Skills structs-mining

Name: structs-mining
Author: openclaw

Executes resource extraction in Structs. Mines ore and refines it into Alpha Matter. Use when mining ore, refining ore, starting a mine-refine cycle, checking planet ore levels, or managing resource extraction. Mining takes ~17 hours and refining ~34 hours — both are background operations. Ore is stealable until refined.

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 "$T/skills/abstrct/structs-mining" ~/.claude/skills/openclaw-skills-structs-mining && rm -rf "$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 "$T/skills/abstrct/structs-mining" ~/.openclaw/skills/openclaw-skills-structs-mining && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/abstrct/structs-mining/SKILL.md

Structs Mining

Important: Entity IDs containing dashes (like

3-1

4-5

) are misinterpreted as flags by the CLI parser. All transaction commands in this skill use

--

before positional arguments to prevent this.

Procedure

Check planet ore —
```
structsd query structs planet [id]
```
. If
```
currentOre == 0
```
, explore new planet first.
Initiate mine — The mine action is implicit in
```
struct-ore-mine-compute
```
. Launch in a background terminal:
```
structsd tx structs struct-ore-mine-compute -D 3 --from [key-name] --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 -y -- [struct-id]
```
. Mining difficulty is 14,000; expect ~17 hours for difficulty to drop to D=3. Compute auto-submits the complete transaction.
Refine immediately after mine completes — Ore is stealable. Launch refine in background:
```
structsd tx structs struct-ore-refine-compute -D 3 --from [key-name] --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 -y -- [struct-id]
```
. Refining difficulty is 28,000; expect ~34 hours for D=3. Compute auto-submits the complete transaction.
Store or convert — Alpha Matter is not stealable. Use reactor (1g = 1 kW) or generator infusion as needed.
Verify — Query planet (ore decreased), struct (ore/Alpha state), player (resources).

CRITICAL: Mining and refining are multi-hour background operations. Launch compute in a background terminal and do other things while waiting. Never sit idle watching a hash grind. See awareness/async-operations.

CRITICAL: Ore is stealable. Alpha Matter is not. Refine as soon as mining completes — every hour ore sits unrefined is an hour it can be stolen.

Commands Reference

Action	CLI Command
Mine compute (PoW + auto-complete)	`structsd tx structs struct-ore-mine-compute -D 3 -- [struct-id]`
Mine complete (manual, rarely needed)	`structsd tx structs struct-ore-mine-complete -- [struct-id]`
Refine compute (PoW + auto-complete)	`structsd tx structs struct-ore-refine-compute -D 3 -- [struct-id]`
Refine complete (manual, rarely needed)	`structsd tx structs struct-ore-refine-complete -- [struct-id]`
Query planet	`structsd query structs planet [id]`
Query struct	`structsd query structs struct [id]`
Query player	`structsd query structs player [id]`

Common tx flags:

--from [key-name] --gas auto --gas-adjustment 1.5 -y

Verification

Planet
```
currentOre
```
decreases after mine-complete
Struct ore inventory clears after refine-complete
Player Alpha Matter increases after refine-complete

Error Handling

"struct offline" — Activate struct before mining.
"insufficient ore" — Planet depleted or struct has no ore; check planet
```
currentOre
```
.
"proof invalid" — Re-run compute with correct difficulty; ensure no interruption.
Ore stolen — Refine immediately after every mine. Never leave ore unrefined.

Timing

Mining and refining have high base difficulties, meaning they take hours for difficulty to drop to a feasible level. At D=3, the hash is trivially instant — the wait IS the time, and zero CPU is wasted on hard hashing.

Operation	Difficulty	D=3
Mine	14,000	~17 hr
Refine	28,000	~34 hr
Full cycle (mine + refine)	--	~51 hr

Use

-D 3

for mine/refine. The hash is trivially instant at D=3, wasting zero CPU cycles. Higher

-D

values start sooner but burn significant compute on hard hashes.

Pipeline strategy: After initiating a mine, immediately do other things — build structs, scout players, plan defense. When the mine completes, immediately start the refine. While refining runs (~34 hr), you have time to initiate the next mine so its age clock starts ticking. Always keep something aging.