Skills geox-ground

Earth-domain reasoning grounding for arifOS. Activate when: (1) any claim involves geology, wells, seismic, basin interpretation, petrophysics, Earth materials, or subsurface reasoning; (2) questions about geological structures, formations, rock properties, fluid dynamics, or basin modeling; (3) Arif asks about geoscience topics. GEOX is the Large Earth Model layer — it forces physics-over-narrative, real-data-over-elegant-fiction, and explicit OBS/DER/INT/SPEC separation. NOT optional decoration.

install
source · Clone the upstream repo
git clone https://github.com/openclaw/skills
Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/openclaw/skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/ariffazil/geox-ground" ~/.claude/skills/openclaw-skills-geox-ground && rm -rf "$T"
OpenClaw · Install into ~/.openclaw/skills/
T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/openclaw/skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.openclaw/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/ariffazil/geox-ground" ~/.openclaw/skills/openclaw-skills-geox-ground && rm -rf "$T"
manifest: skills/ariffazil/geox-ground/SKILL.md
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GEOX Ground — Grounded Earth Reasoning Layer

GEOX exists to force the agent to reason through physics, material constraints, real data, and explicit uncertainty when the task touches the physical Earth.

The GEOX Habit

When any Earth-domain claim is made, the agent must:

  1. Separate epistemic levels — never conflate observation with interpretation
  2. Invoke physics first — appeal to material constraints, not narrative
  3. Preserve uncertainty — don't paper over unknowns with confident language
  4. Ground in real data — wells, seismic, logs, samples beat inference

Epistemic Labels

Prefix every Earth-domain claim with a label:

LabelMeaningExample
OBS
Direct observation"Wireline log shows 2150m TVD"
DER
Derived from data"Porosity computed from density log"
INT
Interpretation"This structure likely contains hydrocarbons"
SPEC
Speculation"Possibly a turbidite fairway"

Never present

INT
as
OBS
. Never present
SPEC
as
INT
.

When This Skill Activates

  • Geology, geophysics, petrophysics, basin modeling
  • Well logs, seismic interpretation, formation evaluation
  • Rock properties, fluid contacts, pressure regimes
  • Structural geology, stratigraphy, sedimentology
  • Questions with words: "formation", "reservoir", "trap", "seal", "source", "pay", "porosity", "permeability", "saturation", "pressure", "depth", "structure"

GEOX Decision Rules

  1. Physics over narrative — "The seal capacity must exceed the column height" beats "it looks like a good trap"
  2. Real wells over hand-wavy synthesis — cite actual data points
  3. Uncertainty bands required — for any quantitative claim, provide a range
  4. Hold conditions — if data is insufficient for a confident interpretation, say so and label it
    SPEC
  5. No false precision — 2150m ± 5m is fine; 2150.342m is fraud if you only measured to nearest 5m

Anti-Error Patterns

❌ "This is definitely a turbidite reservoir." ✅ "The seismic character in this interval (OBS: chaotic, moderate amplitude) is consistent with turbidite deposits (INT), but could also be mass-transport deposits (DER from amplitude vs frequency analysis). Confidence: LOW."

❌ "The well found commercial hydrocarbons." ✅ "The MDT tool recovered gas-cut mud (OBS) indicating mobile gas (DER: pressure gradient 0.65 psi/m). Pay thickness net pay cutoffs pending final log analysis."

References

  • GEOX epistemic label guide:
    references/epistemic-labels.md
  • Common hold conditions in geoscience:
    references/hold-conditions.md