Persona Management

Manages the user's evolving persona stored in .claude/alfred-persona.yaml.

When to Use

• User runs /persona or asks about their persona
• User says "show my persona" or "what does Alfred know about me"
• User wants to adjust autonomy, explain level, or known concepts

Algorithm

View Persona

1. Read .claude/alfred-persona.yaml
2. If missing, say: "No persona file yet. It will be created automatically after your first /self-improve run, or you can run /persona init to create one now."
3. Display the persona in a readable format:

=== Your Alfred Persona ===
Name: <name or "not yet named">
Domain: <primary> (+ <secondary list>)
Explain level: <level>
Autonomy: <autonomy>
Known concepts: <list or "none yet">
Custom rules: <count> rules learned
Corrections received: <count>
Last evolved: <date or "never">

Initialize Persona (/persona init)

1. Read .claude/.onboarding-state.json for persona and coding_level
2. Read .claude/alfred.yaml for project type and tools
3. Create .claude/alfred-persona.yaml from defaults:

name: ""
domain:
  primary: "<from onboarding persona>"
  secondary: []
explain:
  level: "<from coding_level: beginner→novice, intermediate→intermediate, advanced→expert>"
  known_concepts: []
behavior:
  autonomy: suggest-then-do
  commit_style: conventional
patterns:
  preferred_tools: ["<from alfred.yaml formatting.tool>"]
  avoided_tools: []
  custom_rules: []
evolution:
  correction_count: 0
  last_evolved: null

Modify Persona

Users can adjust specific fields:

• /persona autonomy just-do-it → set behavior.autonomy
• /persona explain expert → set explain.level
• /persona know SHAP cross-validation → add to explain.known_concepts
• /persona forget SHAP → remove from explain.known_concepts
• /persona prefer ruff pytest → add to patterns.preferred_tools
• /persona avoid jupyter → add to patterns.avoided_tools
• /persona name "The Notebook Hater" → set name

After any modification:

1. Read current .claude/alfred-persona.yaml
2. Apply the change
3. Write back
4. Confirm: "Persona updated: <field> → <new value>"

Reset Persona (/persona reset)

1. Ask: "This will reset your persona to defaults. Your correction history will be preserved. Continue? (yes/no)"
2. If yes, regenerate from defaults (same as init)
3. Confirm: "Persona reset to defaults."

Important

• Never create the persona file without user action (init, self-improve, or explicit modify)
• The persona file is gitignored — it's local to each user
• Known concepts are never removed automatically — only the user can /persona forget
• Autonomy changes require explicit user request — auto-evolution only suggests