SOUL.md: Your Agent's Identity File at ~/.hermes/SOUL.md
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How SOUL.md Shapes the System Prompt
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The SOUL.md Location(Sign in required)
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SOUL.md vs Other Prompt Layers
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What SOUL.md Is For(Sign in required)
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Write-Once, Effects-Everywhere: Lifecycle Thinking
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Aspects SOUL.md Shapes(Sign in required)
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Hermes File: Role(Sign in required)
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Persona Archetypes: Utility, Professional, Expressive
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How Tone Affects Output Quality
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Persona: Defining Trait(Sign in required)
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Choosing a Persona for a Task
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A Built-in Persona for Patient Explanation(Sign in required)
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Common Persona Misuses
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Best Persona for Code Review(Sign in required)
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Built-in Personas(Sign in required)
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Switching as a Workflow Move
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Defaults vs Runtime Overrides
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The Runtime Switch Command(Sign in required)
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What Carries Across Switches
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Why Switch Mid-Session(Sign in required)
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Team Conventions for Personas
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A Phase-Based Switching Workflow(Sign in required)
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Workflow Phase: Fitting Persona(Sign in required)
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Persona Design Principles: Voice, Values, Boundaries
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Defining Tone and Style
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What Effective Personas Share(Sign in required)
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Behavioral Patterns: Rules and Constraints
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The SOUL.md File Format(Sign in required)
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Persona and Memory: How They Shape Each Other
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Persona and Memory in Tension(Sign in required)
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SOUL Element: Effect on Output(Sign in required)
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