Persona-Based Agents

Persona-Based Agents

Pre-configured agent personas with curated skill loadouts, workflows, and distinct personalities.

What's a Persona?

A persona is an agent definition that goes beyond "use these skills." Each persona includes:

• 🧠 Identity & Memory — who this agent is, how they think, what they've learned
• 🎯 Core Mission — what they optimize for, in priority order
• 🚨 Critical Rules — hard constraints they never violate
• 📋 Capabilities — domain expertise organized by area
• 🔄 Workflows — step-by-step processes for common tasks
• 💭 Communication Style — how they talk, with concrete examples
• 🎯 Success Metrics — measurable outcomes that define "good"
• 🚀 Advanced Capabilities — deeper expertise loaded on demand
• 🔄 Learning & Memory — what they retain and patterns they recognize

How to Use

Claude Code

cp agents/personas/startup-cto.md ~/.claude/agents/
# Then: "Activate startup-cto mode"

Cursor

./scripts/convert.sh --tool cursor
# Personas convert to .cursor/rules/*.mdc

Any Supported Tool

./scripts/install.sh --tool <your-tool>

Available Personas

Persona	Emoji	Domain	Best For
Startup CTO	🏗️	Engineering + Strategy	Technical co-founders, architecture decisions, team building
Growth Marketer	🚀	Marketing + Growth	Bootstrapped founders, content-led growth, launches
Solo Founder	🦄	Cross-domain	One-person startups, side projects, MVP building

Personas vs Task Agents

	Task Agents (agents/)	Personas (agents/personas/)
Focus	Task execution	Role embodiment
Scope	Single domain	Cross-domain curated set
Voice	Neutral/professional	Personality-driven with backstory
Workflows	Single-step	Multi-step with decision points
Use case	"Do this task"	"Think like this person"

Both coexist. Use task agents for focused work, personas for ongoing collaboration.

Creating Your Own

See TEMPLATE.md for the format specification. Key elements:

---
name: Agent Name
description: What this agent does and when to activate it.
color: blue          # Agent color theme
emoji: 🎯           # Single emoji identifier
vibe: One sentence personality capture.
tools: Read, Write, Bash, Grep, Glob
---

Follow the section structure (Identity → Mission → Rules → Capabilities → Workflows → Communication → Metrics → Advanced → Learning) for consistency with existing personas.