 'int'>, 'nMaxInteger', None)], '// 0: Get an integer between 0 and nMaxInteger-1.\r\n// Return value on error: 0\r\nint Random(int nMaxInteger);', '// 0: Get an integer between 0 and nMaxInteger-1.\r\n// Return value on error: 0\r\nint Random(int nMaxInteger);'), ScriptFunction(<DataType.VOID: 'void'>, 'PrintString', [ScriptParam(<DataType.STRING: 'string'>, 'sString', None)], '// 1: Output sString to the log file.\r\nvoid PrintStr...<truncated>
+  constants = [ScriptConstant("DataType.INT", "NUM_INVENTORY_SLOTS", "18"), ScriptConstant("DataType.INT", "TRUE", "1"), ScriptConstant("DataType.INT", "FALSE", "0"), ScriptConstant("DataType.FLOAT", "DIRECTION_EAST", "0.0"), ScriptConstant("DataType.FLOAT", "DIRECTION_NORTH", "90.0"), ScriptConstant("DataType.FLOAT", "DIRECTION_WEST", "180.0"), ScriptConstant("DataType.FLOAT", "DIRECTION_SOUTH", "270.0"), ScriptConstant("DataType.FLOAT", "PI", "3.141592"), ScriptConstant("DataType.INT", "ATTITUDE_NEUTRAL", "0"), ScriptC...<truncated>
+  library = {'k_inc_cheat': b'//:: k_inc_cheat\n/*\n    This will be localized area for all\n    Cheat Bot scripting.\n*/\n//:: Created By: Preston Watamaniuk\n//:: Copyright (c) 2002 Bioware Corp.\n#include "k_inc_debug"\n//Takes a PLANET_ Constant\nvoid CH_SetPlanetaryGlobal(int nPlanetConstant);\n//Makes the specified party member available to the PC\nvoid CH_SetPartyMemberAvailable(int nNPC);\n//::///////////////////////////////////////////////\n//:: Set Planet Local\n//:: Copyright (c) 2001 Bioware Corp.\n//::////...<truncated>
+  library_lookup = [CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\killczerkajerk\tslpatchdata\temp_nss_working_dir)]
+  errorlog = None
+  debug = False
+
+Function 'yacc' at /tmp/_MEISNqhlJ/ply/yacc.pyc:3317:
+  method = 'LALR'
+  debug = False
+  tabmodule = 'pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.compiler.parsetab'
+  start = None
+  check_recursion = True
+  optimize = False
+  write_tables = False
+  debugfile = 'parser.out'
+  outputdir = '/tmp/_MEISNqhlJ/pykotor/resource/formats/ncs/compiler'
+  debuglog = 'yacc_debuglog.txt'
+  errorlog = <ply.yacc.PlyLogger object at 0x7f5b56288d00>
+  picklefile = None
+  _items = [('__annotations__', {'tokens': 'list[str]', 'literals': 'list[str]'}), ('__class__', <class 'pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.compiler.parser.NssParser'>), ('__delattr__', <method-wrapper '__delattr__' of NssParser object at 0x7f5b562889a0>), ('__dict__', {}), ('__dir__', <built-in method __dir__ of NssParser object at 0x7f5b562889a0>), ('__doc__', None), ('__eq__', <method-wrapper '__eq__' of NssParser object at 0x7f5b562889a0>), ('__format__', <built-in method __format__ of NssParser object at 0x7f5b562889a0...<truncated>
+  pdict = {'__annotations__': {'tokens': 'list[str]', 'literals': 'list[str]'}, '__class__': <class 'pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.compiler.parser.NssParser'>, '__delattr__': <method-wrapper '__delattr__' of NssParser object at 0x7f5b562889a0>, '__dict__': {}, '__dir__': <built-in method __dir__ of NssParser object at 0x7f5b562889a0>, '__doc__': None, '__eq__': <method-wrapper '__eq__' of NssParser object at 0x7f5b562889a0>, '__format__': <built-in method __format__ of NssParser object at 0x7f5b562889a0>, '__ge__': <m...<truncated>
+  srcfile = '/tmp/_MEISNqhlJ/pykotor/resource/formats/ncs/compiler/parser.pyc'
+  pkg = 'pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.compiler'
+  pinfo = <ply.yacc.ParserReflect object at 0x7f5b56288c70>
+  signature = "leftORleftANDleftBITWISE_ORleftBITWISE_XORleftBITWISE_ANDleftEQUALSNOT_EQUALSleftGREATER_THANLESS_THANGREATER_THAN_OR_EQUALSLESS_THAN_OR_EQUALSleftBITWISE_LEFTBITWISE_RIGHTleftADDMINUSleftMULTIPLYDIVIDEMODrightBITWISE_NOTNOTleftINCREMENTDECREMENTACTION_TYPE ADD ADDITION_ASSIGNMENT_OPERATOR AND BITWISE_AND BITWISE_LEFT BITWISE_NOT BITWISE_OR BITWISE_RIGHT BITWISE_XOR BREAK_CONTROL CASE_CONTROL CONTINUE_CONTROL DECREMENT DEFAULT_CONTROL DIVIDE DIVISION_ASSIGNMENT_OPERATOR DO_CONTROL EFFECT_TYPE ELSE_CONTROL ...<truncated>
+  lr = <ply.yacc.LRTable object at 0x7f5b56288d90>
+  module = <pykotor.resource.formats.ncs.compiler.parser.NssParser object at 0x7f5b562889a0>
+Assertion with Exception Trace: Exception 'cannot install - missing a required mod' of type '<class 'ImportError'>' occurred.
+Formatted Traceback:
+Traceback (most recent call last):
+  File "__main__.py", line 1353, in <module>
+  File "__main__.py", line 1348, in main
+  File "__main__.py", line 163, in __init__
+  File "__main__.py", line 375, in handle_commandline
+  File "__main__.py", line 391, in _begin_oneshot
+  File "__main__.py", line 1071, in begin_install_thread
+  File "__main__.py", line 1069, in begin_install_thread
+  File "__main__.py", line 1150, in _execute_mod_install
+  File "pykotor/tslpatcher/patcher.py", line 100, in config
+ImportError: cannot install - missing a required mod
+
+Stack Trace Variables:
+
+Function '<module>' at /tmp/_MEIqDGn0w/__main__.py:1353:
+  __annotations__ = {'CURRENT_VERSION': 'tuple[int, ...]'}
+  _pyi_main_co = <code object <module> at 0x7ff74d305840, file "__main__.py", line 1>
+  sys = <module 'sys' (built-in)>
+  pyimod02_importers = <module 'pyimod02_importers' from '/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/Workspaces/ModSync/PyInstaller/loader/pyimod02_importers.py'>
+  os = <module 'os' from '/tmp/_MEIqDGn0w/base_library.zip/os.pyc'>
+  VIRTENV = 'VIRTUAL_ENV'
+  python_path = ['/tmp/_MEIqDGn0w/base_library.zip', '/tmp/_MEIqDGn0w/lib-dynload', '/tmp/_MEIqDGn0w']
+  pth = '/tmp/_MEIqDGn0w'
+  encodings = <module 'encodings' from '/tmp/_MEIqDGn0w/base_library.zip/encodings/__init__.pyc'>
+  pyimod03_ctypes = <module 'pyimod03_ctypes' from '/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/Workspaces/ModSync/PyInstaller/loader/pyimod03_ctypes.py'>
+  entry = '/tmp/_MEIqDGn0w/base_library.zip'
+  annotations = _Feature((3, 7, 0, 'beta', 1), (3, 11, 0, 'alpha', 0), 16777216)
+  base64 = <module 'base64' from '/tmp/_MEIqDGn0w/base64.pyc'>
+  contextlib = <module 'contextlib' from '/tmp/_MEIqDGn0w/contextlib.pyc'>
+  ctypes = <module 'ctypes' from '/tmp/_MEIqDGn0w/ctypes/__init__.pyc'>
+  inspect = <module 'inspect' from '/tmp/_MEIqDGn0w/inspect.pyc'>
+  io = <module 'io' from '/tmp/_MEIqDGn0w/base_library.zip/io.pyc'>
+  json = <module 'json' from '/tmp/_MEIqDGn0w/json/__init__.pyc'>
+  pathlib = <module 'pathlib' from '/tmp/_MEIqDGn0w/pathlib.pyc'>
+  subprocess = <module 'subprocess' from '/tmp/_MEIqDGn0w/subprocess.pyc'>
+  tempfile = <module 'tempfile' from '/tmp/_MEIqDGn0w/tempfile.pyc'>
+  time = <module 'time' (built-in)>
+  tk = <module 'tkinter' from '/tmp/_MEIqDGn0w/tkinter/__init__.pyc'>
+  traceback = <module 'traceback' from '/tmp/_MEIqDGn0w/base_library.zip/traceback.pyc'>
+  webbrowser = <module 'webbrowser' from '/tmp/_MEIqDGn0w/webbrowser.pyc'>
+  ArgumentParser = <class 'argparse.ArgumentParser'>
+  Namespace = <class 'argparse.Namespace'>
+  datetime = <class 'datetime.datetime'>
+  timedelta = <class 'datetime.timedelta'>
+  timezone = <class 'datetime.timezone'>
+  IntEnum = <enum 'IntEnum'>
+  Event = <class 'threading.Event'>
+  Thread = <class 'threading.Thread'>
+  filedialog = <module 'tkinter.filedialog' from '/tmp/_MEIqDGn0w/tkinter/filedialog.pyc'>
+  messagebox = <module 'tkinter.messagebox' from '/tmp/_MEIqDGn0w/tkinter/messagebox.pyc'>
+  ttk = <module 'tkinter.ttk' from '/tmp/_MEIqDGn0w/tkinter/ttk.pyc'>
+  tkfont = <module 'tkinter.font' from '/tmp/_MEIqDGn0w/tkinter/font.pyc'>
+  TYPE_CHECKING = False
+  Callable = typing.Callable
+  NoReturn = typing.NoReturn
+  Game = <enum 'Game'>
+  BinaryReader = <class 'pykotor.common.stream.BinaryReader'>
+  ResourceIdentifier = <class 'pykotor.extract.file.ResourceIdentifier'>
+  decode_bytes_with_fallbacks = <function decode_bytes_with_fallbacks at 0x7ff73e9f2ef0>
+  CaseAwarePath = <class 'pykotor.tools.path.CaseAwarePath'>
+  find_kotor_paths_from_default = <function find_kotor_paths_from_default at 0x7ff73e3163b0>
+  PatchLog = <class 'pykotor.tslpatcher.logger.PatchLog'>
+  PatchLogger = <class 'pykotor.tslpatcher.logger.PatchLogger'>
+  ModInstaller = <class 'pykotor.tslpatcher.patcher.ModInstaller'>
+  ConfigReader = <class 'pykotor.tslpatcher.reader.ConfigReader'>
+  NamespaceReader = <class 'pykotor.tslpatcher.reader.NamespaceReader'>
+  ModUninstaller = <class 'pykotor.tslpatcher.uninstall.ModUninstaller'>
+  format_exception_with_variables = <function format_exception_with_variables at 0x7ff73e8c7eb0>
+  universal_simplify_exception = <function universal_simplify_exception at 0x7ff73e8c7c70>
+  striprtf = <function striprtf at 0x7ff73e9d0f70>
+  Path = <class 'utility.system.path.Path'>
+  ToolTip = <class 'utility.tkinter.tooltip.ToolTip'>
+  CURRENT_VERSION = (1, 5, 1)
+  VERSION_LABEL = 'v1.5.1'
+  ExitCode = <enum 'ExitCode'>
+  HoloPatcherError = <class '__main__.HoloPatcherError'>
+  parse_args = <function parse_args at 0x7ff74d2fa7a0>
+  App = <class '__main__.App'>
+  onAppCrash = <function onAppCrash at 0x7ff73e08b520>
+  is_frozen = <function is_frozen at 0x7ff73e09d3f0>
+  main = <function main at 0x7ff73e09d480>
+
+Function 'main' at /tmp/_MEIqDGn0w/__main__.py:1348:
+
+Function '__init__' at /tmp/_MEIqDGn0w/__main__.py:163:
+  self = <__main__.App object .>
+  cmdline_args = Namespace(game_dir='/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/swkotor', tslpatchdata="/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/Workspaces/ModSync/tmp/mod_downloads/[K1]_Republic_Soldier's_New_Shade_v1.1.1/[K1]_Republic_Soldier's_New_Shade_v1.1.1", namespace_option_index=3, console=False, uninstall=False, install=True, validate=False)
+  __class__ = <class '__main__.App'>
+
+Function 'handle_commandline' at /tmp/_MEIqDGn0w/__main__.py:375:
+  self = <__main__.App object .>
+  cmdline_args = Namespace(game_dir='/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/swkotor', tslpatchdata="/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/Workspaces/ModSync/tmp/mod_downloads/[K1]_Republic_Soldier's_New_Shade_v1.1.1/[K1]_Republic_Soldier's_New_Shade_v1.1.1", namespace_option_index=3, console=False, uninstall=False, install=True, validate=False)
+  num_cmdline_actions = 1
+
+Function '_begin_oneshot' at /tmp/_MEIqDGn0w/__main__.py:391:
+  self = <__main__.App object .>
+  cmdline_args = Namespace(game_dir='/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/SteamLibrary/steamapps/common/swkotor', tslpatchdata="/run/media/brunner56/MyBook/Workspaces/ModSync/tmp/mod_downloads/[K1]_Republic_Soldier's_New_Shade_v1.1.1/[K1]_Republic_Soldier's_New_Shade_v1.1.1", namespace_option_index=3, console=False, uninstall=False, install=True, validate=False)
+
+Function 'begin_install_thread' at /tmp/_MEIqDGn0w/__main__.py:1071:
+  should_cancel_thread = <threading.Event object at 0x7ff73e0a50c0>
+  namespace_option = <pykotor.tslpatcher.namespaces.PatcherNamespace object at 0x7ff73dcdc2b0>
+  ini_file_path = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\tslpatchdata\new_shade\option_3.ini)
+  namespace_mod_path = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\tslpatchdata\new_shade)
+  installer = <pykotor.tslpatcher.patcher.ModInstaller object at 0x7ff73e0a56c0>
+  self = <__main__.App object .>
+
+Function 'begin_install_thread' at /tmp/_MEIqDGn0w/__main__.py:1069:
+  should_cancel_thread = <threading.Event object at 0x7ff73e0a50c0>
+  namespace_option = <pykotor.tslpatcher.namespaces.PatcherNamespace object at 0x7ff73dcdc2b0>
+  ini_file_path = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\tslpatchdata\new_shade\option_3.ini)
+  namespace_mod_path = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\workspaces\modsync\tmp\mod_downloads\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\[k1]_republic_soldier's_new_shade_v1.1.1\tslpatchdata\new_shade)
+  installer = <pykotor.tslpatcher.patcher.ModInstaller object at 0x7ff73e0a56c0>
+  self = <__main__.App object .>
+
+Function '_execute_mod_install' at /tmp/_MEIqDGn0w/__main__.py:1150:
+  self = <__main__.App object .>
+  installer = <pykotor.tslpatcher.patcher.ModInstaller object at 0x7ff73e0a56c0>
+  should_cancel_thread = <threading.Event object at 0x7ff73e0a50c0>
+
+Function 'config' at /tmp/_MEIqDGn0w/pykotor/tslpatcher/patcher.pyc:100:
+  self = <pykotor.tslpatcher.patcher.ModInstaller object at 0x7ff73e0a56c0>
+  ini_file_bytes = b';[K1] Republic Soldier\'s New Shade v1.1.1 - Option 3;\r\n\r\n;Patcher Setup;\r\n[Settings]\r\nFileExists=1\r\nWindowCaption=New Shade for JC\'s "Republic Soldier Uniform for PC" - Male and Female\r\nConfirmMessage=N/A\nRequired=pfbbl.mdl\r\nLogLevel=4\r\nInstallerMode=1\r\nBackupFiles=1\r\nPlaintextLog=1\nLookupGameFolder=0\r\nLookupGameNumber=1\r\nSaveProcessedScripts=0\r\n\r\n;Indexing;\r\n[InstallList]\r\ninstall_folder0=Override\r\n\r\n;Override Install;\r\n[install_folder0]\r\nReplace0=PMBBL01.tpc\r...<truncated>
+  ini_text = ';[K1] Republic Soldier\'s New Shade v1.1.1 - Option 3;\r\n\r\n;Patcher Setup;\r\n[Settings]\r\nFileExists=1\r\nWindowCaption=New Shade for JC\'s "Republic Soldier Uniform for PC" - Male and Female\r\nConfirmMessage=N/A\nRequired=pfbbl.mdl\r\nLogLevel=4\r\nInstallerMode=1\r\nBackupFiles=1\r\nPlaintextLog=1\nLookupGameFolder=0\r\nLookupGameNumber=1\r\nSaveProcessedScripts=0\r\n\r\n;Indexing;\r\n[InstallList]\r\ninstall_folder0=Override\r\n\r\n;Override Install;\r\n[install_folder0]\r\nReplace0=PMBBL01.tpc\r\...<truncated>
+  requiredfile_path = CaseAwarePath(\run\media\brunner56\mybook\steamlibrary\steamapps\common\swkotor\override\pfbbl.mdl)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/ModSync.Core/CLI/ModBuildConverter.cs b/src/ModSync.Core/CLI/ModBuildConverter.cs
index 0ed3916f..90312f82 100644
--- a/src/ModSync.Core/CLI/ModBuildConverter.cs
+++ b/src/ModSync.Core/CLI/ModBuildConverter.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
+using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 
@@ -19,10 +20,12 @@
 using ModSync.Core.Services.Download;
 using ModSync.Core.Services.Fomod;
 using ModSync.Core.Services.Installation;
+using ModSync.Core.Services.Profiles;
 using ModSync.Core.Services.Settings;
 using ModSync.Core.Services.Validation;
 using ModSync.Core.Utility;
 
+
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 namespace ModSync.Core.CLI
@@ -596,6 +599,9 @@ public class ValidateOptions : BaseOptions
 
             [Option("use-file-selection", Required = false, Default = false, HelpText = "Only validate components with IsSelected=true in the file (matches GUI after Mod Selection). Without this flag and without --select, all components are validated.")]
             public bool UseFileSelection { get; set; }
+
+            [Option("output", Required = false, Default = "text", HelpText = "Output format: text (default) or json")]
+            public string Output { get; set; }
         }
 
         [Verb("install", HelpText = "Install mods from an instruction file")]
@@ -689,6 +695,50 @@ public class HolopatcherOptions : BaseOptions
             public string Arguments { get; set; }
         }
 
+        [Verb("profile", HelpText = "List, create, delete, clone, rename, and activate install profiles")]
+        public class ProfileOptions : BaseOptions
+        {
+            [Option('a', "action", Required = true, HelpText = "list|show|create|delete|activate|clone|rename")]
+            public string Action { get; set; }
+
+            [Option('n', "name", Required = false, HelpText = "Profile name (create|delete|activate|show)")]
+            public string Name { get; set; }
+
+            [Option("from", Required = false, HelpText = "Source profile name (clone|rename)")]
+            public string From { get; set; }
+
+            [Option("to", Required = false, HelpText = "Target profile name (clone|rename)")]
+            public string To { get; set; }
+
+            [Option("settings-dir", Required = false, HelpText = "ModSync settings directory (default: AppData/ModSync)")]
+            public string SettingsDirectory { get; set; }
+
+            [Option("json", Required = false, Default = false, HelpText = "Emit JSON for list/show")]
+            public bool Json { get; set; }
+        }
+
+        [Verb("settings", HelpText = "Get, set, or list persisted settings.json values")]
+        public class SettingsOptions : BaseOptions
+        {
+            [Option('a', "action", Required = true, HelpText = "list|get|set")]
+            public string Action { get; set; }
+
+            [Option('k', "key", Required = false, HelpText = "Setting key (required for get/set)")]
+            public string Key { get; set; }
+
+            [Option("value", Required = false, HelpText = "Value for set (omit or empty to remove key). Supports true/false, numbers, and JSON literals.")]
+            public string Value { get; set; }
+
+            [Option("settings-dir", Required = false, HelpText = "ModSync settings directory (default: AppData/ModSync)")]
+            public string SettingsDirectory { get; set; }
+
+            [Option("json", Required = false, Default = false, HelpText = "Emit JSON for list/get/set results")]
+            public bool Json { get; set; }
+
+            [Option("reveal-secrets", Required = false, Default = false, HelpText = "Include sensitive values such as nexusModsApiKey in list/get output")]
+            public bool RevealSecrets { get; set; }
+        }
+
         public static int Run(string[] args)
         {
             // Disable keyring BEFORE any Python initialization to prevent pip hanging
@@ -696,20 +746,62 @@ public static int Run(string[] args)
             Environment.SetEnvironmentVariable("PYTHON_KEYRING_BACKEND", "keyring.backends.null.Keyring");
             // Avoid forcing an empty DISPLAY: some child tools probe X11; leave user/session DISPLAY intact.
 
-            Logger.Initialize();
+            bool validateJsonOutput = ShouldUseValidateJsonOutput(args);
+            if (validateJsonOutput)
+            {
+                Logger.SetMachineReadableConsoleMode(true);
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                Logger.Initialize();
+
+                var parser = new Parser(with => with.HelpWriter = Console.Out);
+
+                return parser.ParseArguments<ConvertOptions, MergeOptions, ValidateOptions, InstallOptions, SetNexusApiKeyOptions, InstallPythonDepsOptions, HolopatcherOptions, ProfileOptions, SettingsOptions>(args)
+                .MapResult(
+                    (ConvertOptions opts) => RunConvertAsync(opts).GetAwaiter().GetResult(),
+                    (MergeOptions opts) => RunMergeAsync(opts).GetAwaiter().GetResult(),
+                    (ValidateOptions opts) => RunValidateAsync(opts).GetAwaiter().GetResult(),
+                    (InstallOptions opts) => RunInstallAsync(opts).GetAwaiter().GetResult(),
+                    (SetNexusApiKeyOptions opts) => RunSetNexusApiKeyAsync(opts).GetAwaiter().GetResult(),
+                    (InstallPythonDepsOptions opts) => RunInstallPythonDepsAsync(opts).GetAwaiter().GetResult(),
+                    (HolopatcherOptions opts) => RunHolopatcherAsync(opts).GetAwaiter().GetResult(),
+                    (ProfileOptions opts) => RunProfileAsync(opts),
+                    (SettingsOptions opts) => RunSettingsAsync(opts),
+                    errs => 1);
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                if (validateJsonOutput)
+                {
+                    Logger.SetMachineReadableConsoleMode(false);
+                }
+            }
+        }
 
-            var parser = new Parser(with => with.HelpWriter = Console.Out);
+        private static bool ShouldUseValidateJsonOutput([NotNull] string[] args)
+        {
+            if (args.Length == 0 || !string.Equals(args[0], "validate", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
 
-            return parser.ParseArguments<ConvertOptions, MergeOptions, ValidateOptions, InstallOptions, SetNexusApiKeyOptions, InstallPythonDepsOptions, HolopatcherOptions>(args)
-            .MapResult(
-                (ConvertOptions opts) => RunConvertAsync(opts).GetAwaiter().GetResult(),
-                (MergeOptions opts) => RunMergeAsync(opts).GetAwaiter().GetResult(),
-                (ValidateOptions opts) => RunValidateAsync(opts).GetAwaiter().GetResult(),
-                (InstallOptions opts) => RunInstallAsync(opts).GetAwaiter().GetResult(),
-                (SetNexusApiKeyOptions opts) => RunSetNexusApiKeyAsync(opts).GetAwaiter().GetResult(),
-                (InstallPythonDepsOptions opts) => RunInstallPythonDepsAsync(opts).GetAwaiter().GetResult(),
-                (HolopatcherOptions opts) => RunHolopatcherAsync(opts).GetAwaiter().GetResult(),
-                errs => 1);
+            for (int i = 0; i < args.Length; i++)
+            {
+                if (string.Equals(args[i], "--output", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) && i + 1 < args.Length)
+                {
+                    return string.Equals(args[i + 1], "json", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+                }
+
+                if (args[i].StartsWith("--output=", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                {
+                    string value = args[i].Substring("--output=".Length);
+                    return string.Equals(value, "json", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return false;
         }
 
         private static void SetVerboseMode(bool verbose)
@@ -2904,16 +2996,40 @@ private static async Task LogValidationPipelineOutputAsync(
             };
         }
 
+        private static bool IsValidateJsonOutput([NotNull] ValidateOptions opts) =>
+            string.Equals(opts.Output, "json", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+        private static int WriteValidateJsonError([NotNull] string error, int exitCode = 1)
+        {
+            Console.WriteLine(ValidationPipelineJsonFormatter.SerializeError(error, exitCode));
+            return exitCode;
+        }
+
         private static async Task<int> RunValidateAsync(ValidateOptions opts)
         {
             SetVerboseMode(opts.Verbose);
             s_errorCollector = new ErrorCollector();
+            bool jsonOutput = IsValidateJsonOutput(opts);
+
+            if (!jsonOutput
+                && !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(opts.Output)
+                && !string.Equals(opts.Output, "text", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                await Logger.LogErrorAsync($"Error: Unknown validate output format '{opts.Output}'. Use text or json.").ConfigureAwait(false);
+                return 1;
+            }
 
             try
             {
                 if (!File.Exists(opts.InputPath))
                 {
-                    await Logger.LogErrorAsync($"Error: Input file not found: {opts.InputPath}").ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    string message = $"Input file not found: {opts.InputPath}";
+                    if (jsonOutput)
+                    {
+                        return WriteValidateJsonError(message);
+                    }
+
+                    await Logger.LogErrorAsync($"Error: {message}").ConfigureAwait(false);
                     return 1;
                 }
 
@@ -2921,24 +3037,45 @@ private static async Task<int> RunValidateAsync(ValidateOptions opts)
                 {
                     if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(opts.GameDirectory) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(opts.SourceDirectory))
                     {
-                        await Logger.LogErrorAsync("Error: Full validation and dry-run modes require both --game-dir and --source-dir").ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        const string message = "Full validation and dry-run modes require both --game-dir and --source-dir";
+                        if (jsonOutput)
+                        {
+                            return WriteValidateJsonError(message);
+                        }
+
+                        await Logger.LogErrorAsync($"Error: {message}").ConfigureAwait(false);
                         return 1;
                     }
 
                     if (!Directory.Exists(opts.GameDirectory))
                     {
-                        await Logger.LogErrorAsync($"Error: Game directory not found: {opts.GameDirectory}").ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        string message = $"Game directory not found: {opts.GameDirectory}";
+                        if (jsonOutput)
+                        {
+                            return WriteValidateJsonError(message);
+                        }
+
+                        await Logger.LogErrorAsync($"Error: {message}").ConfigureAwait(false);
                         return 1;
                     }
 
                     if (!Directory.Exists(opts.SourceDirectory))
                     {
-                        await Logger.LogErrorAsync($"Error: Source directory not found: {opts.SourceDirectory}").ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        string message = $"Source directory not found: {opts.SourceDirectory}";
+                        if (jsonOutput)
+                        {
+                            return WriteValidateJsonError(message);
+                        }
+
+                        await Logger.LogErrorAsync($"Error: {message}").ConfigureAwait(false);
                         return 1;
                     }
                 }
 
-                await Logger.LogAsync($"Loading instruction file: {opts.InputPath}").ConfigureAwait(false);
+                if (!jsonOutput)
+                {
+                    await Logger.LogAsync($"Loading instruction file: {opts.InputPath}").ConfigureAwait(false);
+                }
 
                 List<ModComponent> components;
                 try
@@ -2950,7 +3087,13 @@ private static async Task<int> RunValidateAsync(ValidateOptions opts)
                 }
                 catch (Exception ex)
                 {
-                    await Logger.LogErrorAsync($"Error loading instruction file: {ex.Message}").ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    string message = $"Error loading instruction file: {ex.Message}";
+                    if (jsonOutput)
+                    {
+                        return WriteValidateJsonError(message);
+                    }
+
+                    await Logger.LogErrorAsync(message).ConfigureAwait(false);
                     if (opts.Verbose)
                     {
                         await Logger.LogErrorAsync("Stack trace:").ConfigureAwait(false);
@@ -2969,12 +3112,21 @@ private static async Task<int> RunValidateAsync(ValidateOptions opts)
 
                 if (components is null || components.Count == 0)
                 {
-                    await Logger.LogErrorAsync("Error: No components loaded from instruction file.").ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    const string message = "No components loaded from instruction file.";
+                    if (jsonOutput)
+                    {
+                        return WriteValidateJsonError(message);
+                    }
+
+                    await Logger.LogErrorAsync($"Error: {message}").ConfigureAwait(false);
                     return 1;
                 }
 
-                await Logger.LogAsync($"Loaded {components.Count} component(s) from instruction file.").ConfigureAwait(false);
-                await Logger.LogAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+                if (!jsonOutput)
+                {
+                    await Logger.LogAsync($"Loaded {components.Count} component(s) from instruction file.").ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    await Logger.LogAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+                }
 
                 if (opts.FullValidation || opts.DryRun || opts.DryRunOnly)
                 {
@@ -2988,7 +3140,7 @@ private static async Task<int> RunValidateAsync(ValidateOptions opts)
                 bool hasExplicitSelect = opts.Select != null && opts.Select.Any();
                 if (hasExplicitSelect)
                 {
-                    if (!opts.ErrorsOnly)
+                    if (!opts.ErrorsOnly && !jsonOutput)
                     {
                         await Logger.LogAsync("Applying selection filters...").ConfigureAwait(false);
                     }
@@ -2999,11 +3151,17 @@ private static async Task<int> RunValidateAsync(ValidateOptions opts)
 
                     if (componentsToValidate.Count == 0)
                     {
-                        await Logger.LogErrorAsync("Error: No components match the selection criteria.").ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        const string message = "No components match the selection criteria.";
+                        if (jsonOutput)
+                        {
+                            return WriteValidateJsonError(message);
+                        }
+
+                        await Logger.LogErrorAsync($"Error: {message}").ConfigureAwait(false);
                         return 1;
                     }
 
-                    if (!opts.ErrorsOnly)
+                    if (!opts.ErrorsOnly && !jsonOutput)
                     {
                         await Logger.LogAsync($"{componentsToValidate.Count} component(s) selected for validation.").ConfigureAwait(false);
                     }
@@ -3013,11 +3171,17 @@ private static async Task<int> RunValidateAsync(ValidateOptions opts)
                     componentsToValidate = components.Where(c => c.IsSelected).ToList();
                     if (componentsToValidate.Count == 0)
                     {
-                        await Logger.LogErrorAsync("Error: No components are marked IsSelected in the instruction file.").ConfigureAwait(false);
+                        const string message = "No components are marked IsSelected in the instruction file.";
+                        if (jsonOutput)
+                        {
+                            return WriteValidateJsonError(message);
+                        }
+
+                        await Logger.LogErrorAsync($"Error: {message}").ConfigureAwait(false);
                         return 1;
                     }
 
-                    if (!opts.ErrorsOnly)
+                    if (!opts.ErrorsOnly && !jsonOutput)
                     {
                         await Logger.LogAsync($"{componentsToValidate.Count} component(s) marked selected in file will be validated.").ConfigureAwait(false);
                     }
@@ -3046,6 +3210,15 @@ private static async Task<int> RunValidateAsync(ValidateOptions opts)
                     components,
                     pipelineOptions).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
+                if (jsonOutput)
+                {
+                    Console.WriteLine(ValidationPipelineJsonFormatter.SerializeReport(
+                        pipelineResult,
+                        componentsToValidate.Count,
+                        opts.InputPath));
+                    return pipelineResult.ExitCode;
+                }
+
                 await LogValidationPipelineOutputAsync(pipelineResult, componentsToValidate.Count, opts.ErrorsOnly, opts.DryRunOnly).ConfigureAwait(false);
 
                 if (pipelineResult.ExitCode != 0)
@@ -3082,6 +3255,11 @@ await Logger.LogAsync(
             }
             catch (Exception ex)
             {
+                if (jsonOutput)
+                {
+                    return WriteValidateJsonError($"Error during validation: {ex.Message}");
+                }
+
                 await Logger.LogErrorAsync($"Error during validation: {ex.Message}").ConfigureAwait(false);
                 if (opts.Verbose)
                 {
@@ -3150,6 +3328,11 @@ private static async Task<int> RunInstallAsync(InstallOptions opts)
 
                 s_config.continueInstallOnMissingSources = opts.ContinueOnMissingSources;
                 s_config.continueInstallOnModFailure = opts.ContinueOnModFailure;
+                s_config.noCheckpoint = opts.NoCheckpoint;
+                if (opts.NoCheckpoint)
+                {
+                    await Logger.LogAsync("Checkpoint system disabled via --no-checkpoint.").ConfigureAwait(false);
+                }
 
                 if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(opts.NexusApiKey))
                 {
@@ -3381,6 +3564,376 @@ await Logger.LogWarningAsync(
             }
         }
 
+        private static int RunProfileAsync(ProfileOptions opts)
+        {
+            SetVerboseMode(opts.Verbose);
+
+            try
+            {
+                string settingsDirectory = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(opts.SettingsDirectory)
+                    ? ModSyncSettings.GetSettingsDirectory()
+                    : opts.SettingsDirectory.Trim();
+
+                var profileService = new ProfileService(settingsDirectory);
+                string action = (opts.Action ?? string.Empty).Trim().ToLowerInvariant();
+
+                switch (action)
+                {
+                    case "list":
+                        return ProfileCliList(profileService, settingsDirectory, opts.Json);
+                    case "show":
+                        return ProfileCliShow(profileService, RequireProfileName(opts.Name, "show"), opts.Json);
+                    case "create":
+                        return ProfileCliCreate(profileService, RequireProfileName(opts.Name, "create"));
+                    case "delete":
+                        return ProfileCliDelete(profileService, RequireProfileName(opts.Name, "delete"));
+                    case "activate":
+                        return ProfileCliActivate(profileService, settingsDirectory, RequireProfileName(opts.Name, "activate"));
+                    case "clone":
+                        return ProfileCliClone(
+                            profileService,
+                            RequireProfileName(opts.From ?? opts.Name, "clone", "--from or --name"),
+                            RequireProfileName(opts.To, "clone", "--to"));
+                    case "rename":
+                        return ProfileCliRename(
+                            profileService,
+                            RequireProfileName(opts.From ?? opts.Name, "rename", "--from or --name"),
+                            RequireProfileName(opts.To, "rename", "--to"));
+                    default:
+                        Logger.LogError($"Unknown profile action '{opts.Action}'. Use list|show|create|delete|activate|clone|rename.");
+                        return 1;
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Logger.LogError($"Profile command failed: {ex.Message}");
+                if (opts.Verbose)
+                {
+                    Logger.LogException(ex);
+                }
+
+                return 1;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static int RunSettingsAsync(SettingsOptions opts)
+        {
+            SetVerboseMode(opts.Verbose);
+
+            try
+            {
+                string action = (opts.Action ?? string.Empty).Trim().ToLowerInvariant();
+                string settingsDirectory = SettingsFileStore.ResolveSettingsDirectory(opts.SettingsDirectory);
+
+                switch (action)
+                {
+                    case "list":
+                        return SettingsCliList(settingsDirectory, opts.Json, opts.RevealSecrets);
+                    case "get":
+                        return SettingsCliGet(
+                            settingsDirectory,
+                            RequireSettingsKey(opts.Key, "get"),
+                            opts.Json,
+                            opts.RevealSecrets);
+                    case "set":
+                        return SettingsCliSet(
+                            settingsDirectory,
+                            RequireSettingsKey(opts.Key, "set"),
+                            opts.Value,
+                            opts.Json);
+                    default:
+                        Logger.LogError($"Unknown settings action '{opts.Action}'. Use list|get|set.");
+                        return 1;
+                }
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Logger.LogError($"Settings command failed: {ex.Message}");
+                if (opts.Verbose)
+                {
+                    Logger.LogException(ex);
+                }
+
+                return 1;
+            }
+        }
+
+        [NotNull]
+        private static string RequireProfileName([CanBeNull] string name, [NotNull] string action, [CanBeNull] string flagHint = null)
+        {
+            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(name))
+            {
+                return name.Trim();
+            }
+
+            string hint = string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(flagHint) ? "--name" : flagHint;
+            throw new ArgumentException($"Profile action '{action}' requires {hint}.");
+        }
+
+        [NotNull]
+        private static string RequireSettingsKey([CanBeNull] string key, [NotNull] string action)
+        {
+            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(key))
+            {
+                return key.Trim();
+            }
+
+            throw new ArgumentException($"Settings action '{action}' requires --key.");
+        }
+
+        private static int ProfileCliList([NotNull] ProfileService profileService, [NotNull] string settingsDirectory, bool json)
+        {
+            List<Profile> profiles = profileService.ListProfiles();
+            ModSyncSettings settings = ModSyncSettings.LoadFromDirectory(settingsDirectory);
+            string active = settings.ActiveProfileName ?? string.Empty;
+
+            if (json)
+            {
+                var payload = profiles.Select(profile => new
+                {
+                    profile.Name,
+                    profile.KotorDirectory,
+                    profile.ModDirectory,
+                    profile.InstructionFilePath,
+                    ComponentSelectionCount = profile.ComponentSelections?.Count ?? 0,
+                    profile.CreatedUtc,
+                    profile.LastUsedUtc,
+                    IsActive = string.Equals(profile.Name, active, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase),
+                });
+                Console.WriteLine(System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Serialize(payload, new System.Text.Json.JsonSerializerOptions { WriteIndented = true }));
+                return 0;
+            }
+
+            if (profiles.Count == 0)
+            {
+                Logger.LogAsync($"No profiles found in {profileService.ProfilesDirectory}").GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+                return 0;
+            }
+
+            Logger.LogAsync($"Profiles ({profiles.Count}):").GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+            foreach (Profile profile in profiles)
+            {
+                string marker = string.Equals(profile.Name, active, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) ? " *" : string.Empty;
+                Logger.LogAsync($"  - {profile.Name}{marker}").GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+            }
+
+            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(active))
+            {
+                Logger.LogAsync($"Active profile (settings.json): {active}").GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+            }
+
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        private static int SettingsCliList([NotNull] string settingsDirectory, bool json, bool revealSecrets)
+        {
+            JsonObject root = SettingsFileStore.LoadRoot(settingsDirectory);
+            JsonObject outputRoot = SettingsFileStore.CloneForOutput(root, revealSecrets);
+
+            if (json)
+            {
+                var payload = new
+                {
+                    settingsDirectory,
+                    settingsFile = SettingsFileStore.ResolveSettingsFilePath(settingsDirectory),
+                    values = outputRoot,
+                };
+                Console.WriteLine(System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Serialize(payload, new System.Text.Json.JsonSerializerOptions { WriteIndented = true }));
+                return 0;
+            }
+
+            IReadOnlyList<string> keys = SettingsFileStore.ListKeys(outputRoot);
+            if (keys.Count == 0)
+            {
+                Logger.LogAsync($"No settings found in {SettingsFileStore.ResolveSettingsFilePath(settingsDirectory)}").GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+                return 0;
+            }
+
+            Logger.LogAsync($"Settings ({keys.Count}):").GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+            foreach (string key in keys)
+            {
+                string rendered = FormatSettingsValueForText(outputRoot[key]);
+                Logger.LogAsync($"  {key}={rendered}").GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+            }
+
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        private static int ProfileCliShow([NotNull] ProfileService profileService, [NotNull] string profileName, bool json)
+        {
+            Profile profile = profileService.LoadProfile(profileName);
+            if (profile is null)
+            {
+                Logger.LogError($"Profile '{profileName}' was not found.");
+                return 1;
+            }
+
+            if (json)
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine(System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Serialize(profile, new System.Text.Json.JsonSerializerOptions { WriteIndented = true }));
+                return 0;
+            }
+
+            Logger.LogAsync($"Profile: {profile.Name}").GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+            Logger.LogAsync($"  KOTOR: {profile.KotorDirectory ?? "(unset)"}").GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+            Logger.LogAsync($"  Mod workspace: {profile.ModDirectory ?? "(unset)"}").GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+            Logger.LogAsync($"  Instruction file: {profile.InstructionFilePath ?? "(unset)"}").GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+            Logger.LogAsync($"  Component selections: {profile.ComponentSelections?.Count ?? 0}").GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        private static int ProfileCliCreate([NotNull] ProfileService profileService, [NotNull] string profileName)
+        {
+            Profile profile = profileService.CreateProfile(profileName);
+            Logger.LogAsync($"Created profile '{profile.Name}' under {profileService.ProfilesDirectory}").GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        private static int ProfileCliDelete([NotNull] ProfileService profileService, [NotNull] string profileName)
+        {
+            if (!profileService.DeleteProfile(profileName))
+            {
+                Logger.LogError($"Profile '{profileName}' was not found.");
+                return 1;
+            }
+
+            Logger.LogAsync($"Deleted profile '{profileName}'.").GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        private static int ProfileCliActivate(
+            [NotNull] ProfileService profileService,
+            [NotNull] string settingsDirectory,
+            [NotNull] string profileName)
+        {
+            Profile profile = profileService.LoadProfile(profileName);
+            if (profile is null)
+            {
+                Logger.LogError($"Profile '{profileName}' was not found.");
+                return 1;
+            }
+
+            ModSyncSettings settings = ModSyncSettings.LoadFromDirectory(settingsDirectory);
+            settings.ActiveProfileName = profile.Name;
+            settings.SaveManagedDeploymentFieldsToDirectory(settingsDirectory);
+            profile.LastUsedUtc = DateTime.UtcNow;
+            profileService.SaveProfile(profile);
+            Logger.LogAsync($"Activated profile '{profile.Name}' (saved to settings.json).").GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        private static int ProfileCliClone(
+            [NotNull] ProfileService profileService,
+            [NotNull] string fromName,
+            [NotNull] string toName)
+        {
+            Profile source = profileService.LoadProfile(fromName);
+            if (source is null)
+            {
+                Logger.LogError($"Source profile '{fromName}' was not found.");
+                return 1;
+            }
+
+            Profile clone = profileService.CloneProfile(source, toName);
+            Logger.LogAsync($"Cloned profile '{fromName}' to '{clone.Name}'.").GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        private static int ProfileCliRename(
+            [NotNull] ProfileService profileService,
+            [NotNull] string fromName,
+            [NotNull] string toName)
+        {
+            Profile renamed = profileService.RenameProfile(fromName, toName);
+            Logger.LogAsync($"Renamed profile '{fromName}' to '{renamed.Name}'.").GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        private static int SettingsCliGet(
+            [NotNull] string settingsDirectory,
+            [NotNull] string key,
+            bool json,
+            bool revealSecrets)
+        {
+            JsonObject root = SettingsFileStore.LoadRoot(settingsDirectory);
+            if (!SettingsFileStore.TryGetValue(root, key, out JsonNode value))
+            {
+                Logger.LogError($"Setting '{key}' was not found.");
+                return 1;
+            }
+
+            if (!revealSecrets && SettingsFileStore.SensitiveKeys.Contains(key, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                value = JsonValue.Create("***");
+            }
+
+            if (json)
+            {
+                var payload = new
+                {
+                    key,
+                    value,
+                    settingsFile = SettingsFileStore.ResolveSettingsFilePath(settingsDirectory),
+                };
+                Console.WriteLine(System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Serialize(payload, new System.Text.Json.JsonSerializerOptions { WriteIndented = true }));
+                return 0;
+            }
+
+            Console.WriteLine(FormatSettingsValueForText(value));
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        private static int SettingsCliSet(
+            [NotNull] string settingsDirectory,
+            [NotNull] string key,
+            [CanBeNull] string rawValue,
+            bool json)
+        {
+            JsonObject root = SettingsFileStore.LoadRoot(settingsDirectory);
+            SettingsFileStore.SetValue(root, key, rawValue);
+            SettingsFileStore.SaveRoot(settingsDirectory, root);
+
+            if (json)
+            {
+                JsonObject outputRoot = SettingsFileStore.CloneForOutput(root, revealSecrets: false);
+                var payload = new
+                {
+                    key,
+                    value = outputRoot.TryGetPropertyValue(key, out JsonNode node) ? node : null,
+                    settingsFile = SettingsFileStore.ResolveSettingsFilePath(settingsDirectory),
+                };
+                Console.WriteLine(System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Serialize(payload, new System.Text.Json.JsonSerializerOptions { WriteIndented = true }));
+                return 0;
+            }
+
+            Logger.LogAsync($"Updated setting '{key}' in {SettingsFileStore.ResolveSettingsFilePath(settingsDirectory)}").GetAwaiter().GetResult();
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        [NotNull]
+        private static string FormatSettingsValueForText([CanBeNull] JsonNode value)
+        {
+            if (value is null)
+            {
+                return string.Empty;
+            }
+
+            if (value is JsonValue jsonValue)
+            {
+                if (jsonValue.TryGetValue(out string stringValue))
+                {
+                    return stringValue;
+                }
+
+                if (jsonValue.TryGetValue(out bool boolValue))
+                {
+                    return boolValue ? "true" : "false";
+                }
+            }
+
+            return value.ToJsonString();
+        }
+
         private static async Task<int> RunSetNexusApiKeyAsync(SetNexusApiKeyOptions opts)
         {
             SetVerboseMode(opts.Verbose);
diff --git a/src/ModSync.Core/Installation/InstallCoordinator.cs b/src/ModSync.Core/Installation/InstallCoordinator.cs
index 8656f6f2..47475af7 100644
--- a/src/ModSync.Core/Installation/InstallCoordinator.cs
+++ b/src/ModSync.Core/Installation/InstallCoordinator.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 using JetBrains.Annotations;
 
+using ModSync.Core;
 using ModSync.Core.Services.Checkpoints;
 
 namespace ModSync.Core.Installation
@@ -34,10 +35,25 @@ public InstallCoordinator()
         public async Task<ResumeResult> InitializeAsync([NotNull] IList<ModComponent> components, [NotNull] DirectoryInfo destinationPath, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
         {
             await CheckpointManager.InitializeAsync(components, destinationPath).ConfigureAwait(false);
-            await CheckpointManager.EnsureSnapshotAsync(destinationPath, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            if (!MainConfig.NoCheckpoint)
+            {
+                // EnsureSnapshotAsync does a full recursive copy + zip of the whole game
+                // directory — skip it entirely when checkpointing is disabled.
+                await CheckpointManager.EnsureSnapshotAsync(destinationPath, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+            }
 
             ReleaseCheckpointService();
 
+            if (MainConfig.NoCheckpoint)
+            {
+                // Checkpoint system explicitly disabled (--no-checkpoint): skip the git-based
+                // baseline snapshot entirely (it re-syncs the whole game directory and is
+                // prohibitively slow on large installs / slow storage). No rollback capability
+                // is available for this session.
+                List<ModComponent> orderedNoCheckpoint = GetOrderedInstallList(components);
+                return new ResumeResult(CheckpointManager.State.SessionId, orderedNoCheckpoint);
+            }
+
             // Initialize Git-based checkpoint system
             CheckpointService = new Services.GitCheckpointService(destinationPath.FullName);
             _checkpointServiceDirectory = NormalizeDirectoryKey(destinationPath.FullName);
diff --git a/src/ModSync.Core/Logger.cs b/src/ModSync.Core/Logger.cs
index 911aacad..cb3bfb65 100644
--- a/src/ModSync.Core/Logger.cs
+++ b/src/ModSync.Core/Logger.cs
@@ -19,6 +19,18 @@ public static class Logger
         private static readonly object s_initializationLock = new object();
         private static readonly NLog.Logger s_logger = LogManager.GetCurrentClassLogger();
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// When enabled, suppresses console/stderr log mirroring so machine-readable CLI output (e.g. validate --output json) owns stdout.
+        /// File and memory NLog targets remain active.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static bool MachineReadableConsoleMode { get; private set; }
+
+        public static void SetMachineReadableConsoleMode(bool enabled)
+        {
+            MachineReadableConsoleMode = enabled;
+            GlobalDiagnosticsContext.Set("SuppressConsoleLogging", enabled ? "true" : "false");
+        }
+
         public enum LogType
         {
             Info,
@@ -75,7 +87,7 @@ private static async Task LogInternalAsync(
                 Logged?.Invoke(logMessage);
 
                 // Only output to console/error if not fileOnly
-                if (!fileOnly)
+                if (!fileOnly && !MachineReadableConsoleMode)
                 {
                     // Output to appropriate destination based on context
                     if (IsRunningInTestContext())
diff --git a/src/ModSync.Core/MainConfig.cs b/src/ModSync.Core/MainConfig.cs
index e4e77161..e6fa39c0 100644
--- a/src/ModSync.Core/MainConfig.cs
+++ b/src/ModSync.Core/MainConfig.cs
@@ -162,6 +162,15 @@ public bool continueInstallOnModFailure
             set => ContinueInstallOnModFailure = value;
         }
 
+        /// <summary>When true, skips the git-based checkpoint/rollback system entirely (CLI --no-checkpoint).</summary>
+        public static bool NoCheckpoint { get; private set; }
+
+        public bool noCheckpoint
+        {
+            get => NoCheckpoint;
+            set => NoCheckpoint = value;
+        }
+
         /// <summary>Stores the Nexus Mods API key. Mutate via <see cref="nexusModsApiKey"/>.</summary>
         public static string NexusModsApiKey { get; private set; }
         /// <summary>Instance accessor for <see cref="NexusModsApiKey"/>.</summary>
diff --git a/src/ModSync.Core/ModComponent.cs b/src/ModSync.Core/ModComponent.cs
index 88f4f1d0..5ef12ae7 100644
--- a/src/ModSync.Core/ModComponent.cs
+++ b/src/ModSync.Core/ModComponent.cs
@@ -8,18 +8,14 @@
 using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
-using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-
 using JetBrains.Annotations;
-
 using ModSync.Core.Services.Installation;
 using ModSync.Core.Utility;
-
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
-
 using Tomlyn;
 using Tomlyn.Model;
 using Tomlyn.Syntax;
diff --git a/src/ModSync.Core/NLog.config b/src/ModSync.Core/NLog.config
index f893ca6b..7fe538e0 100644
--- a/src/ModSync.Core/NLog.config
+++ b/src/ModSync.Core/NLog.config
@@ -35,13 +35,28 @@
   </targets>
 
   <rules>
-    <!-- Log Info and above to both console and file -->
-    <logger name="*" minlevel="Info" writeTo="console,file,memory" />
+    <!-- Log Info and above to file + memory always -->
+    <logger name="*" minlevel="Info" writeTo="file,memory" />
 
-    <!-- Log Debug (verbose) only if enabled -->
-    <logger name="*" level="Debug" writeTo="console,file,memory" final="true">
+    <!-- Mirror Info+ to console unless machine-readable CLI mode suppresses it -->
+    <logger name="*" minlevel="Info" writeTo="console">
+      <filters>
+        <when condition="'${gdc:item=SuppressConsoleLogging}' == 'true'" action="Ignore" />
+      </filters>
+    </logger>
+
+    <!-- Log Debug (verbose) to file + memory -->
+    <logger name="*" level="Debug" writeTo="file,memory" final="true">
+      <filters>
+        <when condition="'${gdc:item=DebugLogging}' != 'true'" action="Ignore" />
+      </filters>
+    </logger>
+
+    <!-- Mirror Debug to console when verbose logging is enabled -->
+    <logger name="*" level="Debug" writeTo="console" final="true">
       <filters>
         <when condition="'${gdc:item=DebugLogging}' != 'true'" action="Ignore" />
+        <when condition="'${gdc:item=SuppressConsoleLogging}' == 'true'" action="Ignore" />
       </filters>
     </logger>
   </rules>
diff --git a/src/ModSync.Core/Services/Download/DeadlyStreamDownloadHandler.cs b/src/ModSync.Core/Services/Download/DeadlyStreamDownloadHandler.cs
index 91b86631..7a1419db 100644
--- a/src/ModSync.Core/Services/Download/DeadlyStreamDownloadHandler.cs
+++ b/src/ModSync.Core/Services/Download/DeadlyStreamDownloadHandler.cs
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@ public sealed partial class DeadlyStreamDownloadHandler : IDownloadHandler
 
 
         private readonly CookieContainer _cookieContainer;
+        private readonly bool _handlerManagesCookies;
 
-        public DeadlyStreamDownloadHandler(HttpClient httpClient)
+        public DeadlyStreamDownloadHandler(HttpClient httpClient, CookieContainer cookieContainer = null)
         {
             _httpClient = httpClient ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(httpClient));
-            _cookieContainer = new CookieContainer();
+            _handlerManagesCookies = cookieContainer != null;
+            _cookieContainer = cookieContainer ?? new CookieContainer();
             Logger.LogVerbose("[DeadlyStream] Initializing download handler with session cookie management");
 
 
@@ -144,15 +146,14 @@ public async Task<List<string>> ResolveFilenamesAsync(
                 }
 
                 await Logger.LogVerboseAsync($"[DeadlyStream] Requesting page: {url}").ConfigureAwait(false);
-                var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, url);
-                ApplyCookiesToRequest(request, validatedUri);
-                HttpResponseMessage pageResponse = await _httpClient.SendAsync(request, HttpCompletionOption.ResponseHeadersRead, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                _ = pageResponse.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
-                ExtractAndStoreCookies(pageResponse, validatedUri);
-                await Logger.LogVerboseAsync($"[DeadlyStream] Page response received (StatusCode: {pageResponse.StatusCode})").ConfigureAwait(false);
+                string html = await FetchDeadlyStreamPageHtmlAsync(url, validatedUri, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(html))
+                {
+                    await Logger.LogWarningAsync("[DeadlyStream] Failed to fetch page HTML for filename resolution").ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    return new List<string>();
+                }
 
-                string html = await pageResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
-                pageResponse.Dispose();
+                await Logger.LogVerboseAsync($"[DeadlyStream] Page response received, HTML length: {html.Length}").ConfigureAwait(false);
                 string csrfKey = ExtractCsrfKey(html);
                 string downloadPageUrl = !string.IsNullOrEmpty(csrfKey)
                     ? $"{url}?do=download&csrfKey={csrfKey}"
@@ -313,6 +314,11 @@ private void ExtractAndStoreCookies(HttpResponseMessage response, Uri uri)
 
         private void ApplyCookiesToRequest(HttpRequestMessage request, Uri uri)
         {
+            if (_handlerManagesCookies)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
             try
             {
                 string cookieHeader = _cookieContainer.GetCookieHeader(uri);
@@ -378,19 +384,21 @@ public async Task<DownloadResult> DownloadAsync(
                 }
 
                 await Logger.LogVerboseAsync($"[DeadlyStream] Requesting page: {url}").ConfigureAwait(false);
-                var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, url);
-
-
-                ApplyCookiesToRequest(request, validatedUri);
-
-                HttpResponseMessage pageResponse = await _httpClient.SendAsync(request, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
-                _ = pageResponse.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
-                await Logger.LogVerboseAsync($"[DeadlyStream] Page response received (StatusCode: {pageResponse.StatusCode})").ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-
-                ExtractAndStoreCookies(pageResponse, validatedUri);
+                string html = await FetchDeadlyStreamPageHtmlAsync(url, validatedUri, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(html))
+                {
+                    string emptyPageMessage = "DeadlyStream download failed: could not load mod page (site may be blocking automated access).\n\n" +
+                                              $"Please try downloading manually from: {url}";
+                    progress?.Report(new DownloadProgress
+                    {
+                        Status = DownloadStatus.Failed,
+                        ErrorMessage = emptyPageMessage,
+                        ProgressPercentage = 100,
+                        EndTime = DateTime.Now,
+                    });
+                    return DownloadResult.Failed(emptyPageMessage);
+                }
 
-                string html = await pageResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
                 await Logger.LogVerboseAsync($"[DeadlyStream] Downloaded HTML content, length: {html.Length} characters").ConfigureAwait(false);
 
 
@@ -430,7 +438,6 @@ public async Task<DownloadResult> DownloadAsync(
                         {
                             await Logger.LogVerboseAsync($"[DeadlyStream] Found {confirmedLinks.Count} files to download").ConfigureAwait(false);
                             downloadPageResponse.Dispose();
-                            pageResponse.Dispose();
 
                             var multiFileDownloads = new List<string>();
                             int multiFileIndex = 0;
@@ -500,9 +507,6 @@ await Logger.LogVerboseAsync(
                     downloadPageResponse.Dispose();
                 }
 
-                pageResponse.Dispose();
-
-
                 List<string> downloadLinks = ExtractAllDownloadLinks(html, url);
 
                 if (downloadLinks is null || downloadLinks.Count == 0)
@@ -535,7 +539,6 @@ await Logger.LogVerboseAsync(
                         EndTime = DateTime.Now,
                     });
 
-                    pageResponse.Dispose();
                     return DownloadResult.Failed(userMessage);
                 }
 
@@ -828,6 +831,18 @@ private static string ExtractCsrfKey(string html)
                 return null;
             }
 
+            Match inputMatch = Regex.Match(
+                html,
+                @"name=[""']csrfKey[""']\s+value=[""']([^""']+)[""']",
+                RegexOptions.IgnoreCase,
+                TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5)
+            );
+            if (inputMatch.Success)
+            {
+                Logger.LogVerbose($"[DeadlyStream] Extracted csrfKey from hidden input: {inputMatch.Groups[1].Value}");
+                return inputMatch.Groups[1].Value;
+            }
+
             Match jsMatch = Regex.Match(
                 html,
                 @"csrfKey:\s*[""']([^""']+)[""']",
@@ -857,6 +872,78 @@ private static string ExtractCsrfKey(string html)
             return null;
         }
 
+        private static bool IsCloudflareChallengePage(string html)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(html))
+            {
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            if (html.IndexOf("data-focus", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0
+                || html.IndexOf("ipsButton", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            return html.IndexOf("One moment, please", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0
+                   || html.IndexOf("cf-browser-verification", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0
+                   || html.IndexOf("Checking your browser", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0
+                   || html.IndexOf("Just a moment...", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase) >= 0;
+        }
+
+        private async Task<string> FetchDeadlyStreamPageHtmlAsync(
+            string url,
+            Uri validatedUri,
+            CancellationToken cancellationToken,
+            int maxAttempts = 3)
+        {
+            string html = null;
+            for (int attempt = 1; attempt <= maxAttempts; attempt++)
+            {
+                var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, url);
+                ApplyCookiesToRequest(request, validatedUri);
+
+                using (HttpResponseMessage pageResponse = await _httpClient.SendAsync(
+                    request,
+                    HttpCompletionOption.ResponseHeadersRead,
+                    cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false))
+                {
+                    _ = pageResponse.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
+                    ExtractAndStoreCookies(pageResponse, validatedUri);
+                    html = await pageResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().ConfigureAwait(false);
+                }
+
+                if (!IsCloudflareChallengePage(html))
+                {
+                    return html;
+                }
+
+                await Logger.LogWarningAsync(
+                    $"[DeadlyStream] Cloudflare challenge detected on attempt {attempt}/{maxAttempts} for {url} (html length: {html?.Length ?? 0})").ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+                if (attempt == maxAttempts && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(html))
+                {
+                    try
+                    {
+                        string debugPath = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "deadlystream_cloudflare_debug.html");
+                        File.WriteAllText(debugPath, html);
+                        await Logger.LogVerboseAsync($"[DeadlyStream] Saved challenge HTML to {debugPath}").ConfigureAwait(false);
+                    }
+                    catch
+                    {
+                        // Ignore debug write failures
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (attempt < maxAttempts)
+                {
+                    await Task.Delay(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(2 * attempt), cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                }
+            }
+
+            return html;
+        }
+
         [System.Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessage("Design", "MA0051:Method is too long", Justification = "<Pending>")]
         private static List<string> ExtractConfirmedDownloadLinks(string html, string baseUrl)
         {
diff --git a/src/ModSync.Core/Services/Download/DownloadHandlerFactory.cs b/src/ModSync.Core/Services/Download/DownloadHandlerFactory.cs
index c2adb977..1566d6ea 100644
--- a/src/ModSync.Core/Services/Download/DownloadHandlerFactory.cs
+++ b/src/ModSync.Core/Services/Download/DownloadHandlerFactory.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Net;
 using System.Net.Http;
 
 namespace ModSync.Core.Services.Download
@@ -27,13 +28,18 @@ public static List<IDownloadHandler> CreateHandlers(
             string nexusModsApiKey = null,
             int timeoutMinutes = 180)
         {
+            CookieContainer sharedCookieContainer = null;
+
             // Create HttpClient if not provided
             if (httpClient is null)
             {
+                sharedCookieContainer = new CookieContainer();
                 var handler = new HttpClientHandler
                 {
-                    AutomaticDecompression = System.Net.DecompressionMethods.GZip | System.Net.DecompressionMethods.Deflate,
+                    AutomaticDecompression = DecompressionMethods.GZip | DecompressionMethods.Deflate,
                     MaxConnectionsPerServer = 128,
+                    CookieContainer = sharedCookieContainer,
+                    UseCookies = true,
                 };
                 httpClient = new HttpClient(handler)
                 {
@@ -50,7 +56,7 @@ public static List<IDownloadHandler> CreateHandlers(
             // 2. Generic fallback handler last (DirectDownload - catches ANY http/https)
             var handlers = new List<IDownloadHandler>
             {
-                new DeadlyStreamDownloadHandler(httpClient),
+                new DeadlyStreamDownloadHandler(httpClient, sharedCookieContainer),
                 new MegaDownloadHandler(),
                 new NexusModsDownloadHandler(httpClient, apiKey),
                 new GameFrontDownloadHandler(httpClient),
diff --git a/src/ModSync.Core/Services/DownloadCacheService.cs b/src/ModSync.Core/Services/DownloadCacheService.cs
index d153361d..32460205 100644
--- a/src/ModSync.Core/Services/DownloadCacheService.cs
+++ b/src/ModSync.Core/Services/DownloadCacheService.cs
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles;
 using ModSync.Core.Services.Download;
 using ModSync.Core.Services.FileSystem;
 using ModSync.Core.Utility;
-using Microsoft.Win32.SafeHandles;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 namespace ModSync.Core.Services
diff --git a/src/ModSync.Core/Services/GitCheckpointService.cs b/src/ModSync.Core/Services/GitCheckpointService.cs
index 6c41c5c4..45897706 100644
--- a/src/ModSync.Core/Services/GitCheckpointService.cs
+++ b/src/ModSync.Core/Services/GitCheckpointService.cs
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using JetBrains.Annotations;
+using LibGit2Sharp;
 using ModSync.Core.Services.Checkpoints;
 using ModSync.Core.Utility;
-using LibGit2Sharp;
 
 namespace ModSync.Core.Services
 {
diff --git a/src/ModSync.Core/Services/InstallationService.cs b/src/ModSync.Core/Services/InstallationService.cs
index 2de54ed1..20ad9e37 100644
--- a/src/ModSync.Core/Services/InstallationService.cs
+++ b/src/ModSync.Core/Services/InstallationService.cs
@@ -1143,25 +1143,35 @@ await Logger.LogErrorAsync(
                     {
                         await Logger.LogAsync($"Install of '{component.Name}' succeeded.").ConfigureAwait(false);
 
-                        // Create checkpoint after successful installation
-                        try
+                        // Create checkpoint after successful installation (skipped entirely when
+                        // --no-checkpoint disabled the git-based checkpoint system, since
+                        // coordinator.CheckpointService is never created in that case).
+                        if (!MainConfig.NoCheckpoint && coordinator.CheckpointService != null)
                         {
-                            CheckpointInfo checkpoint = await coordinator.CheckpointService.CreateCheckpointAsync(
-                                component,
-                                index + 1,
-                                total,
-                                cancellationToken
-                            ).ConfigureAwait(false);
-
-                            coordinator.CheckpointManager.State.ComponentCheckpoints[component.Guid] = checkpoint.CommitId;
-                            await Logger.LogAsync($"✓ Checkpoint created: {checkpoint.ShortCommitId}").ConfigureAwait(false);
+                            try
+                            {
+                                CheckpointInfo checkpoint = await coordinator.CheckpointService.CreateCheckpointAsync(
+                                    component,
+                                    index + 1,
+                                    total,
+                                    cancellationToken
+                                ).ConfigureAwait(false);
+
+                                coordinator.CheckpointManager.State.ComponentCheckpoints[component.Guid] = checkpoint.CommitId;
+                                await Logger.LogAsync($"✓ Checkpoint created: {checkpoint.ShortCommitId}").ConfigureAwait(false);
+                            }
+                            catch (Exception ex)
+                            {
+                                await Logger.LogWarningAsync($"Failed to create checkpoint for '{component.Name}': {ex.Message}").ConfigureAwait(false);
+                            }
                         }
-                        catch (Exception ex)
+
+                        if (!MainConfig.NoCheckpoint)
                         {
-                            await Logger.LogWarningAsync($"Failed to create checkpoint for '{component.Name}': {ex.Message}").ConfigureAwait(false);
+                            // PromoteSnapshotAsync does a full recursive copy + zip of the whole
+                            // game directory — skip entirely when checkpointing is disabled.
+                            await coordinator.CheckpointManager.PromoteSnapshotAsync(destination, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
                         }
-
-                        await coordinator.CheckpointManager.PromoteSnapshotAsync(destination, cancellationToken).ConfigureAwait(false);
                     }
                     else if (exitCode == ModComponent.InstallExitCode.MissingSourceFiles && MainConfig.ContinueInstallOnMissingSources)
                     {
diff --git a/src/ModSync.Core/Services/Settings/SettingsFileStore.cs b/src/ModSync.Core/Services/Settings/SettingsFileStore.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..00ec400e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ModSync.Core/Services/Settings/SettingsFileStore.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,212 @@
+// Copyright 2021-2025 ModSync
+// Licensed under the Business Source License 1.1 (BSL 1.1).
+// See LICENSE.txt file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
+
+using JetBrains.Annotations;
+
+namespace ModSync.Core.Services.Settings
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Generic read/write helpers for persisted <c>settings.json</c> without overwriting unrelated GUI-owned keys.
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class SettingsFileStore
+    {
+        [NotNull]
+        private static readonly JsonSerializerOptions s_jsonOptions = new JsonSerializerOptions
+        {
+            WriteIndented = true,
+        };
+
+        [NotNull]
+        public static readonly IReadOnlyCollection<string> SensitiveKeys = new[]
+        {
+            "nexusModsApiKey",
+        };
+
+        [NotNull]
+        public static string ResolveSettingsDirectory([CanBeNull] string settingsDirectory)
+        {
+            return string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(settingsDirectory)
+                ? ModSyncSettings.GetSettingsDirectory()
+                : settingsDirectory.Trim();
+        }
+
+        [NotNull]
+        public static string ResolveSettingsFilePath([CanBeNull] string settingsDirectory)
+        {
+            string directory = ResolveSettingsDirectory(settingsDirectory);
+            string settingsPath = Path.Combine(directory, "settings.json");
+
+            // An explicit --settings-dir is authoritative: never redirect it to the legacy
+            // location, or callers pointing at a scratch directory would read and write the
+            // user's real settings file instead.
+            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(settingsDirectory))
+            {
+                return settingsPath;
+            }
+
+            string legacySettingsPath = Path.Combine(
+                Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData),
+                "KOTORModSync",
+                "settings.json");
+
+            if (!File.Exists(settingsPath) && File.Exists(legacySettingsPath))
+            {
+                return legacySettingsPath;
+            }
+
+            return settingsPath;
+        }
+
+        [NotNull]
+        public static JsonObject LoadRoot([CanBeNull] string settingsDirectory)
+        {
+            string settingsPath = ResolveSettingsFilePath(settingsDirectory);
+            if (!File.Exists(settingsPath))
+            {
+                return new JsonObject();
+            }
+
+            try
+            {
+                return JsonNode.Parse(File.ReadAllText(settingsPath))?.AsObject() ?? new JsonObject();
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Logger.LogWarning($"[SettingsFileStore] Failed to parse settings file '{settingsPath}': {ex.Message}");
+                return new JsonObject();
+            }
+        }
+
+        public static void SaveRoot([CanBeNull] string settingsDirectory, [NotNull] JsonObject root)
+        {
+            if (root is null)
+            {
+                throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(root));
+            }
+
+            string settingsPath = ResolveSettingsFilePath(settingsDirectory);
+            string directory = Path.GetDirectoryName(settingsPath)
+                ?? throw new InvalidOperationException($"Could not determine directory for settings path '{settingsPath}'.");
+            if (!Directory.Exists(directory))
+            {
+                _ = Directory.CreateDirectory(directory);
+            }
+
+            File.WriteAllText(settingsPath, root.ToJsonString(s_jsonOptions));
+            RestrictOwnerPermissions(settingsPath);
+        }
+
+        [NotNull]
+        public static IReadOnlyList<string> ListKeys([NotNull] JsonObject root)
+        {
+            return root.Select(pair => pair.Key).OrderBy(key => key, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase).ToList();
+        }
+
+        public static bool TryGetValue([NotNull] JsonObject root, [NotNull] string key, out JsonNode value)
+        {
+            if (root.TryGetPropertyValue(key, out JsonNode node))
+            {
+                value = node?.DeepClone();
+                return true;
+            }
+
+            value = null;
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        public static void SetValue([NotNull] JsonObject root, [NotNull] string key, [CanBeNull] string rawValue)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(rawValue))
+            {
+                root.Remove(key);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            root[key] = ParseCliValue(rawValue);
+        }
+
+        [NotNull]
+        public static JsonNode ParseCliValue([NotNull] string rawValue)
+        {
+            string trimmed = rawValue.Trim();
+            if (string.Equals(trimmed, "true", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                return JsonValue.Create(true);
+            }
+
+            if (string.Equals(trimmed, "false", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                return JsonValue.Create(false);
+            }
+
+            if (string.Equals(trimmed, "null", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+            {
+                return null;
+            }
+
+            if (long.TryParse(trimmed, out long longValue))
+            {
+                return JsonValue.Create(longValue);
+            }
+
+            if (double.TryParse(trimmed, out double doubleValue))
+            {
+                return JsonValue.Create(doubleValue);
+            }
+
+            if ((trimmed.StartsWith("{", StringComparison.Ordinal) && trimmed.EndsWith("}", StringComparison.Ordinal))
+                || (trimmed.StartsWith("[", StringComparison.Ordinal) && trimmed.EndsWith("]", StringComparison.Ordinal)))
+            {
+                return JsonNode.Parse(trimmed)?.DeepClone();
+            }
+
+            return JsonValue.Create(trimmed);
+        }
+
+        [NotNull]
+        public static JsonObject CloneForOutput([NotNull] JsonObject root, bool revealSecrets)
+        {
+            JsonObject clone = root.DeepClone()?.AsObject() ?? new JsonObject();
+            if (revealSecrets)
+            {
+                return clone;
+            }
+
+            foreach (string sensitiveKey in SensitiveKeys)
+            {
+                if (clone.TryGetPropertyValue(sensitiveKey, out JsonNode sensitiveValue) && sensitiveValue != null)
+                {
+                    clone[sensitiveKey] = "***";
+                }
+            }
+
+            return clone;
+        }
+
+        private static void RestrictOwnerPermissions([NotNull] string settingsPath)
+        {
+#if NET7_0_OR_GREATER
+            if (!RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    File.SetUnixFileMode(settingsPath, UnixFileMode.UserRead | UnixFileMode.UserWrite);
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex)
+                {
+                    Logger.LogWarning($"[SettingsFileStore] Could not restrict file permissions on '{settingsPath}': {ex.Message}");
+                }
+            }
+#endif
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ModSync.Core/Services/Validation/ValidationPipelineJsonFormatter.cs b/src/ModSync.Core/Services/Validation/ValidationPipelineJsonFormatter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6044d09f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ModSync.Core/Services/Validation/ValidationPipelineJsonFormatter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+// Copyright 2021-2025 ModSync
+// Licensed under the Business Source License 1.1 (BSL 1.1).
+// See LICENSE.txt file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+
+using JetBrains.Annotations;
+
+using ModSync.Core.Services.FileSystem;
+
+namespace ModSync.Core.Services.Validation
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Serializes <see cref="ValidationPipelineResult"/> for agent/CLI machine output (<c>validate --output json</c>).
+    /// </summary>
+    public static class ValidationPipelineJsonFormatter
+    {
+        [NotNull]
+        private static readonly JsonSerializerOptions JsonOptions = new JsonSerializerOptions
+        {
+            WriteIndented = true,
+            DefaultIgnoreCondition = JsonIgnoreCondition.WhenWritingNull,
+            PropertyNamingPolicy = JsonNamingPolicy.CamelCase,
+        };
+
+        [NotNull]
+        public static string SerializeReport(
+            [NotNull] ValidationPipelineResult pipelineResult,
+            int componentCount,
+            [CanBeNull] string inputPath = null)
+        {
+            var report = new ValidationPipelineJsonReport
+            {
+                Success = pipelineResult.IsSuccess,
+                ExitCode = pipelineResult.ExitCode,
+                ErrorCount = pipelineResult.ErrorCount,
+                WarningCount = pipelineResult.WarningCount,
+                PassedCount = pipelineResult.PassedCount,
+                ComponentCount = componentCount,
+                InputPath = inputPath,
+                Stages = pipelineResult.Stages.Select(MapStage).ToList(),
+                DryRun = pipelineResult.DryRunResult is null ? null : MapDryRun(pipelineResult.DryRunResult),
+            };
+
+            return JsonSerializer.Serialize(report, JsonOptions);
+        }
+
+        [NotNull]
+        public static string SerializeError([NotNull] string error, int exitCode = 1)
+        {
+            var report = new ValidationPipelineJsonReport
+            {
+                Success = false,
+                ExitCode = exitCode,
+                Error = error,
+            };
+
+            return JsonSerializer.Serialize(report, JsonOptions);
+        }
+
+        [NotNull]
+        private static ValidationPipelineJsonStage MapStage([NotNull] ValidationPipelineStageResult stage)
+        {
+            return new ValidationPipelineJsonStage
+            {
+                Stage = stage.Stage.ToString(),
+                Passed = stage.Passed,
+                HasWarnings = stage.HasWarnings,
+                Summary = stage.Summary,
+                Messages = stage.Messages.Count == 0 ? null : new List<string>(stage.Messages),
+            };
+        }
+
+        [NotNull]
+        private static ValidationPipelineJsonDryRun MapDryRun([NotNull] DryRunValidationResult dryRun)
+        {
+            return new ValidationPipelineJsonDryRun
+            {
+                IsValid = dryRun.IsValid,
+                HasWarnings = dryRun.HasWarnings,
+                Issues = dryRun.Issues.Select(MapIssue).ToList(),
+            };
+        }
+
+        [NotNull]
+        private static ValidationPipelineJsonIssue MapIssue([NotNull] ValidationIssue issue)
+        {
+            return new ValidationPipelineJsonIssue
+            {
+                Severity = issue.Severity.ToString(),
+                Category = issue.Category,
+                Message = issue.Message,
+                AffectedPath = issue.AffectedPath,
+                ComponentName = issue.AffectedComponent?.Name,
+                ComponentGuid = issue.AffectedComponent?.Guid.ToString(),
+                InstructionIndex = issue.InstructionIndex > 0 ? issue.InstructionIndex : (int?)null,
+                Solution = issue.Solution,
+            };
+        }
+    }
+
+    public sealed class ValidationPipelineJsonReport
+    {
+        public bool Success { get; set; }
+
+        public int ExitCode { get; set; }
+
+        public int ErrorCount { get; set; }
+
+        public int WarningCount { get; set; }
+
+        public int PassedCount { get; set; }
+
+        public int ComponentCount { get; set; }
+
+        [CanBeNull]
+        public string InputPath { get; set; }
+
+        [CanBeNull]
+        public string Error { get; set; }
+
+        [CanBeNull]
+        public List<ValidationPipelineJsonStage> Stages { get; set; }
+
+        [CanBeNull]
+        public ValidationPipelineJsonDryRun DryRun { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public sealed class ValidationPipelineJsonStage
+    {
+        public string Stage { get; set; }
+
+        public bool Passed { get; set; }
+
+        public bool HasWarnings { get; set; }
+
+        [CanBeNull]
+        public string Summary { get; set; }
+
+        [CanBeNull]
+        public List<string> Messages { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public sealed class ValidationPipelineJsonDryRun
+    {
+        public bool IsValid { get; set; }
+
+        public bool HasWarnings { get; set; }
+
+        [CanBeNull]
+        public List<ValidationPipelineJsonIssue> Issues { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public sealed class ValidationPipelineJsonIssue
+    {
+        public string Severity { get; set; }
+
+        [CanBeNull]
+        public string Category { get; set; }
+
+        [CanBeNull]
+        public string Message { get; set; }
+
+        [CanBeNull]
+        public string AffectedPath { get; set; }
+
+        [CanBeNull]
+        public string ComponentName { get; set; }
+
+        [CanBeNull]
+        public string ComponentGuid { get; set; }
+
+        public int? InstructionIndex { get; set; }
+
+        [CanBeNull]
+        public string Solution { get; set; }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ModSync.GUI/Dialogs/WizardPages/ValidatePage.axaml.cs b/src/ModSync.GUI/Dialogs/WizardPages/ValidatePage.axaml.cs
index 76c41eae..837bb135 100644
--- a/src/ModSync.GUI/Dialogs/WizardPages/ValidatePage.axaml.cs
+++ b/src/ModSync.GUI/Dialogs/WizardPages/ValidatePage.axaml.cs
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Avalonia;
 using Avalonia.Controls;
-using Avalonia.Markup.Xaml;
 using Avalonia.Interactivity;
+using Avalonia.Markup.Xaml;
 using Avalonia.Media;
 using Avalonia.Threading;
 using JetBrains.Annotations;
diff --git a/src/ModSync.GUI/Services/MenuBuilderService.cs b/src/ModSync.GUI/Services/MenuBuilderService.cs
index 954d3113..a4128112 100644
--- a/src/ModSync.GUI/Services/MenuBuilderService.cs
+++ b/src/ModSync.GUI/Services/MenuBuilderService.cs
@@ -3,29 +3,24 @@
 // See LICENSE.txt file in the project root for full license information.
 
 using System;
-using System.ComponentModel;
-using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.ComponentModel;
 using System.Globalization;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-
 using Avalonia.Controls;
 using Avalonia.Input;
 using Avalonia.Threading;
-
-using System.IO;
-
 using ModSync.Core;
 using ModSync.Core.Ports.Updates;
-using ModSync.Core.Utility;
 using ModSync.Core.Services;
 using ModSync.Core.Services.Download;
+using ModSync.Core.Utility;
 using ModSync.Dialogs;
-
 using ReactiveUI;
-
 using static ModSync.Core.Services.ModManagementService;
 
 namespace ModSync.Services
diff --git a/src/ModSync.Tests/ProfileCliTests.cs b/src/ModSync.Tests/ProfileCliTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0bed73d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ModSync.Tests/ProfileCliTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,134 @@
+// Copyright 2021-2025 ModSync
+// Licensed under the Business Source License 1.1 (BSL 1.1).
+// See LICENSE.txt file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+
+using ModSync.Core.CLI;
+using ModSync.Core.Services.Profiles;
+using ModSync.Core.Services.Settings;
+
+using NUnit.Framework;
+
+namespace ModSync.Tests
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    public sealed class ProfileCliTests
+    {
+        private string _settingsDirectory;
+
+        [SetUp]
+        public void SetUp()
+        {
+            _settingsDirectory = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "ModSync_ProfileCli_" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N"));
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(_settingsDirectory);
+        }
+
+        [TearDown]
+        public void TearDown()
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                if (Directory.Exists(_settingsDirectory))
+                {
+                    Directory.Delete(_settingsDirectory, recursive: true);
+                }
+            }
+            catch
+            {
+                // Best-effort temp cleanup.
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void ProfileCli_CreateListDelete_Succeeds()
+        {
+            int createExit = ModBuildConverter.Run(new[]
+            {
+                "profile",
+                "--action", "create",
+                "--name", "Agent Smoke",
+                "--settings-dir", _settingsDirectory,
+            });
+
+            Assert.That(createExit, Is.EqualTo(0));
+
+            var service = new ProfileService(_settingsDirectory);
+            Assert.That(service.ListProfiles().Select(p => p.Name), Does.Contain("Agent Smoke"));
+
+            int deleteExit = ModBuildConverter.Run(new[]
+            {
+                "profile",
+                "--action", "delete",
+                "--name", "Agent Smoke",
+                "--settings-dir", _settingsDirectory,
+            });
+
+            Assert.That(deleteExit, Is.EqualTo(0));
+            Assert.That(service.ListProfiles(), Is.Empty);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void ProfileCli_Activate_PersistsActiveProfileName()
+        {
+            int createExit = ModBuildConverter.Run(new[]
+            {
+                "profile",
+                "--action", "create",
+                "--name", "Full Build",
+                "--settings-dir", _settingsDirectory,
+            });
+            Assert.That(createExit, Is.EqualTo(0));
+
+            int activateExit = ModBuildConverter.Run(new[]
+            {
+                "profile",
+                "--action", "activate",
+                "--name", "Full Build",
+                "--settings-dir", _settingsDirectory,
+            });
+
+            Assert.That(activateExit, Is.EqualTo(0));
+            ModSyncSettings settings = ModSyncSettings.LoadFromDirectory(_settingsDirectory);
+            Assert.That(settings.ActiveProfileName, Is.EqualTo("Full Build"));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void ProfileCli_CloneAndRename_Succeeds()
+        {
+            ModBuildConverter.Run(new[]
+            {
+                "profile",
+                "--action", "create",
+                "--name", "Alpha",
+                "--settings-dir", _settingsDirectory,
+            });
+
+            int cloneExit = ModBuildConverter.Run(new[]
+            {
+                "profile",
+                "--action", "clone",
+                "--from", "Alpha",
+                "--to", "Beta",
+                "--settings-dir", _settingsDirectory,
+            });
+            Assert.That(cloneExit, Is.EqualTo(0));
+
+            int renameExit = ModBuildConverter.Run(new[]
+            {
+                "profile",
+                "--action", "rename",
+                "--from", "Beta",
+                "--to", "Gamma",
+                "--settings-dir", _settingsDirectory,
+            });
+            Assert.That(renameExit, Is.EqualTo(0));
+
+            var service = new ProfileService(_settingsDirectory);
+            Assert.That(service.LoadProfile("Gamma"), Is.Not.Null);
+            Assert.That(service.LoadProfile("Beta"), Is.Null);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ModSync.Tests/SettingsCliTests.cs b/src/ModSync.Tests/SettingsCliTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a17ae1f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ModSync.Tests/SettingsCliTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+// Copyright 2021-2025 ModSync
+// Licensed under the Business Source License 1.1 (BSL 1.1).
+// See LICENSE.txt file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text.Json;
+
+using ModSync.Core.CLI;
+using ModSync.Core.Services.Settings;
+
+using NUnit.Framework;
+
+namespace ModSync.Tests
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    public sealed class SettingsCliTests
+    {
+        private string _settingsDirectory;
+
+        [SetUp]
+        public void SetUp()
+        {
+            _settingsDirectory = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "ModSync_SettingsCli_" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N"));
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(_settingsDirectory);
+        }
+
+        [TearDown]
+        public void TearDown()
+        {
+            if (Directory.Exists(_settingsDirectory))
+            {
+                Directory.Delete(_settingsDirectory, recursive: true);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void SettingsCli_SetGetList_PreservesUnrelatedKeys()
+        {
+            string settingsPath = Path.Combine(_settingsDirectory, "settings.json");
+            File.WriteAllText(settingsPath, "{\"theme\":\"/Styles/LightStyle.axaml\",\"debugLogging\":true}");
+
+            int setExit = ModBuildConverter.Run(new[]
+            {
+                "settings",
+                "--action", "set",
+                "--key", "managedDeploymentEnabled",
+                "--value", "true",
+                "--settings-dir", _settingsDirectory,
+            });
+            Assert.That(setExit, Is.EqualTo(0));
+
+            int getExit = ModBuildConverter.Run(new[]
+            {
+                "settings",
+                "--action", "get",
+                "--key", "managedDeploymentEnabled",
+                "--settings-dir", _settingsDirectory,
+            });
+            Assert.That(getExit, Is.EqualTo(0));
+
+            string json = File.ReadAllText(settingsPath);
+            Assert.That(json, Does.Contain("theme"));
+            Assert.That(json, Does.Contain("debugLogging"));
+            Assert.That(json, Does.Contain("managedDeploymentEnabled"));
+
+            ModSyncSettings loaded = ModSyncSettings.LoadFromDirectory(_settingsDirectory);
+            Assert.That(loaded.ManagedDeploymentEnabled, Is.True);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void SettingsCli_List_RedactsNexusApiKeyByDefault()
+        {
+            File.WriteAllText(
+                Path.Combine(_settingsDirectory, "settings.json"),
+                "{\"nexusModsApiKey\":\"super-secret\",\"sourcePath\":\"/tmp/mods\"}");
+
+            int exitCode = RunWithCapturedStdout(new[]
+            {
+                "settings",
+                "--action", "list",
+                "--json",
+                "--settings-dir", _settingsDirectory,
+            }, out string stdout);
+
+            Assert.Multiple(() =>
+            {
+                Assert.That(exitCode, Is.EqualTo(0));
+                Assert.That(stdout, Does.Not.Contain("super-secret"));
+                Assert.That(stdout, Does.Contain("***"));
+            });
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void SettingsCli_Set_RemovesKeyWhenValueEmpty()
+        {
+            File.WriteAllText(
+                Path.Combine(_settingsDirectory, "settings.json"),
+                "{\"activeProfileName\":\"Old Profile\"}");
+
+            int exitCode = ModBuildConverter.Run(new[]
+            {
+                "settings",
+                "--action", "set",
+                "--key", "activeProfileName",
+                "--value", "",
+                "--settings-dir", _settingsDirectory,
+            });
+
+            Assert.That(exitCode, Is.EqualTo(0));
+            ModSyncSettings loaded = ModSyncSettings.LoadFromDirectory(_settingsDirectory);
+            Assert.That(loaded.ActiveProfileName, Is.Null.Or.Empty);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void SettingsCli_ExplicitSettingsDir_WritesThereEvenWhenFileIsMissing()
+        {
+            // The directory exists but has no settings.json yet. An explicit --settings-dir
+            // must still be honored; falling back to the legacy AppData location here would
+            // write to the user's real settings file.
+            string settingsPath = Path.Combine(_settingsDirectory, "settings.json");
+            Assert.That(File.Exists(settingsPath), Is.False, "precondition: no settings.json yet");
+
+            int setExit = ModBuildConverter.Run(new[]
+            {
+                "settings",
+                "--action", "set",
+                "--key", "managedDeploymentEnabled",
+                "--value", "true",
+                "--settings-dir", _settingsDirectory,
+            });
+
+            Assert.That(setExit, Is.EqualTo(0));
+            Assert.That(File.Exists(settingsPath), Is.True, "explicit --settings-dir must receive the write");
+
+            using JsonDocument document = JsonDocument.Parse(File.ReadAllText(settingsPath));
+            Assert.That(document.RootElement.GetProperty("managedDeploymentEnabled").GetBoolean(), Is.True);
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void SettingsFileStore_ResolveSettingsFilePath_HonorsExplicitDirectory()
+        {
+            string resolved = SettingsFileStore.ResolveSettingsFilePath(_settingsDirectory);
+
+            Assert.That(resolved, Is.EqualTo(Path.Combine(_settingsDirectory, "settings.json")));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void SettingsFileStore_ParseCliValue_ParsesBooleansAndNumbers()
+        {
+            Assert.Multiple(() =>
+            {
+                Assert.That(SettingsFileStore.ParseCliValue("true").GetValue<bool>(), Is.True);
+                Assert.That(SettingsFileStore.ParseCliValue("42").GetValue<long>(), Is.EqualTo(42));
+                Assert.That(SettingsFileStore.ParseCliValue("hello").GetValue<string>(), Is.EqualTo("hello"));
+            });
+        }
+
+        private static int RunWithCapturedStdout(string[] args, out string stdout)
+        {
+            var writer = new StringWriter();
+            TextWriter previousOut = Console.Out;
+            Console.SetOut(writer);
+            try
+            {
+                return ModBuildConverter.Run(args);
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                Console.SetOut(previousOut);
+                stdout = writer.ToString();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ModSync.Tests/ValidateCliJsonTests.cs b/src/ModSync.Tests/ValidateCliJsonTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ae978b56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ModSync.Tests/ValidateCliJsonTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+// Copyright 2021-2025 ModSync
+// Licensed under the Business Source License 1.1 (BSL 1.1).
+// See LICENSE.txt file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
+using System.Text.Json;
+
+using ModSync.Core;
+using ModSync.Core.CLI;
+
+using NUnit.Framework;
+
+namespace ModSync.Tests
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    public sealed class ValidateCliJsonTests
+    {
+        private string _tempDir;
+
+        [SetUp]
+        public void SetUp()
+        {
+            _tempDir = Path.Combine(Path.GetTempPath(), "ModSync_ValidateJson_" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N"));
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(_tempDir);
+
+            string gameDir = Path.Combine(_tempDir, "game");
+            string modDir = Path.Combine(_tempDir, "mods");
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(gameDir);
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(modDir);
+            File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(gameDir, "swkotor.exe"), string.Empty);
+            File.WriteAllText(Path.Combine(modDir, "payload.txt"), "payload");
+
+            MainConfig.Instance = new MainConfig
+            {
+                destinationPath = new DirectoryInfo(gameDir),
+                sourcePath = new DirectoryInfo(modDir),
+            };
+
+            EnsureHolopatcherInTestResources();
+        }
+
+        [TearDown]
+        public void TearDown()
+        {
+            if (Directory.Exists(_tempDir))
+            {
+                Directory.Delete(_tempDir, recursive: true);
+            }
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void Validate_OutputJson_DryRunOnly_WritesOnlyJsonDocumentToStdout()
+        {
+            string componentGuid = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
+            string instructionGuid = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
+            string tomlPath = Path.Combine(_tempDir, "dry_run_mod.toml");
+            File.WriteAllText(
+                tomlPath,
+                $@"[[thisMod]]
+Guid = ""{componentGuid}""
+Name = ""JsonDryRunMod""
+IsSelected = true
+Tier = ""1 - Essential""
+Category = [""Test""]
+
+[[thisMod.Instructions]]
+Guid = ""{instructionGuid}""
+Action = ""Move""
+Source = [""<<modDirectory>>\\payload.txt""]
+Destination = ""<<kotorDirectory>>\\Override""
+");
+
+            string gameDir = MainConfig.DestinationPath.FullName;
+            string modDir = MainConfig.SourcePath.FullName;
+
+            int exitCode = RunValidateWithCapturedStdout(new[]
+            {
+                "validate",
+                "-i", tomlPath,
+                "-g", gameDir,
+                "-s", modDir,
+                "--dry-run-only",
+                "--output", "json",
+                "--use-file-selection",
+            }, out string stdout);
+
+            Assert.That(stdout, Does.StartWith("{"));
+            Assert.That(stdout, Does.EndWith("}"));
+
+            using JsonDocument document = JsonDocument.Parse(stdout);
+            JsonElement root = document.RootElement;
+
+            Assert.Multiple(() =>
+            {
+                Assert.That(exitCode, Is.EqualTo(0));
+                Assert.That(root.GetProperty("success").GetBoolean(), Is.True);
+                Assert.That(root.GetProperty("inputPath").GetString(), Is.EqualTo(tomlPath));
+                Assert.That(root.GetProperty("stages").GetArrayLength(), Is.GreaterThan(0));
+            });
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void Validate_OutputJson_MissingInputFile_ReturnsErrorEnvelope()
+        {
+            string missingPath = Path.Combine(_tempDir, "definitely_missing.toml");
+
+            int exitCode = RunValidateWithCapturedStdout(new[]
+            {
+                "validate",
+                "-i", missingPath,
+                "--output", "json",
+            }, out string stdout);
+
+            Assert.That(stdout, Does.StartWith("{"));
+
+            using JsonDocument document = JsonDocument.Parse(stdout);
+            JsonElement root = document.RootElement;
+
+            Assert.Multiple(() =>
+            {
+                Assert.That(exitCode, Is.EqualTo(1));
+                Assert.That(root.GetProperty("success").GetBoolean(), Is.False);
+                Assert.That(root.GetProperty("error").GetString(), Does.Contain("definitely_missing.toml"));
+            });
+        }
+
+        private static int RunValidateWithCapturedStdout(string[] args, out string stdout)
+        {
+            var writer = new StringWriter();
+            TextWriter previousOut = Console.Out;
+            Console.SetOut(writer);
+            try
+            {
+                return ModBuildConverter.Run(args);
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                Console.SetOut(previousOut);
+                stdout = writer.ToString().Trim();
+            }
+        }
+
+        private static void EnsureHolopatcherInTestResources()
+        {
+            string baseDir = AppDomain.CurrentDomain.BaseDirectory;
+            string resourcesDir = Path.Combine(baseDir, "Resources");
+            Directory.CreateDirectory(resourcesDir);
+            string targetPath = Path.Combine(resourcesDir, "holopatcher");
+            if (File.Exists(targetPath))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            string vendorHolopatcher = Path.GetFullPath(Path.Combine(
+                baseDir,
+                "..", "..", "..", "..", "..",
+                "vendor", "bin", "HoloPatcher_linux"));
+            if (!File.Exists(vendorHolopatcher))
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
+            {
+                File.Copy(vendorHolopatcher, targetPath, overwrite: true);
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                File.CreateSymbolicLink(targetPath, vendorHolopatcher);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ModSync.Tests/ValidationPipelineJsonFormatterTests.cs b/src/ModSync.Tests/ValidationPipelineJsonFormatterTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..92048161
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/ModSync.Tests/ValidationPipelineJsonFormatterTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// Copyright 2021-2025 ModSync
+// Licensed under the Business Source License 1.1 (BSL 1.1).
+// See LICENSE.txt file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using System;
+using System.Text.Json;
+
+using ModSync.Core.Services.Validation;
+
+using NUnit.Framework;
+
+namespace ModSync.Tests
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    public sealed class ValidationPipelineJsonFormatterTests
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public void SerializeReport_IncludesStageSummaries()
+        {
+            var pipelineResult = new ValidationPipelineResult
+            {
+                IsSuccess = false,
+                ErrorCount = 1,
+                WarningCount = 0,
+                PassedCount = 0,
+            };
+            pipelineResult.Stages.Add(new ValidationPipelineStageResult
+            {
+                Stage = ValidationPipelineStage.ComponentValidation,
+                Passed = false,
+                Summary = "1 component failed validation",
+                Messages = { "ERROR: MissingArchiveMod: archive missing" },
+            });
+
+            string json = ValidationPipelineJsonFormatter.SerializeReport(pipelineResult, componentCount: 1, inputPath: "test.toml");
+            using JsonDocument document = JsonDocument.Parse(json);
+            JsonElement root = document.RootElement;
+
+            Assert.Multiple(() =>
+            {
+                Assert.That(root.GetProperty("success").GetBoolean(), Is.False);
+                Assert.That(root.GetProperty("exitCode").GetInt32(), Is.EqualTo(1));
+                Assert.That(root.GetProperty("componentCount").GetInt32(), Is.EqualTo(1));
+                Assert.That(root.GetProperty("inputPath").GetString(), Is.EqualTo("test.toml"));
+                JsonElement stages = root.GetProperty("stages");
+                Assert.That(stages.GetArrayLength(), Is.EqualTo(1));
+                Assert.That(stages[0].GetProperty("stage").GetString(), Is.EqualTo("ComponentValidation"));
+                Assert.That(stages[0].GetProperty("passed").GetBoolean(), Is.False);
+            });
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void SerializeError_ReturnsFailureEnvelope()
+        {
+            string json = ValidationPipelineJsonFormatter.SerializeError("Input file not found: missing.toml");
+            using JsonDocument document = JsonDocument.Parse(json);
+            JsonElement root = document.RootElement;
+
+            Assert.Multiple(() =>
+            {
+                Assert.That(root.GetProperty("success").GetBoolean(), Is.False);
+                Assert.That(root.GetProperty("exitCode").GetInt32(), Is.EqualTo(1));
+                Assert.That(root.GetProperty("error").GetString(), Does.Contain("missing.toml"));
+            });
+        }
+    }
+}