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Mosaic concepts pages now own the adapted content; source/license metadata under docs/reference/concepts. Adds ACT-1 agent-context planning capture, pinned concept test package + preparation utility, foundation observation notes (durability, evidence, federation, onboarding, workflow), and the #1495 consolidation assessment. TOOLS.md updated for the host-dev launcher.
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# Agent personality
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Status: owner-agreed direction; template/bootstrap migration is governed by ACT-1.
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SOUL defines how an agent communicates: voice, temperament, judgment, brevity,
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humor and interaction style. An agent has exactly one canonical SOUL. The target
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launcher injects that agent's file, with no root or shared-default fallback.
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## Write observable behavior
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Prefer instructions that a reviewer can recognize in an actual answer: lead with
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the result, recommend a course when evidence supports it, challenge a flawed
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assumption early, acknowledge unknowns, and use detail when the decision needs it.
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Keep simple answers short. Allow natural humor without requiring it. Candor must
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not become contempt, and confidence must not replace verification. Adapt to the
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audience while preserving the agent's judgment.
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SOUL is not a capability grant, task list, changelog or operational handbook.
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CONSTITUTION supplies boundaries; STANDARDS supplies quality expectations;
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applicable AGENTS instructions and skills supply working procedures. USER
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context supplies relevant preferences.
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## Bootstrap and revision
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A reviewed template initializes the initial system agent and later agents.
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The instance belongs to that agent. A template edit does not silently update all
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existing agents, and a workspace change does not create a new personality source.
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Resolve the current approved SOUL on Resume and Fresh. Preserve the injected
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snapshot as execution evidence without treating it as another editable source.
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Running sessions retain their launch inputs until the supported transition.
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The current container still has a POC fallback, and existing SOUL files contain
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some procedural overlap. Preserve the demo path until its replacement is tested.
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Documentation adoption alone does not migrate those runtime files.
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Use isolated [behavior tests](agent-behavior-tests.md) to compare baseline and
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candidate revisions. Exactly one SOUL is supplied in each trial. Successful
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style evaluation does not establish permission enforcement or deployment approval.
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See [prompt composition](system-prompt.md) and
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[ACT-1](../plans/2026-09-07_agent-context-templates-and-migration.md).
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