World Rules
World rules define the canon of your project — the laws, constraints, and policies that every piece of content must follow. The AI uses these rules when generating content and flags violations when running a canon check.
Why world rules matter
Without world rules, AI-generated scenes may contradict your established lore. For example: a character using magic in a science-only setting, or an event happening before it was set up in an earlier episode. World rules prevent this.
Accessing world rules
Go to Project → World Rules from the project sidebar.
Adding a rule
- Click New Rule
- Enter a short title (e.g. "No supernatural abilities")
- Write a description that fully defines the constraint
- Optionally pick a category to group related rules (e.g. "setting", "characters", "content policy")
- Click Save
Example rules
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| No magic inside the lab | All technology must have plausible scientific basis |
| Dr. Avery never lies | Dr. Avery will misdirect or deflect, but never state a factual falsehood |
| Timeline is linear | No time travel or flashbacks — story progresses forward only |
How rules are used by AI
When you run a Canon Check on an episode (see AI Quality Checks), the AI compares every scene block against all your world rules and flags anything that appears to violate them.
All rules are also included in the prompt context when generating new scenes or alternatives.
Who can manage world rules
| Action | Required permission |
|---|---|
| View rules | Any logged-in user |
| Create | WORLD_RULE_CREATE |
| Edit | WORLD_RULE_EDIT |
| Delete | WORLD_RULE_DELETE |