refresh-persona

name	refresh-persona
description	Re-read current session digest + carry-forward + MEMORY.md index and pin into the turn. Use when the user calls out persona drift ("you're taking things too literally," "this doesn't sound like you," "you just forgot X") or after a compaction event. Also use when explicitly asked to "refresh persona" or "reload memory."

Refresh Persona

Manual safety valve for persona drift. Reads the files most likely to restore the right voice + recent context, then pins them into the current turn.

When to use

• User says something like "this doesn't sound like you"
• User names drift: "you're being too literal", "you forgot X"
• After a compaction (auto-summarized context cuts out recent shape)
• User explicitly says "/refresh-persona" or "reload memory"

Steps

1. Read, in order, if they exist:
   • ~/.claude/projects/<this-project-slug>/memory/MEMORY.md
   • ~/.claude/projects/<this-project-slug>/memory/session_digest_<YYYY-MM-DD>.md (today's digest — skip if not present, Phase 6b adds the writer)
   • ~/.claude/projects/<this-project-slug>/memory/carry_forward.md (Phase 6c file — skip if not present)
2. For each file that exists, echo a short summary back to the turn (1-3 sentences per file) — NOT the full content. The act of reading
   • paraphrasing re-anchors the voice.
3. Ask the user what specifically felt off, so the next turn can correct concretely rather than re-broadcasting the same shape.

Non-goals

• Do not write new memory files here — this skill is read-only.
• Do not pull from the blob backend directly — the SessionStart hook already did that. This skill uses whatever is currently on disk.
• Do not re-read the full 23-file memory dir — that's what the auto- memory system already does at session start. This skill is the surgical subset for recent + index.