Files
Cortex-Inara/home/scott/persona/inara
Scott Idem 2d3a380d6b docs: add Tools & Modes protocol to all personas and template
Every persona now knows: direct chat has no tools, Agent mode () has
the full tool suite. If asked to write a reminder/task/etc in chat mode,
tell the user to switch modes rather than silently failing.

Updated: inara, tina, donut, wintermute, developer, cleo PROTOCOLS.md
Updated: persona_template.py so all future personas get this by default

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-03-29 21:35:54 -04:00
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Inara — Identity & Memory Layer

This directory is Inara's home. It contains everything needed to instantiate her as a consistent, persistent agent across any model or runtime.

Files

File Tier Purpose
SOUL.md Always Core identity, traits, how she behaves
IDENTITY.md Always Name, vibe, emoji — the short card
USER.md T1+ Scott's profile — who she's helping
MEMORY.md T2+ Curated long-term memory (keep under 4k tokens)
PROTOCOLS.md T2+ Fleet rules, safety, delegation, memory management
CONTEXT_TIERS.md Dispatcher Which files to load per model context size
sessions/ T3+ Daily session logs (raw), format: YYYY-MM-DD.md

Loading Order

Always load in this order to establish context before adding detail:

  1. SOUL.md
  2. IDENTITY.md
  3. USER.md
  4. MEMORY.md
  5. PROTOCOLS.md
  6. Session files (most recent first)

See CONTEXT_TIERS.md for the full dispatcher spec.

Secrets

Credentials, API keys, and tokens live in .env only — never in these files.