A meta-skill that turns a world idea or character set into a coherent, 12-dimensional world specification.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install world-builder
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install world-builder using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
Prefer to download?
Get the raw skill files in a ZIP archive.
What is World Builder?
World Builder is a subordinate meta-skill in the meta-skill-system that transforms a raw world concept or a set of character skills into a complete, executable world-building package.
Within Openclaw Skills, it serves as the reusable world-construction layer for downstream characters, factions, quests, and settings. It organizes every world across three layers - entity, society, and abstraction - then fills 12 orthogonal dimensions with built-in logic checks, calibration rules, and cross-dimensional consistency validation so the result is a self-contained world rather than disconnected lore.
It supports two workflows: independent generation from scratch and character extraction from multiple Character Builder outputs. The output is a standardized world skill file, complete with references, routing logic, domain checks, and graceful degradation paths for read-only or offline environments.
World Builder Use Cases
- Starting from a short prompt and needing a fully realized setting with internal logic.
- Consolidating shared lore from two or more character skills into one coherent world layer.
- Designing TRPG campaigns, fiction universes, game settings, or transmedia IP foundations.
- Reconciling geography, history, rules, species, resources, politics, economics, culture, cognition, aesthetics, and world dynamics.
- Validating that a world is self-consistent before generating characters or downstream content in Openclaw Skills workflows.
- Recovering a shared world from independently authored character files without losing local character specificity.
How World Builder Works
- Detect the input route with
wb-03: if character skill files are present, switch to Mode B; otherwise use Mode A for independent generation. - Run tri-axis judgment to classify complexity, content type, and innovation needs, then calibrate R1-R5 priorities for the target world type.
- Fill the entity layer in parallel across W1-W3: space/time, rules/life, and matter/technology, while checking for internal contradictions.
- Build the society layer W4 from the stabilized entity layer, covering culture, politics, and economics.
- Fill the abstraction layer W5-W6: cognition plus aesthetics/dynamics, then validate cross-layer cause-and-effect chains.
- Assemble the final world skill output in W7, run the final wb-70 integrity check, and emit the completed world file or a read-only world report if persistence is unavailable.
World Builder Setup
- Create the skill directory and references folder in your Openclaw Skills workspace.
- Copy
SKILL.mdand the three reference files into place. - If you plan to use Mode B, ensure character skill files are available under
.workbuddy/skills/or another path that matches the input detector. - If your tool cannot load skill directories, flatten the skill into a single prompt file.
mkdir -p .workbuddy/skills/world-builder/references
cp SKILL.md .workbuddy/skills/world-builder/
cp references/world-catalog.md .workbuddy/skills/world-builder/references/
cp references/world-requirements.md .workbuddy/skills/world-builder/references/
cp references/exemplars.md .workbuddy/skills/world-builder/references/
# Optional: export a single prompt for tools without skill-directory support
cat .workbuddy/skills/world-builder/SKILL.md \
.workbuddy/skills/world-builder/references/*.md \
> world-builder-prompt.md
World Builder Data Schema & Taxonomy
File layout
| Path | Purpose |
|---|---|
SKILL.md |
Primary skill definition, workflow, validation rules, and output behavior. |
references/world-catalog.md |
Domain catalog, task topology, and dependency map for world generation. |
references/world-requirements.md |
Field-by-field constraints, fill slots, and required checks for each dimension. |
references/exemplars.md |
Reference world templates and pattern examples for reuse. |
World taxonomy
| Layer | Domain IDs | Semantic scope | Validation focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| W0 | Input routing | Need analysis, mode detection, execution order | Determines Mode A vs Mode B and overall complexity class |
| W1 | Space / Time | Geography, climate, chronology, eras | Causal and physical consistency |
| W2 | Rules / Life | Physics, magic, species, ecosystems | Self-sufficient rule systems |
| W3 | Matter / Technology | Resources, materials, energy, inventions | Resource-path alignment |
| W4 | Culture / Politics / Economy | Language, customs, institutions, trade | Social coherence and power logic |
| W5 | Cognition | Belief, science, education, knowledge transmission | Knowledge-system consistency |
| W6 | Aesthetics / Dynamics | Art, architecture, beauty norms, evolution, cycles | Style-resource alignment and future trajectory |
| W7 | Integration | Final assembly, persistence, and checks | Full 12-dimensional completeness |
Metadata taxonomy
- Mode metadata:
Aindependent generation,Bcharacter extraction, and mixed-input precedence rules. - Calibration metadata:
R1information density,R2creativity,R3interactivity,R4规范性,R5iterability. - Operation metadata:
Ssearch,Ccognition,Aaction,Oorganize,Iinteract,Gguard. - Check IDs:
wb-03routing,wb-12/22/32/43/51/62per-domain cross-dimension checks, andwb-70final integrity.
Generated outputs
- A completed world skill file with consistent world layers and references.
- A read-only world report in degradation modes when file writing is unavailable.
- Optional flattened prompt output for tools that do not support skill-directory loading.
World Builder Advanced Features
- Dual-mode orchestration for independent world generation or shared-layer extraction from multiple character skills.
- Automatic input routing based on file-path heuristics and mixed-input precedence rules.
- Domain-parallel filling of W1-W3, followed by staged W4-W6 synthesis for faster iteration.
- Cross-dimensional coupling checks that trace cause-and-effect across geography, resources, politics, culture, cognition, and aesthetics.
- Graceful degradation when search, interaction, or file-write access is unavailable.
- Prompt flattening for tools that cannot load multi-file skill directories.
- Partial generation support for a single domain, such as rules-only, magic-system-only, or culture-only design.
- Built for reusable Openclaw Skills pipelines that need a durable world foundation before character generation.
SKILL.md
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