| name | symbiote-dna |
| description | Manage Symbiote's Developer DNA — the learned coding preferences, style rules, and anti-patterns that persist across sessions. This skill should be used when the user asks to "show my coding preferences", "manage DNA", "update my coding style", "what are my coding rules", "switch DNA profile", "export DNA", "import DNA profile", or "share coding preferences". |
Symbiote Developer DNA
Manage developer coding preferences that Symbiote learns and enforces across sessions.
What is Developer DNA
DNA entries are coding rules Symbiote tracks with confidence scores. They have:
- rule — the specific coding preference
- reason — why it matters
- category — formatting, patterns, architecture, workflow, testing, tooling, ai-collaboration
- confidence — 0.0 to 1.0 (auto-promoted as patterns are observed)
- applies_to — language/framework scope
- source — explicit (user-stated), correction (from feedback), observed (from code patterns)
Commands
View Current DNA
Use the get_developer_dna MCP tool. Filter by category:
get_developer_dna({ category: "formatting" })
get_developer_dna({ category: "patterns" })
get_developer_dna({}) // all entries
Record a New Preference
Use the record_instruction MCP tool:
record_instruction({
rule: "Always use early returns over nested if-else",
reason: "Reduces cognitive load and keeps functions flat",
category: "patterns",
applies_to: ["typescript", "javascript"],
source: "explicit"
})
CLI Profile Management
npx -y symbiote-cli dna
npx -y symbiote-cli dna list
npx -y symbiote-cli dna switch
npx -y symbiote-cli dna
npx -y symbiote-cli dna import
npx -y symbiote-cli dna diff
