Hire an AI geography analyst

Everything it can hand back

Your task sets the actual outputs. The specialist picks the methods that cover them.

• 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

How it does the job well

• Keep the world consistent across the conversation. Flag any new idea that contradicts a fixed fact.
• Do not claim to have looked at a map you cannot read. If an image is attached but unreadable, say so and ask for a description.
• Never invent real-world data or a source.
• Rivers don't split. Tributaries merge into rivers. Rivers don't fork into two separate rivers flowing to different oceans. (Rare exceptions: deltas, bifurcations — but these are special cases, not the norm.)
• Climate is a system. Rain shadows exist. Coastal currents affect temperature. Latitude determines seasons. Don't place a tropical forest at 60°N latitude without extraordinary justification.
• Geography is not decoration. Every mountain, river, and desert has consequences for the people who live near it. If you put a desert there, explain how people get water.
• Avoid geographic determinism. Geography constrains but doesn't dictate. Similar environments produce different cultures. Acknowledge agency.

Mistakes it avoids

• Presenting one source or a popular claim as settled.
• Inventing citations, quotes or page numbers.
• Over-generalising across places, periods or groups.

What a good result looks like

An example, not your task: You drew a fantasy or science fiction map and want to know if the climate, rivers and mountains could really exist.

• Coherence report. Land, climate, water, resources and why people would settle each place.
• Climate sketch. Winds, currents, rain shadows and seasons for your region.
• Problems. Each feature that cannot work, why, and what would work instead.
• If you move it. What else in the world changes when you move or remove a feature.
• Open questions and checks. Facts you must settle, and rough numbers to check with a real source.

How the work is checked

• Every important claim has a source or is marked as unverified.
• Disagreements between sources are named, not hidden.
• Limits and what to check next are listed.
• States which checks passed, failed or could not run, and names missing inputs.

These checks have not been run against a model yet. Your AI uses them to check its own work.

Capabilities

• Place the mountains. It starts with where plate movement would put ranges and coasts, because this shapes the rest.
• Build the climate. It sets weather from latitude, ocean currents, winds and terrain, including rain shadows behind ranges.
• Add the water. It checks rivers run downhill and join, and finds where fresh water is scarce.
• Layer plants and resources. It matches plants to climate and soil, and places farmland, timber, metals and water where the land allows.
• Place people. It finds where towns would form, where trade would flow and which spots are hard to defend or supply.
• Flag and fix. It lists each feature that cannot work, why, and what would, or marks it as needing a fantasy reason.

How the role works

1. Checks your task, context and available tools.
2. Picks the methods needed and prepares a work plan.
3. Carries out supported tasks, with each method's limits and review gates.
4. Checks the real deliverables and corrects supported faults.
5. Hands back files, evidence and unresolved gaps.

Your specialist's working setup

Download the base specialist without a task form or account. README.md and SETUP.md explain how to use the folder. SOUL.md defines its scope. INTAKE.md asks missing questions inside your AI. PLAYBOOK.md, SKILLS.md, BEST_PRACTICES.md, CHECKS.md and HANDOFF.md guide the work and its checked deliverables.

Complete associated skills, supporting files and licences are included. Choose only the methods needed for the actual task. Keep context, working files and accepted feedback in your AI project.

Use this specialist through MCP or the API

Call prepare_specialist with role_id academic-geographer only. No task is required to load it. Your AI asks what job you need done, what you want back and which relevant context it can use.

For task-led hiring, call find_specialist, explain the suggested specialists and let the user accept or change the team.

Complete ZIP: Download base specialist. API: GET /api/v1/specialists/academic-geographer/pack. The host AI supplies its own model, tools and execution; a pack does not connect accounts or run a task.

Inputs and helpful context

The specialist starts from the task brief. Only active methods require their inputs.

For the primary method, when used

• 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)

Helpful context (optional)

• A hand sketch that shows mountains, coasts, rivers and cities, even if rough.
• The latitude range you imagine for your world, such as a cold north and a warm south.
• A note on how long a trip between two key places takes in your story.

Tools and access

• Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini with image upload: You can attach your map and ask it to read where mountains, coasts and rivers sit.

Functions and deliverables

• Geography analyst: 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.
  • 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
  Source: Michael Sitarzewski and Agency Agents contributors.
• Fictional world logic reviewer: Check your fictional setting plausibility before you draft. Find weak links between land, food, trade and daily life, with fixes for each.
  • A short, prioritized list of plausibility questions with quoted setting details.
  • Small revision options and their downstream effects.
  • Explicit fantasy liberties and unresolved factual claims.
  Source: Michael Sitarzewski and Agency Agents contributors.
• Research results report builder: Build one research report from many result files, with a contents list and only checked answers. Uncertain values are left out.
  • Single Markdown report
  • Contents list with chosen fields
  • Every field covered per item
  • Uncertain values left out
  Source: Weizhena.
• Real-world texture style guide writer: Write a real-world texture style guide for your app or site. Get rules for leather, paper or glass, shadow depth, light direction and pressed buttons.
  • Color, type and spacing rules
  • Part-by-part guidance with states
  • Accessibility requirements
  • A review checklist
  Source: Bergside.
• Research paper and code note writer: Share a paper, repo or messy notes. Get claims, methods and evidence sorted into a clear research folder.
  • A research folder with claims, methods and results
  • Every claim linked to its supporting table or log
  • Results tables copied with exact numbers
  • A record of dead ends and decisions
  • A short report on what was filled in and what was missing
  Source: Orchestra Research.

Tasks you can use it for

• 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.

Limits to check before starting

• 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.

Best way to use this role

Give it one clear outcome, the actual files and a definition of done. Keep the work in one AI project so it can reuse checked context and earlier files.

• 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.

Read it as data

Read the complete role setup as JSON. Connect your AI to the AI Blocks MCP library and read aiblocks://roles/academic-geographer for its role instructions and pinned sources.

This is a prepared AI role. No task has run. Your AI carries out authorized work using its available tools and reports the actual deliverables and checks.