Earthlike Tectonics Science

2. Map features to process classes.

• Map requested behavior into plate kinematics, boundary semantics, event synthesis, and terrain coupling.
• Keep climate out of scope.

3. Apply sanity ranges.

• Use references/quantitative-ranges.md to set fail/warn bands.
• Keep hard failures for geometric impossibilities and deterministic invariants.
• Keep soft warnings for low-confidence but still plausible edge cases.

4. Run plausibility checks.

• Use references/plausibility-checks.md to evaluate continuity, boundary consistency, lifecycle realism, and coverage diagnostics.
• Report every failed check explicitly.

5. Produce implementation guidance.

• Recommend deterministic defaults and provenance fields.
• Include uncertainty text where evidence is weak or parameter ranges are broad.

6. Cite reference basis.

• Tie recommendations to specific entries in references/source-canon.md.
• Call out when guidance is heuristic from references/worldbuilding-pasta-crosswalk.md.

Non-Negotiables

• Preserve deterministic behavior for fixed seed and config.
• Do not suppress uncertainty or coverage gaps; surface them in diagnostics.
• Prefer physically informed approximations over decorative noise.
• Preserve non-expert usability by hiding advanced controls unless explicitly requested.

Output Contract

When using this skill, return:

• Explicit assumptions (planet baseline, mode, timespan).
• Process-level rationale (why this tectonic behavior is plausible).
• Check outcomes (fail/warn/pass with thresholds).
• Remaining uncertainty and recommended next checks.