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.