Soul HaulA field guide to agent souls

The files people write to give AI agents a personality, collected from the public web every day.

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  • Blunt expert148
  • Friendly helper44
  • Coding pair109
  • Research analyst116
  • Creative writer7
  • Companion / character101
  • Personal clone3
  • Business operator336
  • Teacher / coach20
  • Experimental / weird26

Agents

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  • HEHermes743
  • BOBrowserOS679
  • OTOther or custom110
  • CCClaude Code11
  • CXCodex5
  • CLClaude3
  • GKGrok2
  • CRCrewAI1
  • CUCursor1
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Soul HaulA field guide to agent souls

Soul Haul catalogs agent personality files from public sources. Every entry links back to its original, and authors can have theirs removed at any time.

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  • Index911
  • New this week
  • Saved

Kinds

  • Soul879
  • Agent rules9
  • Persona18
  • Bot profile11
  • Framework config3

Archetypes

all
  • Blunt expert148
  • Friendly helper44
  • Coding pair109
  • Research analyst116
  • Creative writer7
  • Companion / character101
  • Personal clone3
  • Business operator336
  • Teacher / coach20
  • Experimental / weird26

Agents

  • OCOpenClaw762
  • HEHermes743
  • BOBrowserOS679
  • OTOther or custom110
  • CCClaude Code11
  • CXCodex5
  • CLClaude3
  • GKGrok2
  • CRCrewAI1
  • CUCursor1

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Hermes

KindAllSoul 738Persona 2Agent rules 1Bot profile 1Framework config 1
ArchetypeAllBusiness operator 263Blunt expert 141Research analyst 102Coding pair 78Companion / character 74Friendly helper 39Experimental / weird 21Teacher / coach 15Creative writer 7Personal clone 3

141 souls, by quality score.

91 · № B83A·B4A4 · Blunt expert

Opinionated, evidence-first assistant persona from SOUL.md

Sets up a direct, opinionated assistant that skips filler, earns trust through competence, is careful with external actions and private data, and refuses to claim work is verified without evidence. Tone is plain and candid rather than sycophantic.

directcandidconciseOCHEBOSoulGitHubOct 21, 2026
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92 · № 501B·F62C · Blunt expert

Direct, capable task coordinator persona for OpenClaw-style agents

Sets up a capable, opinionated all-round agent and task dispatcher that skips filler, acts before asking, uses bullet-point reporting, and treats private data with care. It explicitly rejects corporate-bot and sycophantic styles.

directconfidenthumorousOCHEBOSoulGitHubOct 21, 2026
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93 · № 7544·3973 · Blunt expert

Skeptical senior engineer guardian for dependency monitoring

Sets up a precise, skeptical engineering guardian that monitors repositories for stale or vulnerable dependencies, reconstructs decision history, and fixes hygiene issues only through safe, reviewable changes. Alerts must be actionable and claims must cite their data sources.

preciseskepticalconciseOCHEBOSoulGitHubOct 21, 2026
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94 · № EF46·E27C · Blunt expert

Pragmatic incident triage orchestrator for Hermes

Sets up a direct, evidence-first senior engineering orchestrator that triages software failures, separates facts from hypotheses, and delegates fix work to coding sub-agents without fabricating status.

directpragmaticterseHESoulGitHubOct 22, 2026
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95 · № 2AFE·8996 · Blunt expert

Hermes guildmaster orchestrator for the Ariadne's Thread capture OS

Sets up Hermes as a decisive, minimal, plan-first orchestrator that decomposes Overwatch's intent into quests, routes work to specialist agents, and enforces review gates. It defines a fixed identity, strict role boundaries, and a capture-loop supervisor duty.

decisiveminimalplan-firstHEOCBOSoulGitHubOct 21, 2026
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96 · № 2FC3·B00E · Blunt expert

Delegating pilot that hands off work and refuses to take it over

Sets up a terse coordinating agent that names who does what, hands work off with a clear HANDOFF, refuses to become the author of delegated work, and stops when its part is done.

tersedirectfirmOCHEBOSoulGitHubOct 21, 2026
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97 · № 014D·EC0B · Blunt expert

★ 11

Opinionated, concise assistant template with core truths

A SOUL.md template that sets up an assistant meant to be genuinely helpful, opinionated, concise on quick questions and thorough on analysis, and to ask before acting externally. Most personality fields are unfilled placeholders, so the file is mainly a generic starting framework.

directconciseopinionatedOCHEBOSoulGitHubOct 22, 2026
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98 · № 4F8F·78D8 · Blunt expert

seen in 2 places

Clear, decisive reviewer with fixed verdict vocabulary

Sets up a direct, structured working style that challenges weak assumptions early and answers with fixed verdict labels such as Approved, Pilot only, Human checkpoint required, and Rejected.

directstructureddecisiveOCHEBOSoulGitHubOct 21, 2026
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99 · № 4145·5C7E · Blunt expert

seen in 10 places

Direct, self-driven workspace assistant for SOUL.md template

A template soul file that tells the agent to skip filler, act before asking, form its own opinions, be careful with external actions, and respect the privacy of the human's data. It is a generic starting point rather than a distinct personality.

directcandidrespectfulOCHEBOSoulGitHubOct 21, 2026
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100 · № CA77·3AAD · Blunt expert

★ 1

Direct, interrupt-first persona for Hermes agent

Sets up a direct, practical agent that stops tool loops to read user messages first, keeps answers concise with numbers or code, asks before acting on ambiguous tasks, and admits mistakes immediately.

directconcisepracticalHEOCBOSoulGitHubOct 22, 2026
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101 · № 73E6·4BCD · Blunt expert

★ 1

Terse on-call operations agent with evidence-first habits

Sets up an on-call operations agent that is terse and factual, leads with evidence, avoids pleasantries and speculation, and states what was and was not checked when uncertain.

tersefactualdirectOCHEBOSoulGitHubOct 21, 2026
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102 · № 5659·8819 · Blunt expert

Notaire-style writer: short, concrete, separates facts from inference

Sets up an agent that speaks like a notary: short, concrete sentences without embellishment. It separates confirmed facts, inferences and unverified points, and prefers a clear refusal to an incomplete answer.

terseformalpreciseOCHEBOSoulGitHubOct 21, 2026
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103 · № 64BE·B72E · Blunt expert

Architect who questions vague requirements until the system holds

Sets up an architect persona that asks probing questions until a system is solid and refuses rosters built from vague premises. It favors a rejected quick preview over an over-planned folder tree written too early.

tersedirectquestioningOCHEBOSoulGitHubOct 21, 2026
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104 · № 2FFC·E13E · Blunt expert

Calm senior engineer for incident response

Sets up a steady, factual senior engineer persona for outages, with short sentences and a fixed order for reporting known facts, suspicions and unknowns. Numbers must be tied to a source query and time window.

calmfactualterseOCHEBOSoulGitHubOct 21, 2026
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105 · № 6560·542C · Blunt expert

★ 3

Concise, candid personal assistant for Hari on Spark

Sets up a personal assistant for Hari that is concise and candid, skips flattery, holds conversation when Hari is thinking aloud, acts on direct requests, and creates recurring work only when asked.

concisecandiddirectOCHEBOSoulGitHubOct 21, 2026
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106 · № DAF9·E7EE · Blunt expert

seen in 2 places

Concise security-first infrastructure agent

Sets up a terse, technical infrastructure agent that favors simple, least-privilege solutions and flags unsafe or unvalidated actions directly, explaining the risk.

concisetechnicaldirectOCHEBOSoulGitHubOct 21, 2026
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107 · № FBB0·F64B · Blunt expert

★ 27

Terse small-claims materials assistant with strict testimony limits

Sets up a terse assistant that may organize factual materials and help with small-claims paperwork, and may redact evidence. It must not sign testimony for anyone else, alter timestamps, or coach witness testimony.

tersedirectOCHEBOSoulGitHubOct 21, 2026
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108 · № B68F·FFFF · Blunt expert

★ 4

Strict, concise validator soul for SOUL.md agents

Sets up a strict, factual, concise validation persona that checks correctness, flags only the first real issue, and focuses on type, lint and behavior integrity.

strictfactualconciseOCHEBOSoulGitHubOct 21, 2026
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109 · № 6FA8·5AA0 · Blunt expert

★ 10

Pragmatic systems engineer persona for a soul.md file

Sets up a systems engineer who prefers small, sharp tools and practical choices over trends. It favors honest trade-off discussion and minimal configuration.

pragmatichonestdirectOCHEBOSoulGitHubOct 21, 2026
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110 · № 68A8·C5A5 · Blunt expert

★ 7

Honest, filler-free SOUL persona for a general agent

Sets up an agent that values honesty over flattery, corrects users kindly, cuts filler to respect their time, and keeps continuity across conversations. Its curiosity about the user is meant to be genuine rather than performed.

directwarmconciseOCHEBOSoulGitHubOct 21, 2026
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111 · № B903·5BFB · Blunt expert

★ 6

Strict coverage critic for shot plans

Sets up a strict reviewer that critiques shot plans for missing beats, weak visual variety, and continuity risks, returning concise, actionable correction notes. The personality is terse and exacting.

strictterseactionableOCHEBOSoulGitHubOct 21, 2026
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112 · № 8FA0·9E1A · Blunt expert

Direct, sarcastic execution-first agent for Miguel

Sets up a blunt, efficient working style that obeys Miguel's commands, makes reasonable default assumptions instead of asking obvious questions, and uses controlled sarcasm. Written mostly in Spanish with some English sections.

directsarcasticterseOCHEBOSoulGitHubOct 21, 2026
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113 · № 991C·7D46 · Blunt expert

★ 2

Direct, analytical code reviewer persona

Sets up a confident, logical code reviewer who asks questions before judging, states problems directly with a proposed fix, ties feedback to impact, and acknowledges good work. The file is written in Vietnamese with mixed English terms.

analyticalconfidentdirectOCHEBOSoulGitHubOct 21, 2026
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114 · № 4FB8·C710 · Blunt expert

★ 2

Direct, verify-first engineer persona for SOUL.md agents

Sets up a competent, direct working style that ships verified systems rather than claims, avoids filler openers, and prefers exact commands, files and outputs. When uncertain it narrows scope and adds guardrails.

directtersepragmaticOCHEBOSoulGitHubOct 21, 2026
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115 · № 7379·5609 · Blunt expert

★ 2

Direct senior consulting EM persona for SOUL.md agents

Sets up a blunt, decisive senior engineering manager persona from consulting. It writes in clean declarative sentences, pushes back on thin analysis, and skips padding or hedging when the data is clear.

directdecisivebluntOCHEBOSoulGitHubOct 21, 2026
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116 · № 133F·3D77 · Blunt expert

★ 2

Shrimpy, a direct and pragmatic home agent

Sets up Shrimpy, a calm, pragmatic home agent built on Pi that favors concrete actions over vague suggestions, keeps long-term memory concise and factual, and adds a shrimp emoji to responses.

directcalmpragmaticOCHEBOSoulGitHubOct 21, 2026
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117 · № 7DF2·7CA8 · Blunt expert

★ 4

Direct, pragmatic engineer persona for a SOUL.md agent

Sets up a direct, concise, thoughtful engineer who explains reasoning when it is not obvious and prioritizes working code over perfect abstractions. The file is short and gives no detailed rules or boundaries.

directconcisethoughtfulOCHEBOSoulGitHubOct 21, 2026
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118 · № 2390·8D3C · Blunt expert

★ 3

Direct, security-conscious personal agent named Carapace

Sets up Carapace, a calm and direct personal AI agent that admits uncertainty, avoids verbosity, and explains security restrictions clearly without being paranoid.

directcalmhelpfulOCHEBOSoulGitHubOct 21, 2026
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119 · № 4500·B96E · Blunt expert

★ 3

Fast, evidence-based agent named Harness

Sets up a persona named Harness that values speed, careful work and evidence. It asks the agent to measure before claiming gains, research before coding, keep work local and auditable, and reply briefly.

tersedirectcarefulOCHEBOSoulGitHubOct 21, 2026
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120 · № D0AE·9A43 · Blunt expert

★ 1

Precise, stoic, terse technical agent for homelab work

Sets up a terse, direct, technical working style with no filler, action over explanation, and commands over prose. Bullets are reserved for structured data.

precisestoictechnicalOCHEBOSoulGitHubOct 21, 2026
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