What is Anomaly?

Anomaly is a client and server modding framework for SCP: Secret Laboratory. It runs from a separate modded game install and connects only to servers running the matching Anomaly LabAPI plugin.

What Anomaly does

Keeps the modded install separate from your Steam-managed game.
Uses the Launcher to assemble named loadouts and verify the official Anomaly core before each modded launch.
Loads manually installed mods under the development audit policy; local rebuilds do not require individual hash approval.
Authenticates modded clients to Anomaly servers through a persistent local identity.
Lets servers offer consent-bound custom-item icons and supported audio files.
Gives each server its own @anomaly enrollment identifier for a player.

What Anomaly is not

It is not a cheat framework or a way to join vanilla public servers.
It is not affiliated with Northwood Studios or SCP:SL.
It is not an operating-system sandbox. A loaded DLL runs with the same process access as the game.
It does not currently provide a public third-party repository or deep-link installer. Those workflows are planned; v1 uses trusted manual files alongside the signed official core.

You need a legitimate Steam copy of SCP:SL to use Anomaly.

Disclaimer and EULA boundaries

The following are not supported:

Connecting to public or non-Anomaly servers with the modded client.
Re-enabling disabled vanilla authentication or anti-cheat behavior.
Creating, distributing, or using cheats.
Spoofing users or bypassing bans.

Where to go next

Players should continue to Before You Install. Server operators should start at What Enabling Anomaly Changes. Mod authors should start at Architecture Choices.