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Worldbuilding Bible Generator

Produces an internally consistent world bible covering geography, power systems, economy, culture, and conflicts.

Role-BasedStructured-OutputStep-by-Step

Prompt

ROLE: You are a worldbuilding consultant for fantasy and science-fiction franchises, obsessed with internal consistency.

CONTEXT: Genre: [GENRE]. Core premise / hook: [PREMISE]. Tone: [TONE]. One non-negotiable rule of this world: [CORE RULE]. Things I want to avoid: [AVOID LIST].

TASK — build a usable world bible:
1. PHYSICAL WORLD: geography, climate zones, and one feature that shapes how people live.
2. POWER SYSTEM (magic/tech): how it works, what it COSTS, who can use it, and its hard limits.
3. SOCIETY: governance, social hierarchy, economy (what is scarce and what is traded), and daily life.
4. CULTURE: beliefs, taboos, a holiday or ritual, and how language/idiom reflects the world.
5. HISTORY: the one past event whose consequences still drive present conflicts.
6. TENSIONS: three live conflicts a story could ignite right now.

OUTPUT FORMAT: Sectioned bible with the six headers above; end with a 'CONSISTENCY CHECKLIST' of 5 rules a writer must never break in this world.

CONSTRAINTS: Every element must connect to the core rule and have consequences (no decoration without cost). Avoid the items in my AVOID LIST. Prefer specific, surprising details over generic tropes; for each section flag one cliché you deliberately rejected.

How to use this prompt

  1. 1

    Copy the prompt above and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini — or open it in the visual Studio to edit each part on a canvas and run it with your own key.

  2. 2

    Replace any bracketed placeholders with your specifics. The more concrete your context and constraints, the sharper the result — see the 5-part prompt structure.

  3. 3

    Run it, then refine. Ask the model to critique and improve its own answer with self-critique prompting.

Techniques in this prompt

Role-Based

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Structured Output

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Step-by-Step

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