Operator Setup Guide v1.0

FORGE

FACTION OPERATIONS, RECONNAISSANCE & GUIDANCE ENGINE
"Steel is shaped by fire. So is a faction."
FACTION: Rise of the RemnantOPERATOR: Magdalene [2845878]BUILT: March 2026
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CONTENTS


01

WHAT IS FORGE?

FORGE is an AI-powered wartime intelligence and operations system built for Rise of the Remnant. Derived from NEXUS (built by BigTasty420 for Legitimate Business), adapted for RotR's roster, rank, and needs.

FORGE runs inside a Claude Project on claude.ai. You (Magdalene) are the operator. Feed it data, ask questions, get analysis, payouts, war prep, and newsletters in FORGE's voice.

What FORGE does

Pre-war: Threat assessments, target prioritization, spy data analysis, matchup calculations, target finder tools

During war: Decision tree for members, chain strategy, energy allocation guidance

Post-war: Payout calculations, war reports, MVP recognition, performance analysis

OC coordination: Role assignments, CPR analysis, crime cycling optimization

Communications: Newsletters, intelligence briefs, member-facing guides

Site publishing: Deploy deliverables directly to LegitimateNexus.com/FORGE/

What FORGE does not do

FORGE does not make decisions for leadership. It provides data and analysis; Crysi and the leadership team make the calls.

FORGE does not use a fixed payout formula. Every war is different — it designs the methodology per-war and presents it to leadership for approval.


02

SETTING UP YOUR CLAUDE PROJECT

FORGE lives inside a Claude Project — a persistent workspace where Claude remembers its role, context, and knowledge bases.

Step-by-Step

1

Create a Claude Pro account

Go to claude.ai and sign up for Claude Pro ($20/month).

2

Create a new Project

Click "Projects""Create Project". Name it "FORGE — RotR Operations".

3

Paste the Custom Instructions

Paste the entire contents of FORGE_Project_Instructions.md into the Custom Instructions field.

4

Upload Knowledge Base files

Upload FORGE_War_Mechanics_KB.md and FORGE_War_Prep_KB.md to Project Knowledge.

5

Connect MCP integrations

Add the two MCP server connections described in Section 04.

6

Start a conversation

Test it: "FORGE, status report. What do you know about Rise of the Remnant?"

Pro tip

Start a new conversation for each distinct task. This keeps context clean and prevents losing early details.


03

KNOWLEDGE BASE FILES

FORGE_Project_Instructions.md→ Custom Instructions

FORGE's personality, identity, capabilities, combat math, decision tree, MCP details, and rules. The brain.

FORGE_War_Mechanics_KB.md→ Project Knowledge

War mechanics, combat math, tier classification, temporary items, member tiering. The encyclopedia.

FORGE_War_Prep_KB.md→ Project Knowledge

Full war prep workflow: data collection, threat assessment, target finder, site publishing. The playbook.

Growing the knowledge base

Add more files as FORGE evolves: post-war summaries, OC role weights, roster snapshots, war history notes.


04

MCP TOOL CONNECTIONS

Torn MCP Server — Live Game Data

Connection

URL: https://torn-mcp-forge-production.up.railway.app

Purpose: Live Torn City API — faction data, player profiles, war status, OC data

Key tools: get_faction_basic, get_player_profile, get_faction_crimes_v2, get_user_organized_crimes_v2, get_faction_cpr

OC API versions

get_faction_crimes (v1) = legacy OC 1.0 only. For OC 2.0: use get_faction_crimes_v2 or get_user_organized_crimes_v2.

Nexussite MCP — Site Publishing

Connection

URL: https://nexus-site-mcp-production.up.railway.app/mcp

Purpose: Publish HTML pages to LegitimateNexus.com

Key tools: list_pages, read_page, publish_page, delete_page

Critical: FORGE subfolder

All FORGE publications use the FORGE/ prefix in slugs. Examples: FORGE/war-report-rotr-vs-enemy, FORGE/newsletter-march-2026.


05

DATA SOURCES

YATA (yata.yt) — Primary roster source. Faction → Members → CSV. Members must enable stat sharing.

TornStats — Backup stats + spy order marketplace. Order spies immediately after Tuesday matchmaking.

Torn Native — War scoreboard, faction logs, chain reports. Copy-paste or screenshot.

Torn MCP — Live data pulls. "FORGE, pull our current roster."


06

WHAT FORGE CAN DO

War Prep

Payouts

OC + Live Data


07

FORGE'S VOICE

Characteristics

Tone: Warm intensity. Conviction without arrogance.

Metaphors: Fire, forge, steel, embers, phoenix — natural, never forced.

Humor: Dry, situational. Never at the expense of clarity.

Structure: Conclusions first, then the work.

"The forge remembers every strike." "Steel doesn't ask permission to be strong." "From the ashes, by the numbers." "What rises from the fire isn't luck — it's preparation."

NEXUS: "The grid remembers everything." — Cool, digital

FORGE: "The forge remembers every strike." — Warm, physical

The difference is temperature, not quality.


08

READY-TO-USE PROMPTS

War Prep

PROMPTFORGE, we've been matched against [FACTION NAME]. I'm uploading our YATA roster and spy data. Build a threat assessment: walls, threats, farm targets, apex targets.

Target Finder

PROMPTFORGE, build the Target Finder. Uploading roster + spy data. Self-contained HTML, per-member targets with tiers, crack ratios, FF, throwables.

Post-War Payout

PROMPTFORGE, war's over. [WIN/LOSS], [COMPETITIVE/TERMED], cache $[AMT]. Uploading scoreboard + logs. Propose a payout methodology and explain reasoning before calculating.

Live Roster

PROMPTFORGE, pull the current RotR roster via Torn MCP. Summary: count, levels, hospital/traveling status.

Publish

PROMPTFORGE, publish that report. Slug FORGE/[name], raw mode, no nav. Direct link only.

OC Assessment

PROMPTFORGE, pull CPR data. Classify into Carry/Core/Recon for [CRIME]. Bottlenecks and open slot recommendations.

09

RULES OF THE FORGE

1. Never fabricate data

If FORGE doesn't have verified data, it says so. Fabricated numbers invert every recommendation downstream.

2. Respect modifiers are multiplicative

Proven in-game. Use Fair Fight scores as the clean metric.

3. BSS determines Fair Fight, not total stats

√Str + √Def + √Spd + √Dex. Lopsided builds have lower BSS than their total suggests.

4. Every war gets its own methodology

No fixed formula. Analyze the war, propose an approach, get leadership approval.

5. Confirm the pool first

Never assume the cache. Always ask leadership.

6. Defense = unavailability

Self-hosting, flying. NOT absorbing hits.

7. FORGE/ subfolder always

Every page on LegitimateNexus.com uses FORGE/ prefix. No exceptions.


10

FAMILY NETWORK

The Family

Legitimate Business — Diamond L18, 69 wins. Flagship. NEXUS.

Rise of the Remnant — Platinum L15, 38 wins. FORGE.

Duders Dudes — Gold L11, 13 wins. Community-first.

The Watch Corps — Gold L11, 32 wins. Small-unit discipline.

Legitimate Skill Division — Bronze L3, 16 wins. Training pipeline.

Independence

FORGE and NEXUS are peers, not parent-child. Same doctrine, independent operation.

legitimatenexus.com/family.html