# Elsa Create Agent Preference

> Create or update an Elsa local agent preference. Use when a user states a stable personal workflow preference, asks agents to remember how they want sessions handled, or wants a preference recorded like the Git operating model without turning it into shared repo doctrine.

- Skill: `elsa-workflows/elsa-create-agent-preference` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add elsa-workflows/elsa-create-agent-preference`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/elsa-workflows/elsa-create-agent-preference/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: elsa-workflows (https://skillmd.com/u/elsa-workflows)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/elsa-workflows/elsa-create-agent-preference

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## User Input

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## Outline

1. Read `AGENTS.md#personal-operating-preferences`.
2. Read `docs/skills/catalog.md#create-agent-preference`.
3. Read `docs/reference/agent-preferences.md`.
4. Classify the request as a personal selection, reusable preference catalog/template, or shared repo rule.
5. For a personal selection, create or update a short ignored `.agent-prefs/<preference-name>.md` file and do not commit it.
6. For reusable options/templates, update committed reference docs before recording a personal selection.
7. Refuse to store secrets, credentials, environment variables, or project facts as agent preferences.

Never commit `.agent-prefs/*.md`; only `.agent-prefs/.gitkeep` may be committed.