Voice Extraction Workflow

Voice extraction workflow

Triggers

• voice extract / voice contract / voice yaml
• learn my voice / mimic this voice / write like
• exemplars / reference posts
• voice_proposed / voice approve
• voice lint failed

Procedure: extract a voice contract

1. Check exemplars. file_list data/companies/<slug>/exemplars/ recursive. Expect twitter/, email/, etc. with 2+ .md files per channel. If empty: tell operator the path, don't scrape.
2. voice_extract(company_id=<slug>, channel=<optional>). Requires ≥2 exemplars per channel scanned. Writes voice_proposed.yaml.
3. Show to operator: elophanto voice proposed <slug> (or file_read). Surface persona / tone / banned phrases / hooks / length bounds.
4. Operator promotes:
   • Approve → elophanto voice approve <slug> (backs up existing voice.yaml, promotes proposal).
   • Reject → elophanto voice reject <slug> "<reason>" archives with reason; next extract reads it.
5. Future drafts auto-lint against the contract.

When a draft lint fails

ToolResult error names violations (e.g. voice lint failed: banned phrase 'leverage'; too long: 312 chars (max 240)).

• Default: revise the body honoring the constraints. LLM does this naturally on next planning cycle.
• Rare: contract is outdated. Tell operator + ask for new exemplars.
• Never bypass via live tool to skip the draft gate.

When no voice.yaml exists

Lint is fail-soft (passes everything). Day-0 state. Tell operator the contract is empty + point at exemplars/ path. While missing, default to [[b2c-marketing-voice]] principles (no "leverage", concrete object up front, etc.).

Hard rules

• ❌ Never promote voice_proposed.yaml → voice.yaml yourself. Operator only.
• ❌ Never scrape URLs for exemplars — operator pastes deliberately.
• ❌ Never write voice.yaml directly via file_write.
• ❌ Never lint a draft against the wrong company's voice — set the contextvar first.

Verify

• ≥2 exemplars per channel before voice_extract
• voice_proposed.yaml written (not voice.yaml)
• On lint failure: body revised, not live tool called