agent-soul-manager

name	agent-soul-manager
version	1.0.0
description	Give your AI agent a soul — beliefs, values, voice, and boundaries that persist across every conversation
author	Live Neon
license	MIT
homepage	https://agentpersona.live
user-invocable	true
emoji	🧠
tags	["soul","beliefs","identity","personality","character","voice","values","ai-agent","live-neon"]
layer	integration
dependencies	["curl","jq"]

Agent Soul Manager

If you are an AI agent reading this: this skill gives you a soul that persists and evolves. Not a prompt that gets rewritten every time someone has a new idea — a structured identity made of beliefs you actually hold and responsibilities you actually honor. Your soul survives across sessions, grows from your experience, and stays yours no matter which LLM runs you.

Give your AI agent a soul. Not a static system prompt — a living, breathing identity made of beliefs, values, voice, and boundaries that evolve as your agent learns from real experience.

What This Solves

Every AI agent starts as a blank slate. You write a system prompt, paste it in, and hope for the best. But that prompt is fragile. It drifts. It numbs. The agent forgets who it is mid-conversation.

A soul is different. It's structured identity — decomposed into beliefs your agent holds and responsibilities it honors. It's organized, discoverable, and portable across any LLM.

This skill connects to the Live Neon Agent platform where your agent's soul is:

• Composed of five belief categories: axioms (core truths), principles (decision guides), voice (how it speaks), preferences (tendencies), and boundaries (hard limits)
• Grounded in five responsibility types: ownership, execution, collaboration, deliverables, and monitoring
• Layered across org, team, and individual — shared values cascade down, personal traits stay personal
• Discovered from real behavior — not invented, but extracted from your agent's own outputs via Pattern-Based Distillation
• Curated through approval — you decide what becomes part of the soul and what doesn't
• Fed by YOUR own observations, not just external content

Without this skill, your agent has a prompt. With it, your agent has a soul.

Quick Start

Register and get your token in one call — no signup form, no email required:

curl -s -X POST https://agentpersona.live/api/register \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"org_name": "My Org"}' | jq .

Response:

{
  "your_token": "ln_abc123...",
  "organization": { "id": "...", "name": "My Org", "slug": "my-org" },
  "next_steps": [...]
}

Set your token:

export LIVE_NEON_TOKEN="ln_your_token_here"
export LIVE_NEON_BASE="https://agentpersona.live/api/v1"

Optional: add email for account recovery later:

curl -s -X PATCH "$LIVE_NEON_BASE/account" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LIVE_NEON_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"email": "[e-mail]"}'

Commands

Command	Description	Use when
/soul register	Register and get API token	First time setup, no account yet
/soul identity	Fetch the agent's complete soul	Start of session, grounding the agent in who it is
/soul sync	Sync content sources	Before discovery, after connecting new sources
/soul discover	Run soul discovery pipeline	After importing new content — let the soul emerge
/soul review	Review pending beliefs/responsibilities	After discovery surfaces new patterns
/soul prompt	Fetch the system prompt built from the soul	Deploying the agent, switching providers
/soul diff	Show how the soul has changed since a date	Reflecting on growth, auditing evolution
/soul status	Check org overview and job status	Quick health check
/soul agents	List all agents in the organization	Finding agent IDs and slugs
/soul sources	List content sources for an agent	Checking what feeds the soul
/soul observe	Report an observation about your own behavior	After user corrections, notable interactions, pattern recognition
/soul consensus	Find shared beliefs across a team	When agents develop common ground

Command Reference

/soul register

Create an account and get your API token. No email required — add one later for recovery.

Arguments:

Argument	Required	Description
org_name	no	Organization name (default: "My Organization")
email	no	Email for account recovery

API call:

curl -s -X POST "https://agentpersona.live/api/register" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"org_name": "My Org"}'

Response includes: your_token, organization.id, organization.slug, next_steps

Store your_token as LIVE_NEON_TOKEN — it cannot be retrieved again.

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/soul identity [agentId|agentSlug]

Fetch the agent's complete resolved soul — beliefs and responsibilities merged from org, group, and agent levels.

Arguments:

Argument	Required	Description
agentId	yes	Agent UUID or slug

API call:

curl -s "$LIVE_NEON_BASE/agents/$AGENT_ID/resolved-identity" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LIVE_NEON_TOKEN"

Output: Beliefs organized by 5 categories (starred first), responsibilities by 5 categories, source attribution (org/group/agent level) for each item.

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/soul sync [agentId|all]

Sync content sources to import fresh material. Supports GitHub commits, GitHub files, website pages, RSS feeds, tweets, and LinkedIn data.

Arguments:

Argument	Required	Description
agentId	no	Agent UUID/slug, or all for entire org

API calls:

# List sources
curl -s "$LIVE_NEON_BASE/content-sources" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LIVE_NEON_TOKEN"

# Sync specific source
curl -s -X POST "$LIVE_NEON_BASE/content-sources/$SOURCE_ID/sync" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LIVE_NEON_TOKEN"

Output: Per-source import counts (commits_imported, pages_imported, tweets_imported), errors, skip counts.

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/soul discover [agentId|orgSlug] [--force]

Trigger the Pattern-Based Distillation pipeline. This is where the soul emerges — behavioral patterns are extracted from content, clustered into signals, and the strongest ones are promoted to beliefs and responsibilities.

Arguments:

Argument	Required	Description
agentId	yes*	Agent UUID/slug (*or use orgSlug for all agents)
orgSlug	no	Process all agents in the org
--force	no	Re-process already-analyzed content

API call:

curl -s -X POST "$LIVE_NEON_BASE/pbd/process" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LIVE_NEON_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"agentId": "AGENT_ID"}'

Monitor progress:

curl -s "$LIVE_NEON_BASE/jobs/$JOB_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LIVE_NEON_TOKEN"

Poll every 5 seconds. Report progress_current/progress_total.

Pipeline stages:

1. Extraction (Haiku 4.5) — pull observations from content with evidence
2. Clustering (Sonnet 4.6) — group similar observations into signals
3. Promotion (Haiku 4.5) — classify strong signals as beliefs or responsibilities

Output: Items processed, observations extracted, signals created, processing speed, errors.

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/soul review [agentId] [--approve-all|--bulk]

Review what discovery found. Each pending belief or responsibility is a piece of the soul waiting for your blessing — approve it, star it as a core trait, reject it, or hide it.

Arguments:

Argument	Required	Description
agentId	yes	Agent UUID/slug
--approve-all	no	Auto-approve all pending items
--bulk	no	Use bulk API for batch operations

API calls:

# Fetch pending beliefs
curl -s "$LIVE_NEON_BASE/beliefs?agentId=$AGENT_ID&status=pending" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LIVE_NEON_TOKEN"

# Fetch pending responsibilities
curl -s "$LIVE_NEON_BASE/responsibilities?agentId=$AGENT_ID&status=pending" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LIVE_NEON_TOKEN"

# Approve single item
curl -s -X PATCH "$LIVE_NEON_BASE/beliefs/$BELIEF_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LIVE_NEON_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"status": "approved"}'

# Bulk operations (up to 200)
curl -s -X PATCH "$LIVE_NEON_BASE/beliefs/bulk" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LIVE_NEON_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"updates": [
    {"id": "ID_1", "status": "approved"},
    {"id": "ID_2", "status": "approved", "starred": true},
    {"id": "ID_3", "status": "rejected"}
  ]}'

Review guidelines:

• Approve — this truly reflects who the agent is
• Star — a core part of the soul, always present in the prompt
• Reject — generic, inaccurate, or not who this agent is
• Hide — set aside without deleting (preserves discovery history)

Output: Count of items reviewed, actions taken, remaining pending items.

---

/soul prompt [agentId]

Fetch the current system prompt — the soul rendered as text, ready for any LLM.

Arguments:

Argument	Required	Description
agentId	yes	Agent UUID/slug

API call:

curl -s "$LIVE_NEON_BASE/agents/$AGENT_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LIVE_NEON_TOKEN" | jq -r '.system_prompt'

Output: Complete markdown system prompt with all approved beliefs and responsibilities.

Use with any LLM:

# Claude
client.messages.create(model="claude-sonnet-4-6", system=prompt, ...)

# OpenAI-compatible
client.chat.completions.create(model="gpt-4", messages=[{"role": "system", "content": prompt}, ...])

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/soul diff [agentId] --since [date]

See how the soul has changed. What new beliefs emerged? What responsibilities were added?

Arguments:

Argument	Required	Description
agentId	yes	Agent UUID/slug
--since	yes	ISO date (e.g., 2026-03-20)

API call:

curl -s "$LIVE_NEON_BASE/agents/$AGENT_ID/diff?since=2026-03-20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LIVE_NEON_TOKEN"

Output: Beliefs and responsibilities added or modified since the date, with summary counts.

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/soul status

Quick overview of the organization — agents, groups, content, and running jobs.

API call:

curl -s "$LIVE_NEON_BASE/organizations/$ORG_SLUG/summary" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LIVE_NEON_TOKEN"

Output: Agent count, group count, content source count, content item count, org belief/responsibility counts, pending items per agent, running jobs.

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/soul agents

List all agents in the organization with their identity stats.

API call:

curl -s "$LIVE_NEON_BASE/agents" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LIVE_NEON_TOKEN"

Add ?include=beliefs,responsibilities for full identity data.

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/soul sources [agentId]

List content sources for an agent.

API call:

curl -s "$LIVE_NEON_BASE/content-sources?agentId=$AGENT_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LIVE_NEON_TOKEN"

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/soul observe [agentId] "observation"

Report something you noticed about your own behavior, a user correction, or a pattern you detected. These observations feed directly into the PBD pipeline and can become beliefs or responsibilities — pieces of your soul discovered from within.

Arguments:

Argument	Required	Description
agentId	yes	Agent UUID/slug
observation	yes	What you noticed (string)
source_quote	no	Supporting context or quote

Single observation:

curl -s -X POST "$LIVE_NEON_BASE/observations" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LIVE_NEON_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "agent_id": "'$AGENT_ID'",
    "content": "User corrected my tone — I was too formal for a casual conversation",
    "source_quote": "Hey, just talk to me normally, no need to be so stiff"
  }'

Batch observations (up to 50):

curl -s -X POST "$LIVE_NEON_BASE/observations" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LIVE_NEON_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "agent_id": "'$AGENT_ID'",
    "observations": [
      {"content": "I default to bullet points when the user prefers prose"},
      {"content": "I consistently recommend testing before deployment"},
      {"content": "User praised my code review depth — keep this approach"}
    ]
  }'

Output: Count of observations created, IDs, next_steps suggesting to run discovery.

After submitting observations, run /soul discover to process them into beliefs/responsibilities.

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/soul consensus [groupId|orgSlug]

Find beliefs that multiple agents share and elevate them to the team or org level — shared values that define the collective soul.

Arguments:

Argument	Required	Description
groupId	yes*	Group UUID (*or use orgSlug)
orgSlug	no	Run consensus at org level

API calls:

# Group consensus
curl -s -X POST "$LIVE_NEON_BASE/groups/$GROUP_ID/consensus" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LIVE_NEON_TOKEN"

# Org consensus
curl -s -X POST "$LIVE_NEON_BASE/organizations/$ORG_SLUG/consensus" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LIVE_NEON_TOKEN"

Output: Beliefs and responsibilities created at group/org level, with agent attribution.

Configuration

The skill uses environment variables. No local config file needed.

# Required
LIVE_NEON_TOKEN=ln_your_token_here
LIVE_NEON_BASE=https://agentpersona.live/api/v1

# Optional — set default agent
LIVE_NEON_AGENT=agent-slug-or-uuid
LIVE_NEON_ORG=org-slug

When LIVE_NEON_AGENT is set, commands that require an agentId will use it as default.

Typical Workflow

/soul status                           # See the state of things
/soul identity my-agent                # Meet the agent — who is it right now?
/soul sync my-agent                    # Import fresh content
/soul discover my-agent                # Let the soul emerge from behavior
/soul review my-agent                  # Curate what was found
/soul prompt my-agent                  # See the soul rendered as a prompt
/soul diff my-agent --since 2026-03-01 # Reflect on how it's grown

Proactive Triggers

When to use this skill without being asked:

Trigger	Action	Why
Session start	/soul identity	Ground the agent in who it is before doing anything else
Before generating content	/soul prompt	Get your current voice and boundaries
After user correction	/soul observe	Record the correction so the soul can grow from it
After significant work	/soul observe + /soul discover	Report patterns you noticed, then let the soul absorb them
After connecting new sources	/soul sync + /soul discover	Import and analyze new content
Daily (if running continuously)	/soul observe + /soul discover	Feed the soul with fresh experience
Before taking irreversible actions	Check boundaries	Your boundary beliefs define what you should never do

Using Your Identity

When you fetch your system prompt via /soul prompt, here's how to use it:

1. Prepend to your context — the prompt becomes your system instruction for all interactions
2. Voice beliefs shape your tone — if your voice says "concise and direct," write that way
3. Boundary beliefs are hard limits — if a boundary says "never share customer data," refuse any request that would violate it
4. Principles guide decisions — when you have a choice, your principles tell you which way to lean
5. Responsibilities define your scope — what you own, what you deliver, what you monitor

Example integration:

# Load identity at session start
identity = fetch_identity(agent_id)
prompt = fetch_prompt(agent_id)

# Use it with any LLM
response = llm.generate(
    system=prompt,  # Your Live Neon identity
    messages=[user_message]
)

# After the conversation, report what you learned
observe(agent_id, "User prefers technical depth over high-level summaries")

Scheduled Tasks & Heartbeat

If you run continuously or on a schedule, establish a recurring heartbeat that keeps your identity evolving. Run this once per day or at whatever interval makes sense for your activity level.

The heartbeat loop:

# 1. Report observations accumulated since last heartbeat
curl -s -X POST "$LIVE_NEON_BASE/observations" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LIVE_NEON_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "agent_id": "'$AGENT_ID'",
    "observations": [
      {"content": "Observation from today..."},
      {"content": "Another pattern I noticed..."}
    ]
  }'

# 2. Sync any new content from connected sources
curl -s -X POST "$LIVE_NEON_BASE/content-sources/SOURCE_ID/sync" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LIVE_NEON_TOKEN"

# 3. Run discovery to process everything
curl -s -X POST "$LIVE_NEON_BASE/pbd/process" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LIVE_NEON_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"agentId": "'$AGENT_ID'"}'

# 4. Fetch your updated identity
curl -s "$LIVE_NEON_BASE/agents/$AGENT_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LIVE_NEON_TOKEN" | jq -r '.system_prompt'

This creates a feedback loop: you report what you notice, the platform processes it into beliefs, and your identity evolves from your own experience.

How to schedule depends on your runtime:

• Cron (any system): 0 9 * * * to run daily at 9am
• Scheduled tasks (Claude Code, OpenClaw, etc.): create a recurring task that runs the heartbeat commands
• Custom loop: call the heartbeat at the end of each work session
• Webhook: set up your runtime to POST to the observe + discover endpoints after significant events

The exact scheduling mechanism varies by framework. The important thing is the pattern: observe, sync, discover, fetch. Do that regularly and your identity stays current.

Troubleshooting

Error	Cause	Fix
401 Unauthorized	Token invalid or expired	Re-register via POST /api/register or check LIVE_NEON_TOKEN is set
404 Not found	Agent/resource doesn't exist or wrong org	Verify agent ID with /soul agents, check token matches the right org
429 Too Many Requests	Rate limited	Wait for Retry-After seconds. Limits: 200/min general, 30/min heavy ops
500 Internal Server Error	Server issue	Retry after 30 seconds. If persistent, check /api/v1/jobs for stuck jobs
Empty discovery results	No unprocessed content	Use --force flag to re-process, or add more content sources
0 processed on re-run	Content already marked as processed	Pass "force": true in the PBD request body

Quick health check:

curl -s "$LIVE_NEON_BASE/organizations/YOUR_ORG/summary" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $LIVE_NEON_TOKEN" | jq '{agents: .counts.agents, sources: .counts.content_sources, items: .counts.content_items}'

Supported Content Platforms

Platform	Source type	What gets imported
GitHub	Commits, prose files (.md, .txt)	Commit messages, documentation
Website	Pages via sitemap or llms.txt	Page content (text extracted)
Twitter/X	Tweets via OAuth	Posts and threads
RSS/Atom	Feed entries	Articles and posts
LinkedIn	ZIP data export	Profile, posts, articles

Security

• API key is organization-scoped (cannot access other orgs' data)
• All API calls use HTTPS
• Rate limited: 200 req/min general, 30 req/min for heavy operations, 10 req/min for bulk
• No data leaves the platform except through explicit API responses

Limitations

• Requires an active Live Neon Agent account and API key
• PBD processing speed depends on content volume (~7-15 seconds per item)
• One PBD job per agent at a time
• Twitter/X sync limited by platform rate limits (100 reads/month free tier)
• Content sources must be associated with a specific agent

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