so i downloaded the source code for the mod built it with gradle and i ran it in game only for it to not even show up or do anything i checked the debug.log to see it scanned as a non mod file how do i fix this is there a way i can force it to scan as a mod file

If I had to guess, it's probably missing mcmod.info in the jar. I don't know why that would happen, though. Does the mod work if you use the runclient gradle task (gradlew.bat runclient)?

If you open the jar as a zip file (rename the extension to .zip if needed - you may need to enable the windows explorer option to show file extensions), does everything in there look similar to one of the downloaded versions from CurseForge? Namely:

• Files in thecodex6824/thaumicaugmentation/* are .class files (or folders that contain .class files)
• There is an mcmod.info file in the top level of the jar
• There is a META-INF folder with a .cfg file (there will not be an .EC file like release jars, but this is expected since you're not signing the jar, which is fine)