worldbuilding SKILL.md skillA
worldbuilding from danjdewhurst/story-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add danjdewhurst/story-skills/worldbuilding@git:20261102.3a5efeePins git:20261102.3a5efee in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- danjdewhurst/story-skills
- Path
skills/worldbuilding/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 19
- Latest version
- git:20261102.3a5efee, committed Nov 2, 2026
- First version recorded
- Feb 12, 2026
- Size
- 15,055 bytes
- Repository stars
- 382
- License
- MIT
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", "map", "travel times", "routes", "calendar", "moons", "seasons", "naming language", "conlang names", "trade routes", "supply lines", "magic cost", "add a glossary term", "glossary", "invented word", or wants to develop any aspect of a story's world and setting. NOT for a glossary…
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Worldbuilding ## Overview Create and manage world elements for a story project. Locations, systems (magic, politics, technology, etc.), factions, and artifacts are stored as markdown files in the `worldbuilding/` directory with YAML frontmatter, and glossary terms for the world's invented words in `glossary/terms/`. 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 - Routes to other locations: travel time in hours and mode (see `references/maps-and-routes.md`) …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add danjdewhurst/story-skills/worldbuilding@sha256:b2721885d7fde5a4The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261102.3a5efee, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 19 versions of this file, between Feb 12, 2026 and Nov 2, 2026, about one every 15 days.
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| git:20261102.3a5efee latest | 2026-11-02 | 3a5efee | 15,055 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261102.d654602 | 2026-11-02 | d654602 | 15,008 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261027.d2c6188 | 2026-10-27 | d2c6188 | 13,458 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261014.4b8019d | 2026-10-14 | 4b8019d | 13,266 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261007.a8b3f01 | 2026-10-07 | a8b3f01 | 13,125 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261007.82fb53e | 2026-10-07 | 82fb53e | 12,369 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261007.b635ea3 | 2026-10-07 | b635ea3 | 10,908 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261007.9b5d289 | 2026-10-07 | 9b5d289 | 10,908 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261007.b5be7e6 | 2026-10-07 | b5be7e6 | 10,761 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260927.49fdaa9 | 2026-09-27 | 49fdaa9 | 9,657 B | A | view · diff |
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| git:20260606.5ef15f8 | 2026-06-06 | 5ef15f8 | 3,689 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260603.7a63f8a | 2026-06-03 | 7a63f8a | 3,067 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260212.9c72eb5 | 2026-02-12 | 9c72eb5 | 2,939 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (15055 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
danjdewhurst/story-skills · 382 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-02 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_fuqrt2ztva2n7qx6 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=danjdewhurst/story-skills/worldbuilding GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/b2721885d7fde5a48e5aff9841ce36e72e68cc25fb437e48bb17dd2dafa5c5b4
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