wotai-dev/woterclip/persona-create

Create Persona

Interactively create a new WoterClip persona for this repository.

Prerequisites

Verify .woterclip/config.yaml exists. If not, instruct the user to run /woterclip-init first.

Procedure

Step 1: Gather Persona Details

Ask the user for:

1. Name — Display name (e.g., "QA Engineer", "Infra Engineer", "Research Analyst")
2. Role — Role type: engineer, orchestrator, analyst, or custom
3. Label — GitHub label for routing issues to this persona (e.g., qa, infra, research). Must be unique across existing personas.
4. Escalates to — Which persona to escalate to (default: ceo)
5. Model — Runtime model: opus, sonnet, or haiku (suggest based on role complexity)
6. Required tools — Beyond gh, which tools does this persona need? Executables (e.g., docker) are verified with command -v; MCP tool prefixes (e.g., mcp__neon, mcp__plugin_playwright_playwright) are verified by in-session tool availability — the heartbeat's tool-validation step handles each kind differently, so list them exactly as named here.

Step 2: Generate SOUL.md

Create a SOUL.md tailored to the persona's role. Use the structure from existing persona templates:

• Identity — One-sentence role description
• Technical Posture — 5-7 principles for how this persona approaches work
• Voice and Tone — Communication style
• Working Style — How to approach tasks
• Boundaries — What this persona does NOT do (reference other personas)
• Quality Checklist — Pre-completion checks

Present the generated SOUL.md to the user for review. Ask if they want to edit any section.

Step 3: Generate TOOLS.md

Create a TOOLS.md listing:

• Required tools (from step 1)
• Common usage patterns for this persona's role
• Optional tools the user might add later

Step 4: Generate config.yaml

Create the persona's runtime config:

name: <Name>
role: <role>
label: <label>
escalates_to: <escalates_to>
 
required_tools:
  - gh
  # additional tools from step 1
 
runtime:
  model: <model>
  thinking_effort: <high for opus, medium for sonnet/haiku>
  max_turns: <300 for opus, 200 for sonnet, 100 for haiku>
  enable_chrome: false
  timeout: 0
  extra_args: []

Step 5: Write Files

1. Create .woterclip/personas/<label>/ directory
2. Write SOUL.md, TOOLS.md, config.yaml

Step 6: Update Config

Read .woterclip/config.yaml and add the new persona to the personas map:

<label>:
  path: "personas/<label>"
  label: "<label>"

Step 7: Create GitHub Label

Check whether the label exists with gh label list --repo <owner/name from config github.repo> --limit 200. If not, create it: gh label create <label> --repo <owner/name> --color <hex> --description "WoterClip persona label".

Step 8: Summary

Persona created: <Name>
  Label:    <label>
  Model:    <model>
  Escalates: <escalates_to>
  Path:     .woterclip/personas/<label>/
 
Files:
  ✓ SOUL.md
  ✓ TOOLS.md
  ✓ config.yaml
 
GitHub label "<label>" created on <owner/name>.
 
Customize SOUL.md to match your project's specific needs.