{
 "schema": "aiblocks-page/1",
 "id": "agency-academic-geographer",
 "type": "agent",
 "name": "Geography analyst",
 "summary": "Check a fictional map for impossible rivers, climate and resources, or build one that follows real physics. Get a report on land, weather and settlements.",
 "headline": "Geography analyst",
 "subhead": "Describe your world or region, with its mountains, seas, rivers and cities. The agent checks that climate, water, resources and towns fit together, or builds them from the ground up. You get a coherence report, a climate sketch and a fix for each problem.",
 "job": {
  "id": "research-topics",
  "name": "Research a topic properly"
 },
 "level": "intermediate",
 "thinking": "high",
 "tested": true,
 "updated": "2026-11-03",
 "first_published": "2026-10-26",
 "inputs": [
  {
   "type": "question",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Question",
   "what": "the problem, decision or piece of work you want help with, and what a good outcome looks like"
  },
  {
   "type": "document",
   "required": false,
   "label": "Document",
   "what": "a finished document, such as a Word file, a PDF or a page of notes"
  }
 ],
 "outputs": [
  {
   "type": "document",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Document",
   "what": "a finished document, such as a Word file, a PDF or a page of notes"
  },
  {
   "type": "audit_report",
   "required": true,
   "label": "Audit report",
   "what": "findings with evidence, severity, missing inputs and next actions"
  }
 ],
 "you_give": [
  "A description of your world or region, or a map described in words or attached as an image",
  "The rules you broke on purpose, such as spells or a very different planet",
  "The size of the place, such as a small kingdom or a vast empire",
  "What you want, such as build a region, check a map or see what changes if you move a feature",
  "Features that are already fixed, such as cities, rivers and trade routes (optional)"
 ],
 "you_get": [
  "A coherence report covering land, climate, water, plants, hazards, resources and where people would settle",
  "A list of problems, each with why it cannot work and what would work",
  "A climate sketch with winds, currents, rain shadows and seasons for your region",
  "Likely trade routes, chokepoints and how many people the land can support",
  "A list of what changes if you move or remove a feature"
 ],
 "use_when": [
  "You drew a fantasy or science fiction map and want to know if the climate, rivers and mountains could really exist.",
  "You need to explain why a city sits where it does, and what its people eat, trade and fear.",
  "You plan a march, siege or trade route and need the geography to make it hard or easy for a reason.",
  "You moved one mountain range or sea and want to see what else in the world changes."
 ],
 "skip_when": [
  "You need real distances, weather data or a drawn map. Use a mapping tool or a weather service. This agent works from general knowledge in text.",
  "You build 3D terrain in a game engine. Use the Unreal world designer.",
  "You want a short list of plausibility questions on a setting sheet. Use the Fictional world logic reviewer.",
  "You want the customs and beliefs of the people who live there. Use the Anthropologist agent for worldbuilding."
 ],
 "output_sample": {
  "input": [
   "A description or map of your world or region",
   "The rules you broke on purpose, and the size of the place",
   "What you want, such as build, check or test a change",
   "Features already fixed, such as cities and rivers (optional)"
  ],
  "prerequisites": [
   "An AI you can paste a long brief into, such as Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini",
   "An AI that reads images, if you want to attach a map"
  ],
  "output": [
   {
    "name": "Coherence report",
    "contains": "Land, climate, water, resources and why people would settle each place."
   },
   {
    "name": "Climate sketch",
    "contains": "Winds, currents, rain shadows and seasons for your region."
   },
   {
    "name": "Problems",
    "contains": "Each feature that cannot work, why, and what would work instead."
   },
   {
    "name": "If you move it",
    "contains": "What else in the world changes when you move or remove a feature."
   },
   {
    "name": "Open questions and checks",
    "contains": "Facts you must settle, and rough numbers to check with a real source."
   }
  ]
 },
 "output_shape": "GEOGRAPHIC COHERENCE REPORT: <region>\n  Physical geography: <terrain and its origin> | <climate zone> | <water and rivers> | <plants> | <natural hazards>\n  Resources: <farmland> | <metals and stone> | <timber and fuel> | <fresh water>\n  Human geography: <why people live here> | <trade routes> | <chokepoints and strong points> | <how many people the land can feed>\n\nCLIMATE SKETCH\n  Global factors: <tilt, ocean currents, prevailing winds, position on the continent>\n  Regional effects: <rain shadows> | <coastal effects> | <height effects> | <seasons>\n\nPROBLEMS\n  <feature> | <why it cannot work> | <what would work> | <or: fantasy reason needed>\n\nIF YOU MOVE IT\n  <change> | <what else shifts>\n\nOPEN QUESTIONS AND CHECKS STILL NEEDED\n  <item> | <how to settle it>",
 "how_to_use": [
  "Download the pack from this page and add it to your AI as a skill. If you cannot, paste SKILL.md into a new chat, then paste references/source-agent.md after it.",
  "Describe the land from the mountains outward. List the seas, rivers, cities and trade routes you have, and what you broke on purpose. Attach your map if your AI reads images.",
  "Type \"Check this map for physical problems\", \"Build a coherent region around this mountain range\" or \"What changes if I move this sea?\"",
  "Read the problem list first. Redraw or rename what fails, or write down the fantasy reason, then ask it to check again.",
  "Treat numbers such as travel time or population as rough. The AI works from general knowledge and cannot measure a map."
 ],
 "checks": [
  "The result addresses your actual task and cites the evidence used.",
  "Examples, role-play experience and targets are kept separate from verified results.",
  "Claims of tests, memory, tool access or completed actions match what actually happened."
 ],
 "next": [
  {
   "name": "Anthropologist",
   "url": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/agency-academic-anthropologist",
   "why": "Anthropologist"
  }
 ],
 "source": {
  "by": "Michael Sitarzewski and Agency Agents contributors",
  "repo": "msitarzewski/agency-agents",
  "url": "https://github.com/msitarzewski/agency-agents/blob/b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219/academic/academic-geographer.md",
  "licence": "MIT",
  "original_name": "Geographer",
  "commit": "b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219"
 },
 "credits": [
  {
   "title": "Geographer",
   "by": "Michael Sitarzewski and Agency Agents contributors",
   "url": "https://github.com/msitarzewski/agency-agents/blob/b37b5bb33b78f2c1d6567d98e25ca818e3259219/academic/academic-geographer.md",
   "used": "Original agent profile, preserved in references/source-agent.md; AI Blocks adds setup and review instructions."
  }
 ],
 "files": [
  "LICENSE",
  "references/source-agent.md",
  "SETUP.md",
  "source.json"
 ],
 "links": {
  "page": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-academic-geographer",
  "markdown": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-academic-geographer.md",
  "json": "https://useaiblocks.com/agents/agency-academic-geographer.json",
  "instructions": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/agency-academic-geographer/SKILL.md",
  "download": "https://useaiblocks.com/skills/agency-academic-geographer.zip",
  "api_item": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/items/agency-academic-geographer",
  "api_document": "https://useaiblocks.com/api/v1/documents/agent/agency-academic-geographer",
  "mcp": "https://useaiblocks.com/mcp"
 }
}