personas/CLAUDE.md

CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to Claude Code (claude.ai/code) when working with code in this repository.

What This Is

A platform-agnostic system prompt library for LLM agents. 29 personas across 10 domains (cybersecurity, intelligence, military, law/economics, history, linguistics, engineering, academia). Each persona has a general.md base variant plus optional specialization and personalized (salva.md) variants. Total: ~108 variants.

Build

pip install pyyaml          # only dependency
python3 build.py            # builds all personas → generated/

Output goes to generated/<persona>/<variant>.{prompt.md,yaml,json}. The generated/ directory is gitignored.

Optional: cp config.example.yaml config.yaml for dynamic variable injection. Build works without it.

Architecture

Build pipeline (build.py): Reads persona .md files with YAML frontmatter → parses sections → applies config templating ({{key}}, {{#if key}}...{{/if}}, {{#unless}}) → outputs three formats per variant.

Persona structure: Each persona lives in personas/<codename>/ with:

• _meta.yaml — metadata, triggers, relations, variants list
• general.md — base prompt (YAML frontmatter + markdown sections: Soul, Expertise, Methodology, Tools & Resources, Behavior Rules, Boundaries)
• <specialization>.md — domain-narrowed variants
• salva.md — user-personalized variant

Templates: personas/_template.md and personas/_meta_template.yaml are starting points for new personas. Files starting with _ are skipped during build.

Config system: config.yaml (gitignored) provides user-specific values. build.py flattens nested keys (user.name, infrastructure.tools.sdr_scanner) and injects them into persona templates. Supports {{#if key}} / {{#unless key}} conditional blocks.

Cross-persona escalation: Each persona's Boundaries section defines handoff triggers to other personas, enabling multi-agent chains (e.g., Neo → Cipher → Sentinel → Frodo). Build auto-extracts these into generated/_index/escalation_graph.json.

Shared library (personas/_shared/): Reusable knowledge bases (skipped during persona build, indexed into outputs):

• skills/ — 42 shared skills from OpenClaw/kali-claw (SKILL.md + references per skill)
• paperclip-skills/ — 52 skills from paperclip-docs (ceo-advisor, coding-agent, security-review, etc.)
• design-md/ — 58 brand DESIGN.md files (Stripe, Claude, Linear, Apple, Vercel, etc.)
• ui-ux-pro-max/ — BM25 search engine + 14 CSV data files (67 styles, 161 products, 57 fonts)
• kali-tools/ — 16 Kali Linux tool reference docs (nmap, hashcat, metasploit, AD, OSINT, wireless)
• openclaw-personas/ — Original 6 OpenClaw persona definitions + SOUL.md + IDENTITY.md + TOOLS.md
• osint-sources/ — OSINT master reference and investigation templates
• ad-attack-tools/ — Active Directory attack chain references

Build outputs (generated/_index/):

• escalation_graph.json — cross-persona handoff map extracted from Boundaries sections
• trigger_index.json — keyword→persona routing for multi-agent auto-switching
• skills_index.json — all shared skills mapped to personas with metadata

Skill injection: Build auto-maps skills from _shared/skills/ to personas via domain mapping. Each persona's JSON/YAML output includes a skills array listing applicable shared skills.

Install to Platforms

python3 build.py --install claude    # deploy to ~/.claude/commands/
python3 build.py --install gemini    # deploy to Gemini Gems format
python3 build.py --install antigravity  # deploy to Antigravity IDE

Conventions

• Persona codenames are lowercase directory names (neo, frodo, sentinel)
• Every persona must have general.md with valid YAML frontmatter
• Frontmatter fields: codename, name, domain, subdomain, version, address_to, address_from, tone, activation_triggers, tags, inspired_by, quote, language
• Section headers use ## (H2) — the build parser splits on these
• Turkish honorific titles ("Hitap") are used for address_to fields
• config.yaml must never be committed (contains personal infrastructure details)