Metadata¶

Purpose¶

Owns prefab metadata scanning and removal workflows for Snap Studio Pro.

This territory is responsible for finding prefabs that contain Snap metadata components and safely removing that metadata when requested by editor tooling.

Owns¶

Prefab metadata scanning
Prefab metadata removal
Metadata cleanup workflows
Long-running scan coordination
Metadata tool service logic

Does NOT Own¶

Prefab browsing/search UI
Thumbnail generation
Preview prefab lifecycle
Export workflows
Rendering implementation
Panel UI layout

Allowed Dependencies¶

Metadata may depend on:

Unity Editor asset APIs
Infrastructure runners/progress systems
Unity prefab/component APIs

Metadata should avoid depending on:

Preview systems
Rendering systems
Export orchestration
Panel UI systems

Notes¶

This folder exists to isolate metadata maintenance workflows from normal prefab browsing, preview, and export systems.

Metadata tools are editor maintenance utilities, not part of the main capture pipeline.

Future Candidates¶

Keep metadata scanning/removal isolated from prefab preview workflows.
Avoid letting maintenance tooling leak into production export systems.
Maintain safe undo/dirty/save behaviour when modifying prefab assets.