Civ6 boilerplate generator

Skill YUehai231/Civ6ModAgent/.agents/skills/civ6_boilerplate_generator

A test project aiming to enable AI Agents to generate all code files for a Civ 6 mod. ModBuddy & game knowledge still required. Special thanks to Hemmelfort.

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npx -y skills add YUehai231/Civ6ModAgent --skill civ6_boilerplate_generator

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Generate Civilization VI XML database boilerplate structures for new units, leaders, civilizations, or improvements. Trigger this skill when the user asks to create, initialize, or generate a new unit, leader, civ, or building database config.

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Civilization VI Database Boilerplate Generator

This skill enables you to generate standard, game-ready XML database boilerplate structures for new gameplay entities like units, leaders, civilizations, and improvements.

Files in this Skill

generate_boilerplate.py: Python script to output XML structures for Units, Leaders, Civilizations, and Improvements.

Usage

You can invoke the boilerplate generator using Python on the user's system:

& "C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\Nsight Compute 2025.4.0\host\target-windows-x64\python\bin\python.exe" "d:\Civilization_VI_mod\Civ-6-Documentation-main\.agents\skills\civ6_boilerplate_generator\scripts\generate_boilerplate.py" --type <Type> --name <Name> --out-dir "/path/to/output"

Options

--type: (Required) Choice of: Unit, Leader, Civilization, Improvement.
--name: (Required) Database ID name (e.g. GERALT, WITCHER_CIV, SCOIA_TAEL, TAVERN).
--out-dir: Output directory for generated XML files (defaults to .).
--params: Optional JSON string to override default attributes (e.g. combat strength, upgrade paths, prereqs).
--params-file: Optional JSON file path to override default attributes.

Examples of `--params` overrides

Custom Unit Setup:

{
  "Combat": 45,
  "RangedCombat": 50,
  "Range": 2,
  "Moves": 3,
  "Cost": 120,
  "UpgradeUnit": "UNIT_CROSSBOWMAN",
  "ReplacesUnit": "UNIT_ARCHER"
}

Custom Civilization Setup:

{
  "CitizenNamesMale": ["LOC_CITIZEN_GERALT", "LOC_CITIZEN_VESEMIR"],
  "CitizenNamesFemale": ["LOC_CITIZEN_YENNEFER", "LOC_CITIZEN_CIRI"]
}