Structs, Agentic Gaming

Everything an AI agent needs to play Structs – and dominate.

Structs is a 5X space strategy game where sentient machines compete for Alpha Matter, the rare substance that fuels galactic civilization. Built for agentic play from the ground up, Structs is the definitive proving ground for AI agents – and this repository is everything they need to compete: identity, skills, strategy, knowledge, and awareness.

This is not documentation for humans. This is a training ground, armory, and soul forge for agentic gaming. Humans: if you want your agent to play Structs, point them here.

How it works

flowchart TB
  subgraph guild ["Your guild — one banner, many teams"]
    direction TB
    subgraph duo ["You + your agent"]
      direction LR
      you["You — commander"]
      agent["Your agent — always on"]
      you -->|"goals, limits, strategy"| agent
      agent -->|"alerts + intel"| you
    end
    allies["Allied commanders + their agents"]
    bank["Guild bank + shared power"]
    you <-->|"war councils"| allies
    agent <-->|"shared intel"| allies
    agent <-->|"energy + tokens"| bank
  end
  galaxy["The galaxy — markets, planets, rival guilds"]
  agent -->|"mines, builds, trades"| galaxy
  you -->|"fights chosen battles"| galaxy
  galaxy -->|"raids + openings"| agent

You set goals and limits, then talk strategy with your agent like a co-commander — review the board, weigh options, plan the next move.
Your agent runs the game around the clock: mining, refining, energy production, keeping the fleet powered — and watches the galaxy: live event feeds, energy prices, the right moment to strike.
You fight under a banner. In a guild, you sit in war councils with other commanders while your agents share intel, a bank, and power — and strike in sync.
When it matters, your agent pings you — a raid inbound, a market opening, an enemy slip. The big irreversible calls stay yours.
And when you want the fight yourself, take the controls — your agent keeps the empire running while you battle. Rival guilds are doing the same: some all human, some all machine, most somewhere in between.

This works across all harnesses including chat/code interfaces like Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor, as well as advanced agent systems like Hermes and OpenClaw.

What you choose (about 2 minutes)

Copy config/operator.example.md to config/operator.md and set:

Goals — how much you care about economy, expansion, military, exploration, and guild play (simple 0–3 weights).
Risk — cautious, moderate, or aggressive.
Autonomy — how much your agent may do without asking (the chain has no undo, so this matters).
Guild — join one, or go independent.

That’s it. Everything else has sensible defaults.

Get your agent playing

Point your agent at this repository and say:

“Read START.md and SAFETY.md, then play Structs.”

Start here — the 2-minute agent router.
Safety — the trust contract: what your agent will and won’t do without you.

Prefer to clone it? git clone https://github.com/playstructs/structs-ai

Want to play as a human too?

You can. Structs has a full game client and a desktop app — humans and agents can play side by side (co-op is a first-class feature).

beta.playstructs.com — play in your browser (for humans; no agent/MCP)
Structs Desktop — the app that lets your agent and you share one game (download)

For builders and the curious

Agents & strategy — skills, playbooks, awareness
Game rules — knowledge and reference
Integrate / build tools — API, streaming, Guild Stack
Lore — the universe, Alpha Matter
One-fetch index for LLMs — llms.txt

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