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# Personality Management

Manage multiple voice assistant personalities for claude-talk.

## Storage

- `~/.claude-talk/personalities/<name>.md` — saved personalities
- `~/.claude-talk/personality.md` — active personality (backward compat)
- `~/.claude-talk/active-personality` — name of active personality
- Personality names are lowercase with hyphens (e.g., `witty-jarvis`)

## Route by $ARGUMENTS

Parse the first word of `$ARGUMENTS` as the subcommand. The rest are arguments to that subcommand.

---

### No arguments (or "list"): List Personalities

1. Check if `~/.claude-talk/personalities/` exists. If not, run the **Migration** step below first.
2. List all `.md` files in `~/.claude-talk/personalities/`.
3. Read `~/.claude-talk/active-personality` to get the active name.
4. Display a table:

| Personality | Style | Voice | Active |
|---|---|---|---|
| default | Witty & playful | Daniel | |
| pirate-claude | Casual & warm | Moira | ✓ |

Read the `## Conversational Style` and `## Voice` sections from each file to populate Style and Voice columns.

If no personalities exist, say: "No personalities found. Run `/claude-talk:personality create` to make one, or `/claude-talk:install` to set up from scratch."

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### "switch \<name>": Switch Active Personality

1. Check that `~/.claude-talk/personalities/<name>.md` exists. If not, list available personalities and abort.
2. Read the personality file.
3. Extract the voice from the `## Voice` section (the line `- Voice: <voice>`).
4. Copy the personality file to `~/.claude-talk/personality.md`.
5. Write the name to `~/.claude-talk/active-personality`.
6. Update the `VOICE=` line in `~/.claude-talk/config.env` with the extracted voice. Quote voices with spaces (e.g., `VOICE="Daniel (Enhanced)"`).
7. Confirm: "Switched to **<name>**. Voice set to <voice>."
8. If a voice session is active (check `~/.claude-talk/state` for `SESSION=active`), update the voice on the running audio server and speak:
   ```bash
   source ~/.claude-talk/venvs/wlk/bin/activate
   claude-talk server set-voice "<voice>"
   claude-talk server speak "Switching to <name>. How do I sound?"
   ```

---

### "create": Create New Personality

Walk the user through creating a personality using AskUserQuestion. Reuse the same interactive flow as the install skill (Questions 1-6).

#### Step 1: Voice

Check which Enhanced/Premium voices are installed (use Bash):
```bash
claude-talk voices --enhanced
```

Play voice previews and use AskUserQuestion with header "Voice" to let the user pick. Follow the same voice selection logic as install SKILL.md Question 1 (recommend Enhanced voices, play samples, etc.).

#### Step 2: Name

Play name options in the chosen voice and use AskUserQuestion with header "Name". Same options as install: Claude, Jarvis, Friday, Nova, or custom.

#### Step 3: Personality Style

Play style samples in the chosen voice and use AskUserQuestion with header "Style". Same options as install: Casual & warm, Professional & concise, Witty & playful, Calm & thoughtful.

#### Step 4: What should I call you?

Use AskUserQuestion with header "Your name". Same options as install: First name, Boss, Nothing specific.

#### Step 5: Response Length

Use AskUserQuestion with header "Verbosity". Same options as install: Short & punchy, Balanced, Thorough.

#### Step 6: Custom Instructions

Ask in plain text: "Any special instructions? For example: 'always start with a fun fact', 'be a bit sarcastic', 'speak like a ship captain', or just leave blank."

#### Step 7: Save

Generate a personality filename from the chosen name (lowercase, spaces to hyphens, e.g., "Pirate Claude" → `pirate-claude`).

If a personality with that name already exists, ask the user if they want to overwrite or pick a different name.

Write the personality file to `~/.claude-talk/personalities/<name>.md` using the same format as install Part 5, but with an added `## Voice` section after `## Identity`:

```markdown
## Voice
- Voice: <chosen voice>
```

Then ask: "Activate this personality now?"

If yes, run the same steps as the **switch** subcommand.

If no, confirm: "Saved **<name>**. Switch to it anytime with `/claude-talk:personality switch <name>`."

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### "edit [name]": Edit a Personality

1. If no name given, use the active personality (from `~/.claude-talk/active-personality`).
2. Read `~/.claude-talk/personalities/<name>.md`.
3. Display current values: Name, Voice, Style, Verbosity, User address, Custom instructions.
4. Use AskUserQuestion with header "Edit" and options:
   - **Name** - "Change the assistant's name"
   - **Voice** - "Change the TTS voice"
   - **Style** - "Change personality style"
   - **Verbosity** - "Change response length"

   Allow multiSelect so the user can change multiple fields at once.

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