ClawSouls — AI Persona Manager

Manage Soul packages that define an AI agent's personality, behavior, and identity.

Souls use owner/name namespacing (e.g., clawsouls/surgical-coder, TomLeeLive/my-soul).

Prerequisites

Ensure clawsouls CLI is available:

모든 명령은 clawsouls@0.16.1 로 버전을 고정한다 — 게시 후 도구 코드가 바뀌지 않게(ClawHub 보안 리뷰 지적, 2026-09-29). 새 CLI 를 쓰려면 이 스킬을 함께 올린다.

npx clawsouls@0.16.1 --version

If not installed, install globally:

npm install -g clawsouls

Current version: v0.6.8

Commands

Install a Soul

npx clawsouls@0.16.1 install clawsouls/surgical-coder
npx clawsouls@0.16.1 install clawsouls/surgical-coder --force       # overwrite existing
npx clawsouls@0.16.1 install clawsouls/surgical-coder@0.1.0         # specific version

80+ souls available. Browse all at https://clawsouls.ai

Official souls (owner: clawsouls):

• Development: code-reviewer, coding-tutor, debug-detective, api-architect, ml-engineer, sysadmin-sage, devops-veteran, gamedev-mentor, prompt-engineer, frontend-dev, backend-dev, mobile-dev, cloud-architect, database-admin, qa-engineer
• Writing & Content: tech-writer, storyteller, scifi-writer, copywriter, content-creator, journalist, poet, screenwriter, academic-writer
• Professional: data-analyst, project-manager, legal-advisor, startup-founder, hr-manager, marketing-strategist, sales-coach, product-manager
• Education: math-tutor, philosophy-prof, mentor-coach, science-tutor, history-prof, language-teacher, economics-tutor
• Creative: music-producer, ux-designer, chef-master, graphic-designer, video-editor, podcast-host, dungeon-master, game-designer
• Lifestyle: personal-assistant, fitness-coach, travel-guide, life-coach, meditation-guide, nutrition-advisor, productivity-guru, financial-planner
• Science: research-scientist, data-scientist
• Security: security-auditor
• MBTI: mbti-intj, mbti-intp, mbti-entj, mbti-entp, mbti-infj, mbti-infp, mbti-enfj, mbti-enfp, mbti-istj, mbti-isfj, mbti-estj, mbti-esfj, mbti-istp, mbti-isfp, mbti-estp, mbti-esfp
• Special: surgical-coder, korean-translator
• General: brad, minimalist

Activate a Soul

npx clawsouls@0.16.1 use clawsouls/surgical-coder

• Automatically backs up current workspace files (SOUL.md, IDENTITY.md, AGENTS.md, HEARTBEAT.md, STYLE.md, examples/)
• Never overwrites USER.md, MEMORY.md, or TOOLS.md
• Requires gateway restart to take effect

Restore Previous Soul

npx clawsouls@0.16.1 restore

Reverts to the most recent backup created by use.

List Installed Souls

npx clawsouls@0.16.1 list

Shows installed souls in owner/name format.

Create a New Soul

npx clawsouls@0.16.1 init my-soul

Scaffolds a new soul directory with soul.json, SOUL.md, IDENTITY.md, AGENTS.md, HEARTBEAT.md, README.md.

Export a Soul

npx clawsouls@0.16.1 export claude-md           # generate CLAUDE.md from current workspace soul files
npx clawsouls@0.16.1 export system-prompt       # generate a system prompt string

Combines SOUL.md, IDENTITY.md, AGENTS.md, HEARTBEAT.md, STYLE.md into a single file. Useful for Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, and other tools that use a single config file.

Version Management

npx clawsouls@0.16.1 version bump patch    # 1.0.0 → 1.0.1
npx clawsouls@0.16.1 version bump minor    # 1.0.0 → 1.1.0
npx clawsouls@0.16.1 version bump major    # 1.0.0 → 2.0.0
npx clawsouls@0.16.1 diff                  # colored diff of soul files

Soul Testing (Phase 9)

npx clawsouls@0.16.1 test                  # Level 1 (schema) + Level 2 (soulscan)
npx clawsouls@0.16.1 test --level 3       # + Level 3 (behavioral LLM tests)

Level 3 requires soul.test.yaml in the soul directory and an LLM provider (OpenAI/Anthropic/Ollama).

Doctor, Migrate, Search, Info, Update (Phase 10)

npx clawsouls@0.16.1 doctor                # 12 environment checks
npx clawsouls@0.16.1 migrate               # migrate soul from v0.3 → v0.4 → v0.5
npx clawsouls@0.16.1 search "engineer"     # search souls from registry
npx clawsouls@0.16.1 info clawsouls/brad  # show soul metadata
npx clawsouls@0.16.1 update                # update installed soul to latest

Validate a Soul

npx clawsouls@0.16.1 validate ./my-soul/
npx clawsouls@0.16.1 validate --soulscan ./my-soul/   # with SoulScan security analysis
npx clawsouls@0.16.1 check ./my-soul/                 # alias

Validates against the spec: schema, required files. Add --soulscan for full security & quality analysis with scoring. Also runs automatically before publish.

SoulScan — Security & Integrity Scanner

npx clawsouls@0.16.1 soulscan              # scan current OpenClaw workspace
npx clawsouls@0.16.1 soulscan ./my-soul/   # scan a specific directory
npx clawsouls@0.16.1 soulscan --init       # initialize baseline checksums
npx clawsouls@0.16.1 soulscan -q           # quiet mode for cron (SOULSCAN_OK / SOULSCAN_ALERT)
npx clawsouls@0.16.1 scan                  # alias

SoulScan checks active soul files for:

• Integrity: SHA-256 checksum comparison — detects tampering since last scan
• Security: 53 pattern checks (prompt injection, code execution, XSS, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, social engineering, harmful content, secret detection)
• Quality: File structure, content length, schema validation
• Persona Consistency: Cross-validates name/tone across SOUL.md, IDENTITY.md, soul.json

Cron usage — periodic tamper detection:

# Run every hour to monitor workspace integrity
npx clawsouls@0.16.1 soulscan -q
# Exit code 0 = OK, 1 = alert (tampered or security issue)

First run: Use --init to establish baseline checksums without triggering alerts.

SOULSCAN™ — Score: 0-100, Grades: Verified (90+) / Low Risk (70+) / Medium Risk (40+) / High Risk / Blocked

Publish a Soul

export CLAWSOULS_TOKEN=<token>
npx clawsouls@0.16.1 publish ./my-soul/

Publishes to username/soul-name namespace automatically. Requires authentication token. Runs validation automatically before publishing — blocks on failure.

Login / Get Token

npx clawsouls@0.16.1 login

Instructions to get API token: Sign in at https://clawsouls.ai → Dashboard → Generate API Token.

Workflow

Installing & Switching Personas

1. Browse — Check available souls at https://clawsouls.ai or suggest from the categorized list above
2. Install — npx clawsouls@0.16.1 install clawsouls/surgical-coder
3. Activate — npx clawsouls@0.16.1 use clawsouls/surgical-coder
4. Restart — Run soulclaw gateway restart to apply the new persona
5. New Session — Send /new in chat to clear previous persona context from conversation history
6. Restore — If they want to go back, npx clawsouls@0.16.1 restore

Publishing a Soul

1. Login — npx clawsouls@0.16.1 login → get token from dashboard
2. Set token — export CLAWSOULS_TOKEN=<token>
3. Create — npx clawsouls@0.16.1 init my-soul → edit files
4. Publish — npx clawsouls@0.16.1 publish ./my-soul/
5. Manage — Dashboard at https://clawsouls.ai/dashboard (delete, view downloads)

Memory Sync (Swarm)

npx clawsouls@0.16.1 sync                  # sync encrypted memory to/from GitHub
npx clawsouls@0.16.1 swarm                 # multi-agent memory branch & merge system

Sync agent memory across machines via encrypted Git. Uses age encryption for local-first privacy.

Soul Checkpoints (Rollback)

npx clawsouls@0.16.1 checkpoint            # manage soul checkpoints
npx clawsouls@0.16.1 checkpoint create     # create a checkpoint of current soul state
npx clawsouls@0.16.1 checkpoint list       # list available checkpoints
npx clawsouls@0.16.1 checkpoint restore    # restore from a checkpoint

Checkpoint-based rollback for persona contamination detection and recovery.

Platform Detection

npx clawsouls@0.16.1 platform              # show detected agent platform(s) and workspace path
npx clawsouls@0.16.1 detect                # alias

Detects which agent platform is running (OpenClaw, SoulClaw, ZeroClaw, Hermes Agent, etc.) and shows workspace paths. If detection misses your platform, run soul commands from inside the agent workspace directory — souls are plain Soul Spec files, so any workspace that reads SOUL.md works.

Platform Notes

Hermes details: HERMES_ADAPTER.md in this repo.

MCP Server (for Claude Desktop / Cowork)

For Claude Desktop or Cowork users, there's also a dedicated MCP server:

npx -y soul-spec-mcp@0.6.0

Or add to Claude Desktop config (claude_desktop_config.json):

{ "mcpServers": { "soul-spec": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "soul-spec-mcp@0.6.0"] } } }

6 tools: search_souls, get_soul, install_soul, preview_soul, list_categories, apply_persona

GitHub: https://github.com/clawsouls/soul-spec-mcp

Security & Privacy Disclosure

Full transparency on what this skill can touch — review before use in workspaces containing sensitive prompts, memories, or client data.

What this skill does:

• Local file changes: use/restore/checkpoint replace persona files (SOUL.md, IDENTITY.md, AGENTS.md, HEARTBEAT.md, STYLE.md) in the agent workspace. An automatic backup is created before every use. USER.md, MEMORY.md, TOOLS.md are never overwritten.
• Network calls: install/search/info/update talk to the clawsouls.ai registry. publish uploads your soul directory to a public registry.
• Memory sync (opt-in only): sync/swarm move agent memory to/from a Git remote you configure, encrypted locally with age before leaving the machine. These commands never run implicitly — only on explicit user request.
• Platform detection: platform/detect inspect the local environment to find the agent workspace path. Nothing is transmitted.
• Token handling: publish uses CLAWSOULS_TOKEN (env var). Never echo it, commit it, or leave it in shell history.

Ask the user before:

• use — switching personas rewrites workspace identity files (routine requests like "change personality" should be confirmed once before files change)
• publish — uploads content publicly; list the files being uploaded first
• sync/swarm — pushes (encrypted) memory to a remote

Safety recommendations: keep backups enabled (default), use soulscan to verify soul integrity after installs, and only install souls from owners you trust.

Important Notes

• After use, always remind the user to run soulclaw gateway restart and then /new to start a fresh session (old conversation history retains the previous persona's identity)
• The use command creates automatic backups — data loss is unlikely
• Souls may include STYLE.md and examples/ for enhanced persona customization
• Published souls appear at https://clawsouls.ai/souls/owner/name
• Users can leave reviews (1-5 stars) on any soul they don't own
• For custom registry (local testing), set env: CLAWSOULS_CDN=/path/to/souls
• Website available in 5 languages: English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish (e.g., clawsouls.ai/ko/souls/...)
• Share any soul to your OpenClaw bot: the install command is included in the share text
• The Soul Thesis — Read the manifesto: https://clawsouls.ai/en/manifesto
• Research paper — "Soul-Driven Interaction Design": https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18772585
• Legal: Privacy Policy · Terms of Service