Blender's Python API Lacks Type Stubs for External IDE Autocompletion
Blender does not expose its Python API (bpy) as standard Python files outside its built-in text editor, making add-on development in external IDEs like VSCode tedious and error-prone due to missing autocompletion and type hints. This structural gap affects any developer building Blender add-ons outside Blender's native editor, requiring community-maintained stub-generation tooling to work around it.
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