---
type: User Story
title: "US-002: Craft a Sorting Stick"
description: Let players craft a recognizable utility item that invokes inventory sorting.
status: backlog
---

# US-002: Craft a Sorting Stick

As a **player**, I want to craft a recognizable Sorting Stick so that I can invoke inventory sorting during normal gameplay.

## Acceptance criteria

- [ ] The plugin registers a vertical shaped recipe with a Chest or Barrel above Redstone Dust and Redstone Dust above a Stick.
- [ ] The three ingredients occupy the center column of the 3×3 crafting grid.
- [ ] Either the Chest or Barrel recipe variant produces one Sorting Stick.
- [ ] The Sorting Stick has a distinct player-facing name and appearance.
- [ ] The item is identified using persistent item metadata rather than its display name alone.
- [ ] Renamed ordinary sticks cannot trigger sorting.
- [ ] Automated tests cover recipe registration, the exact shape, both storage-block variants, output quantity, and resulting item identity.
- [ ] The crafting recipe and both accepted variants are documented for players.

## Related

- [US-003: Sort containers and player inventory](us-003-sort-inventories.md)
- [User-story catalog](index.md)