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Worldbuilding

Skill bs779517/story-skills/skills/worldbuilding

📚 Streamline story writing using markdown and AI agents to manage characters, plots, and chapters with structured YAML files.

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npx -y skills add bs779517/story-skills --skill worldbuilding

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This skill should be used when the user asks to "create a location", "add a location", "magic system", "political system", "build the world", "add culture", "world history", "technology system", "religion", "economy", or wants to develop any aspect of a story's world and setting.

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Worldbuilding

Overview

Create and manage world elements for a story project. Locations and systems (magic, politics, technology, etc.) are stored as markdown files in the worldbuilding/ directory with YAML frontmatter. All elements cross-reference characters and other story elements.

Prerequisites

A story project must already exist (created via the story-init skill). Verify by checking for story.md in the project root.

Creating a Location

  1. Read story.md for genre, era, and tone context
  2. Read worldbuilding/_index.md for existing locations and systems
  3. Ask for the location's name and type (city, fortress, wilderness, etc.)
  4. Build the location through conversation, covering:
    • Physical description and atmosphere
    • History relevant to the story
    • Culture and customs of inhabitants
    • Notable features characters will interact with
    • Current state at story's timeline
  5. Write the file using references/location-template.md
  6. Save to worldbuilding/locations/{name-kebab}.md
  7. Update worldbuilding/_index.md locations table
  8. If notable characters are listed, verify those character files exist and add location references to them

Creating a System

  1. Read story.md for genre and themes context
  2. Read worldbuilding/_index.md for existing systems
  3. Identify the system type and consult references/world-element-types.md for the relevant prompts
  4. Build the system through conversation, addressing the key questions for that type
  5. Write the file using references/system-template.md
  6. Save to worldbuilding/systems/{name-kebab}.md
  7. Update worldbuilding/_index.md systems table
  8. Cross-reference with characters who interact with the system (e.g., magic-users for a magic system)

Updating World Elements

  1. Read the existing file
  2. Make the requested changes
  3. If cross-references changed, update the linked files
  4. Update worldbuilding/_index.md if name, type, or status changed

Cross-Referencing

  • Locations reference characters via notable-characters in frontmatter
  • Systems reference practitioners via character tags
  • When a location is used in a chapter, the chapter's frontmatter locations field links back
  • Keep the worldbuilding/_index.md world overview section current as elements are added

Reference Files

  • references/location-template.md - Template for location files
  • references/system-template.md - Template for system files
  • references/world-element-types.md - Detailed prompts for each system type (magic, political, technology, religion, economic, military, social)

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