# Automatic Installation · Nord Inventory Only

Nord Crafting now includes an automatic installation path designed specifically for **`nord_inventory`**.

## What this means

When your server uses Nord Inventory, the Crafting setup can use the automatic installer instead of asking the server owner to manually edit third-party inventory item files.

This is the recommended Nord Lab setup:

```cfg
ensure nord_inventory
ensure nord_crafting
```

## Scope

The automatic installer is **not a universal inventory patcher**.

It does **not** automatically install Crafting items into:

- `ox_inventory`
- `qs-inventory`
- `qb-inventory`
- ESX inventory item definitions

Those systems use the manual workflow described on the next page.

## Verification after install

After first boot, verify the items required by your enabled modules exist in the active inventory registry.

The blueprint system requires:

```text
blueprint
```

Portable benches use the configurable item:

```lua
Config.Portable.ItemName = 'craft_bench'
```

If you change `ItemName`, the inventory must contain the new name.

## Why the limitation exists

Nord Inventory exposes a controlled Nord ecosystem integration path. Third-party inventories store and load item definitions differently, so Nord Crafting avoids rewriting their resource files automatically.

> **Support rule:** If the server is not using `nord_inventory`, document the inventory setup as manual. This avoids telling customers that OX/QS/QB files will be modified automatically when they will not be.