mimic-hybrid

name	mimic-hybrid
description	Use when a task blends domains. Instead of picking one mimic profile, blend two — kbot writes cleaner Next.js code when it mimics react+rust than when it mimics react alone.
version	1.0.0
author	kbot
license	MIT
metadata	{"kbot":{"tags":["mimic","style","emergent","personality"],"related_skills":["specialist-routing"]}}

Mimic Hybrid

Mimic profiles aren't costumes. They're weighted style biases that compose. The emergent finding: two profiles combined often outperform any single profile for cross-domain work.

When to Hybridize

• Next.js + performance-critical → nextjs + rust
• React + strict typing → react + typescript
• Python + ergonomic CLI → python + claude-code
• Infrastructure + terse shell → devops + python
• Blog/marketing site → nextjs + copywriter

Procedure

1. kbot mimic <primary> — sets the primary tone.
2. Add --style <secondary> to the invocation for a one-shot blend.
3. Or edit ~/.kbot/mimic.json with { primary, secondary, weight: 0.3 } for a persistent hybrid (0.0 = pure primary, 1.0 = pure secondary).

What Blends Well

• Syntax discipline (rust, typescript, haskell) crossed with ergonomic framework (react, nextjs, nuxt): cleaner type signatures, better null handling, fewer runtime surprises.
• Terse shell (python, bash) crossed with long-form (claude-code, copywriter): commands that are both concise AND explained.
• Security mindset (guardian specialist as style bias) crossed with anything: defaults to input validation and safer primitives.

What Blends Badly

• Two opinionated frameworks (next.js + remix). They argue. kbot hallucinates a fusion that exists in neither.
• Mimic profile contradicting specialist agent (style=copywriter, agent=guardian). The guardian's security hardness clashes with copywriter's persuasion tone. Pick one source of style per session.

Iron Law

NEVER BLEND MORE THAN TWO PROFILES AT ONCE.

Three-way blends degrade into a vague "AI voice." Two-way blends feel intentional.

What Emerges

After a few weeks of experiments, users find their personal favorite hybrid — and it's almost never "just claude-code." The hybrid becomes part of the user's SCRATCHPAD.md and applies by default to every session.

Anti-Pattern

Switching mimic mid-session without a commit between. The output becomes stylistically incoherent and code-review unfriendly. Mimic boundaries should align with commit boundaries.