special-k: Add version 26.4.3.1

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Summary

Adds Special K, a popular tool for game modding and performance monitoring.
This was previously attempted to be upstreamed at multiple points:

• special-k: Add version 23.9.10.1 Calinou/scoop-games#1118
• special-k-np: Add version 23.9.10.5  Nonportable#288

This PR improves upon the existing manifests by providing a portable install with proper user data persistence.
Special K stores data that needs to be persisted alongside regular installation files, the pre_uninstall script is meant to remove such installation files.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Added support for Special K v26.4.3.1 with automated install and auto-update.
  • Adds Start Menu entries for Special K tools.
  • Preserves user data across installs (Global, PlugIns, Profiles).
  • Correctly handles 32-bit and 64-bit installation variants.
  • Removes an old Steamworks plugin directory during uninstall to avoid conflicts.

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Walkthrough

Adds a new bucket manifest bucket/special-k.json describing Special K v26.4.3.1: download URL and SHA256, metadata and license, InnoSetup installer flag, declared binaries and shortcuts, persistence dirs, arch-specific pre-install renames, a pre-uninstall cleanup, and checkver/autoupdate rules.

Changes

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Summary

Special K manifest bucket/special-k.json

New JSON manifest adding package metadata (version, homepage, license), download URL and SHA256, innosetup: true, declared binaries (SKIF.exe, SKIV.exe) and start-menu shortcuts, persistence dirs (Global, PlugIns, Profiles), architecture-specific pre_install steps to rename/remove SKIF variants, a pre_uninstall PowerShell step to remove persisted PlugIns\ThirdParty\Steamworks, and checkver/autoupdate rules reading repository.json to map Name/SHA256 to SpecialK_$version.exe.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 2 (Simple) | ⏱️ ~10 minutes

Poem

🐇 I nudged a JSON, snug and neat,
Renamed SKIF so installs are sweet,
Shortcuts set and hashes pinned,
Persists and cleans where needed, grinned —
A little hop, the package complete.

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3

✅ Passed checks (3 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title clearly and specifically describes the main change: adding Special K version 26.4.3.1 to the repository.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.
Description check	✅ Passed	The PR description includes a comprehensive summary of changes and references prior attempts, with both required checklist items completed.

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🧹 Nitpick comments (1)

bucket/special-k.json (1)

3-3: Consider shortening the description for scoop info readability.

The current description is accurate but unusually long for terminal output; a shorter summary plus homepage link is easier to scan.

🤖 Prompt for AI Agents

Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

In `@bucket/special-k.json` at line 3, Shorten the long "description" value in
special-k.json to a concise one-line summary (e.g., "Graphics and performance
enhancement toolkit for PC games") to improve scoop info readability; keep the
existing detailed blurb elsewhere (or leave it out) and ensure the package still
includes the "homepage" URL so users can view full details via the link.

🤖 Prompt for all review comments with AI agents

Verify each finding against the current code and only fix it if needed.

Nitpick comments:
In `@bucket/special-k.json`:
- Line 3: Shorten the long "description" value in special-k.json to a concise
one-line summary (e.g., "Graphics and performance enhancement toolkit for PC
games") to improve scoop info readability; keep the existing detailed blurb
elsewhere (or leave it out) and ensure the package still includes the "homepage"
URL so users can view full details via the link.

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• bucket/special-k.json

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special-k

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@z-Fng Hi, do you have any comments on the persist behavior of the steamworks dir? Ideally, we want to clear it on app un/re-install to avoid the app from persisting old libraries. Not sure if what i've done handles all cases. Any insight would be helpful, thanks.