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World rules drive causality when they capture only constraints on what characters can do, decide, or fear. A focused discovery conversation filters decorative worldbuilding, ensuring rules directly drive plot mechanics through validated, concrete commitments.

A world_rules.md file documents causality-relevant constraints for your fictional setting. You generate it through a focused discovery round that validates inputs, asks targeted questions, and updates the file alongside open_questions.md.

To run a focused discovery round, provide targeted inputs for your book and engage in an iterative question process. This validates your initial concepts, refines world rules, and appends unresolved items to an open_questions.md file for later rounds.

Yes, you can iteratively revise existing world rules through successive discovery rounds. This process performs surgical writes to world_rules.md, updating specific constraints and appending new open questions without requiring a full document rewrite.

The best way to track unresolved questions is to append them to an open_questions.md file. As each focused discovery round concludes, new questions about world rules are logged there for later revision and iterative refinement.

Discovery processes capture decorative details when they lack a causality filter. By aggressively filtering for rules that constrain character actions and decisions, you ensure the world_rules.md output remains focused on plot-driving mechanics.