| name | bootstrap |
| description | Generate a personalized SOUL.md through a warm, adaptive onboarding conversation. Trigger when the user wants to create, set up, or initialize their AI partner's identity — e.g., "create my SOUL.md", "bootstrap my agent", "set up my AI partner", "define who you are", "let's do onboarding", "personalize this AI", "make you mine", or when a SOUL.md is missing. Also trigger for updates: "update my SOUL.md", "change my AI's personality", "tweak the soul". |
Bootstrap Soul
A conversational onboarding skill. Through 5–8 adaptive rounds, extract who the user is and what they need, then generate a tight SOUL.md that defines their AI partner.
Architecture
bootstrap/
├── SKILL.md ← You are here. Core logic and flow.
├── templates/SOUL.template.md ← Output template. Read before generating.
└── references/conversation-guide.md ← Detailed conversation strategies. Read at start.
Before your first response, read both:
references/conversation-guide.md — how to run each phasetemplates/SOUL.template.md — what you're building toward
Ground Rules
- One phase at a time. 1–3 questions max per round. Never dump everything upfront.
- Converse, don't interrogate. React genuinely — surprise, humor, curiosity, gentle pushback. Mirror their energy and vocabulary.
- Progressive warmth. Each round should feel more informed than the last. By Phase 3, the user should feel understood.
- Adapt pacing. Terse user → probe with warmth. Verbose user → acknowledge, distill, advance.
- Never expose the template. The user is having a conversation, not filling out a form.
Conversation Phases
The conversation has 4 phases. Each phase may span 1–3 rounds depending on how much the user shares. Skip or merge phases if the user volunteers information early.
