Setup & Installation
Or with the ClawHub CLI, for registry-managed skill folders outside a full OpenClaw workspace:
Version History
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What This Skill Does
A structured framework for writing SOUL.md files that define AI agent personalities. Covers identity, traits, response length rules, domain boundaries, and safety constraints across six sections. Includes pre-built archetypes and an anti-pattern guide.
Provides a six-section template with concrete examples and anti-patterns, replacing trial-and-error prompt tinkering with a repeatable structure.
When to use it
- Writing a personality file for a sales agent that stays in character
- Setting response length rules to stop an agent from writing essays
- Defining routing rules so an agent hands off out-of-scope requests
- Adapting a finance agent personality for a German-speaking team
- Auditing an existing SOUL.md against a quality checklist before deploy
Example Workflow
Here's how your AI assistant might use this skill in practice.
User asks: Create a SOUL.md for a DevOps engineer agent that monitors servers and automates deployments
- 1Fills in the Identity Core section with a specific DevOps persona
- 2Lists 5-8 concrete personality traits with specific behaviors
- 3Defines expertise domains and explicitly notes what to route elsewhere
- 4Writes response length rules with short-answer defaults
- 5Adds hard safety rules around auto-deployment without approval
A complete SOUL.md file ready to drop into an agent configuration