add-verb
Add synonyms to verb word lists. Use when adding verbs/synonyms for MUD actions like look, touch, attack, use, or take.
When & Why to Use This Skill
This Claude skill automates the management of verb synonym lists for MUD (Multi-User Dungeon) game development. It provides a streamlined interface to add and categorize action verbs while ensuring data integrity through automatic sorting, lowercase normalization, and cross-file duplicate prevention.
Use Cases
- Expanding Game Vocabulary: Quickly add diverse synonyms for core game actions such as 'look', 'attack', or 'take' to enhance player immersion and command flexibility.
- Maintaining Data Integrity: Automatically prevent duplicate verb entries across multiple action files to ensure consistent and error-free command parsing within the game engine.
- Streamlining Content Updates: Use the automated script to update text-based word lists without manual file editing, keeping data files alphabetically sorted and properly formatted according to project rules.
| name | add-verb |
|---|---|
| description | Add synonyms to verb word lists. Use when adding verbs/synonyms for MUD actions like look, touch, attack, use, or take. |
Adding Verbs to Word Lists
Verb word lists map player input to entity handlers (OnLook, OnTouch, etc.).
Adding a Verb
Run the script from the project root:
./scripts/add_verb.py --action ACTION --verb VERB
Valid actions: on_look, on_touch, on_attack, on_use, on_take
Example: ./scripts/add_verb.py --action on_attack --verb pummel
Rules
- No duplicates: A verb can only exist in ONE file across all word lists
- Lowercase: All verbs are stored lowercase
- Auto-sorted: Files are automatically kept alphabetically sorted
- One per line: Each verb on its own line
Files
Word lists are in data/verbs/:
on_look.txt- examine, inspect, look, peer, etc.on_touch.txt- feel, poke, prod, touch, etc.on_attack.txt- attack, hit, smash, strike, etc.on_use.txt- activate, operate, use, etc.on_take.txt- grab, pick, take, etc.
Validation
Run just verbs to check for duplicates across all files.