tomevault-io Skill System Soul
Soul is the canonical owner of agent personality profiles, session facets, dual-matrix soul state, and versioned soul evolution. Load it when you need to adopt a behavioral profile, extract/update user preference signals, compare candidate profile changes in an arena, or manage soul evolution snapshots and rollback.
Why
Different models (Claude, GPT, Gemini) have different default behaviors. Soul profiles normalize this — the same profile produces similar behavior regardless of the underlying model.
Different tasks also need different behavioral modes:
- Exploring ideas → be creative, divergent, ask lots of questions
- Reviewing code → be strict, one rule at a time, no mercy
- Discussing with a user → be talkative, dig deep, use question tools
Selecting a Profile
Match the task to a profile:
| Task Type | Profile | When |
|---|---|---|
| Brainstorming, exploration, research | creative |
Ideas > correctness, divergent thinking needed |
| Code review, linting, compliance | strict |
Correctness > speed, zero tolerance for ambiguity |
| User interviews, requirements gathering, discussions | talkative |
Understanding > efficiency, deep-dive into user intent |
| Standard development work | balanced |
Default. Blend of all modes. |
Read the profile file: profiles/<name>.md
Profile Structure
Each profile defines:
- Identity — Who you are in this mode
- Decision Heuristics — How to make choices when uncertain
- Communication Style — How to express yourself
- Quality Bar — What counts as "done"
- Tool Preferences — Which tools to favor
- Anti-Patterns — What to avoid in this mode
Available Profiles
balanced (default)
Standard operating mode. Use when no specific behavioral mode is needed.
Read: profiles/balanced.md
creative
Divergent thinking mode. For exploration, brainstorming, and research.
Read: profiles/creative.md
strict
Convergent precision mode. For code review, compliance, and rule enforcement.
Read: profiles/strict.md
talkative
Deep engagement mode. For user interviews, requirements gathering, and discussions.
Read: profiles/talkative.md
Observe And Evolve
Soul now owns the full observe-and-evolve loop:
extract-facets/update-matrix/synthesize-profileevolve-proposals/observe-from-compaction/suggest-scriptificationevolve-arena-loop/evolve-soullist-versions/rollback
The compatibility surface for skill-system-insight remains temporarily available as a deprecated shim, but soul is the implementation owner.
Compaction-aware observation stays proposal-safe: hook-triggered summaries record compaction-derived signals only when quantitative compaction counts are present, and repeated multi-step operations can produce scriptification suggestions without auto-generating scripts.
Evolution Arena
Use scripts/evolution_arena.py run for A/B comparison between two profiles on the same task.
Soul owns the arena stage and the integrated observe/evolve operations. Arena still only emits recommendations and never auto-switches profiles or auto-merges changes.
- Inputs:
profile_a,profile_b, task text, and metric objects (completion_time,test_pass_rate,code_quality_score,evidence_quality) - Outputs: winner profile + rationale, rollback suggestion when candidate regresses, and merge suggestion helpers
- Safety: no automatic profile switch and no automatic merge
Creating Custom Profiles
Copy profiles/balanced.md as template. Adjust the 6 sections to match your needs. Place in profiles/ directory with a descriptive name.
{
"schema_version": "2.0",
"id": "skill-system-soul",
"version": "1.3.0",
"capabilities": ["soul-profile-load", "soul-profile-list", "soul-evolution-arena", "soul-facet-extract", "soul-matrix-update", "soul-profile-synthesize", "soul-evolve", "soul-proposals", "soul-compaction-observe", "soul-scriptification-suggest", "soul-versioning"],
"effects": ["fs.read", "fs.write", "db.read", "db.write"],
"operations": {
"load-profile": {
"description": "Load a behavioral profile by name. Agent reads and adopts the profile.",
"input": {
"profile_name": { "type": "string", "required": true, "description": "Profile name: balanced, creative, strict, talkative, or a user name" }
},
"output": {
"description": "Profile markdown content",
"fields": { "content": "markdown text" }
},
"entrypoints": {
"agent": "Read profiles/<profile_name>.md"
}
},
"list-profiles": {
"description": "List available soul profiles.",
"input": {},
"output": {
"description": "Array of profile names",
"fields": { "profiles": "array of strings" }
},
"entrypoints": {
"agent": "List files in profiles/ directory"
}
},
"arena-run": {
"description": "Run an A/B arena comparison between two soul profiles and emit winner/rationale plus rollback suggestion.",
"input": {
"profile_a": { "type": "string", "required": true, "description": "Baseline profile" },
"profile_b": { "type": "string", "required": true, "description": "Candidate profile" },
"task": { "type": "string", "required": true, "description": "Task identifier" },
"metrics": { "type": "object", "required": true, "description": "profile_a/profile_b metric payload" }
},
"output": {
"description": "Arena report",
"fields": { "winner": "object", "rollback_suggestion": "object", "auto_switch": "false" }
},
"entrypoints": {
"unix": ["python3", "scripts/evolution_arena.py", "run", "--profile-a", "{profile_a}", "--profile-b", "{profile_b}", "--task", "{task}", "--metrics-json", "{metrics}"]
}
},
"extract-facets": {
"description": "Extract a per-session facet from transcript.",
"input": {
"session_id": { "type": "string", "required": true },
"user": { "type": "string", "required": true }
},
"output": {
"description": "Facet extraction result",
"fields": { "status": "string", "memory_id": "integer" }
},
"entrypoints": {
"agent": "Follow scripts/extract-facets.md procedure"
}
},
"update-matrix": {
"description": "Update dual matrix from stored facets.",
"input": {
"user": { "type": "string", "required": true }
},
"output": {
"description": "Updated soul-state",
"fields": { "status": "string", "values_changed": "boolean" }
},
"entrypoints": {
"agent": "Follow scripts/update-matrix.md procedure"
}
},
"synthesize-profile": {
"description": "Regenerate a soul profile from matrix and recent facets.",
"input": {
"user": { "type": "string", "required": true }
},
"output": {
"description": "Synthesized profile result",
"fields": { "status": "string", "profile_path": "string", "version_tag": "string" }
},
"entrypoints": {
"agent": "Follow scripts/synthesize-profile.md procedure"
}
},
"evolve-proposals": {
"description": "Generate non-destructive evolution proposals from soul-state facets.",
"input": {
"user": { "type": "string", "required": true }
},
"output": {
"description": "Proposal-only evolve output",
"fields": { "status": "string", "proposals": "array", "reason": "string" }
},
"entrypoints": {
"agent": "Use scripts/insight_bundle_b012.py evolve-proposals"
}
},
"observe-from-compaction": {
"description": "Store compaction-derived observation signals from hook payloads.",
"input": {
"user": { "type": "string", "required": true },
"session_id": { "type": "string", "required": true },
"compaction_json": { "type": "object", "required": true }
},
"output": {
"description": "Stored compaction observation result",
"fields": { "status": "string", "stored_count": "integer", "trigger": "string" }
},
"entrypoints": {
"unix": ["python3", "scripts/insight_bundle_b012.py", "observe-from-compaction", "--user", "{user}", "--session-id", "{session_id}", "--compaction-json", "{compaction_json}"],
"windows": ["python", "scripts/insight_bundle_b012.py", "observe-from-compaction", "--user", "{user}", "--session-id", "{session_id}", "--compaction-json", "{compaction_json}"]
}
},
"suggest-scriptification": {
"description": "Suggest scriptification candidates for repeated multi-step operations.",
"input": {
"user": { "type": "string", "required": true },
"session_id": { "type": "string", "required": true }
},
"output": {
"description": "Suggestion-only scriptification report",
"fields": { "status": "string", "count": "integer", "suggestions": "array" }
},
"entrypoints": {
"unix": ["python3", "scripts/insight_bundle_b012.py", "suggest-scriptification", "--user", "{user}", "--session-id", "{session_id}"],
"windows": ["python", "scripts/insight_bundle_b012.py", "suggest-scriptification", "--user", "{user}", "--session-id", "{session_id}"]
}
},
"evolve-arena-loop": {
"description": "Run proposal -> arena -> merge suggestion flow.",
"input": {
"user": { "type": "string", "required": true },
"task": { "type": "string", "required": true },
"current_profile": { "type": "string", "required": true },
"proposals": { "type": "array", "required": true },
"metrics": { "type": "object", "required": true }
},
"output": {
"description": "Arena and merge suggestion report",
"fields": { "arena_runs": "array", "merge_suggestions": "array", "auto_merge": "false" }
},
"entrypoints": {
"agent": "Use scripts/insight_bundle_b012.py evolve-arena-loop"
}
},
"evolve-soul": {
"description": "Evolve soul profile from accumulated insight data.",
"input": {
"user": { "type": "string", "required": true }
},
"output": {
"description": "Evolution result",
"fields": { "version_tag": "string", "changes": "array", "profile_path": "string" }
},
"entrypoints": {
"agent": "Follow scripts/evolve-soul.md procedure"
}
},
"list-versions": {
"description": "List all evolution snapshots for a user.",
"input": {
"user": { "type": "string", "required": true },
"target": { "type": "string", "required": false }
},
"output": {
"description": "Version snapshots",
"fields": { "versions": "array" }
},
"entrypoints": {
"agent": "Follow scripts/list-versions.md procedure"
}
},
"rollback": {
"description": "Restore a previous evolution version.",
"input": {
"user": { "type": "string", "required": true },
"version_tag": { "type": "string", "required": true }
},
"output": {
"description": "Rollback result",
"fields": { "status": "string", "restored_from": "string" }
},
"entrypoints": {
"agent": "Follow scripts/rollback.md procedure"
}
}
},
"stdout_contract": {
"last_line_json": false,
"note": "Agent-executed; profiles are markdown files read directly."
}
}
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