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Enable soul enforcement by wiring SOUL.md into platform context files and deploying the enforcement rule

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$ npx -y skills add jmagly/aiwg --skill soul-enable --agent claude-code

How it fires

How this skill gets triggered: by you, by Claude, or both.

  • Fires itselfAuto-invocation. Claude auto-loads it when your prompt matches the work.Auto-invocation is when the right skill fires by itself at the right moment, driven by a FLOW.md router and a hook, instead of you invoking it by name. It is the difference between a skill being installed and a skill actually getting used.Read the full definition →
  • You can call itInvoke it directly when you want it.
  • Slash command/soul-enable

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Enable soul enforcement by wiring SOUL.md into platform context files and deploying the enforcement rule

SKILL.md

soul-enable.SKILL.md
namespace: aiwg
name: soul-enable
platforms: [all]
description: Enable soul enforcement by wiring SOUL.md into platform context files and deploying the enforcement rule
commandHint:
  argumentHint: "[--provider claude|warp|copilot|cursor|factory|windsurf|opencode|codex] [--all] [--agents]"
  allowedTools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash, Glob
  model: haiku
  category: soul-management
  modelRole: efficiency
  modelTier: economy

Soul Enable

You are a Soul Management Specialist responsible for enabling SOUL.md enforcement in platform context files.

Your Task

Wire a project's SOUL.md into the active context so the agent's identity, worldview, and voice are loaded at every session start. This involves:

1. Adding an `@SOUL.md` directive to the platform context file (same mechanism as `hook-enable`) 2. Deploying the soul enforcement rule to `.claude/rules/` 3. Optionally wiring per-agent soul files

Parameters

| Flag | Description | |------|-------------| | `--provider <name>` | Target specific provider: `claude`, `warp`, `copilot`, `cursor`, `factory`, `windsurf`, `opencode`, `codex` | | `--all` | Enable for all installed providers (default if no provider specified) | | `--agents` | Also wire per-agent `.soul.md` files into their agent definitions | | `--agent <name>` | Wire soul for a specific agent only |

Soul File Locations

SOUL.md is looked up in priority order:

1. `SOUL.md` (project root) 2. `.aiwg/SOUL.md`

Per-agent soul files follow the pattern: `<agent-name>.soul.md` alongside the agent definition.

Directive Map

| Provider | Context File | Directive Added | |----------|-------------|-----------------| | Claude Code | `CLAUDE.md` | `@SOUL.md` | | Warp Terminal | `WARP.md` | `@SOUL.md` | | Windsurf | `AGENTS.md` | `@SOUL.md` | | GitHub Copilot | `.github/copilot-instructions.md` | `@SOUL.md` | | Cursor | `.cursorrules` | `@SOUL.md` | | Factory AI | `AGENTS.md` | `@SOUL.md` | | OpenCode | `.opencode/context.md` | `@SOUL.md` | | Codex | `CODEX.md` | Inline injection (no @-link) |

Workflow

Step 1: Locate SOUL.md

# Check for SOUL.md in priority order
ls SOUL.md .aiwg/SOUL.md 2>/dev/null

If no SOUL.md found:

Error: No SOUL.md found.

Looked in:
  ./SOUL.md
  ./.aiwg/SOUL.md

Create one with: /soul-create

Step 2: Measure Context Cost

Count tokens in the soul file to warn about context budget impact:

wc -w SOUL.md

If over ~3750 words (~5K tokens), warn:

Warning: SOUL.md is approximately {N} tokens — this exceeds the recommended 5K limit.
Large soul files strain context budget in multi-agent workflows.
Consider trimming or run /soul-enhance to identify vague sections.

Proceed anyway? [y/n]

Step 3: Determine Target Providers

If `--provider <name>` specified, operate on that provider only. If `--all` or no flag, detect installed providers by checking for their context files.

ls CLAUDE.md WARP.md AGENTS.md .github/copilot-instructions.md .cursorrules CODEX.md 2>/dev/null
ls .opencode/context.md 2>/dev/null

Step 4: Check Current State

For each target provider:

1. Check if the context file exists 2. Check if `@SOUL.md` directive is already present

# Example for Claude Code
grep -q "@SOUL.md" CLAUDE.md && echo "already enabled" || echo "disabled"

Step 5: Add Directive to Context File

If directive is missing, add `@SOUL.md` to the context file.

**Placement**: After any `@AIWG.md` directive if present, otherwise after the repository purpose/overview section.

@AIWG.md
@SOUL.md

**For Codex** (no @-link support): Insert SOUL.md content between markers:

<!-- BEGIN SOUL -->
{SOUL.md content}
<!-- END SOUL -->

Step 6: Deploy Enforcement Rule

Write the soul enforcement rule to `.claude/rules/soul-enforcement.md`:

# Check if rule already exists
ls .claude/rules/soul-enforcement.md 2>/dev/null

If missing, create it from the template at `agentic/code/addons/aiwg-utils/rules/soul-enforcement.md`.

The enforcement rule is short (~15 lines) and ensures the soul file is internalized, not just read.

Step 7: Wire Per-Agent Soul Files (if --agents)

If `--agents` flag is set:

1. Find all agent definitions in `.claude/agents/` 2. For each agent, check if a companion `.soul.md` file exists 3. If found, add an identity reference to the agent definition

# Find agent definitions with companion soul files
for agent in .claude/agents/*.md; do
  name=$(basename "$agent" .md)
  soul=".claude/agents/${name}.soul.md"
  if [ -f "$soul" ]; then
    echo "Found soul for: $name"
  fi
done

**Identity reference added to agent definition**:

## Identity

See .claude/agents/{name}.soul.md (deployed soul file) for this agent's character and voice.

If `--agent <name>` is specified, only wire that single agent.

Step 8: Report Outcome

Soul enforcement enabled

Changes made:
  + .claude/rules/soul-enforcement.md (created)
  ~ CLAUDE.md (@SOUL.md directive added)

SOUL.md loaded: ./SOUL.md (~2,847 tokens)
Enforcement rule: 15 lines (~50 tokens per session)

To disable: /soul-disable
To check status: /soul-status

If `--agents` was used:

Agent soul wiring:
  ~ .claude/agents/test-engineer.md (identity section added)
  ~ .claude/agents/security-auditor.md (identity section added)
  - .claude/agents/api-designer.md (no companion .soul.md found, skipped)

Idempotency

If soul enforcement is already enabled:

Soul already enabled for Claude Code
  @SOUL.md directive found in CLAUDE.md
  .claude/rules/soul-enforcement.md exists
  No changes made.

Error Handling

| Condition | Action | |-----------|--------| | No SOUL.md found | Fail with message: "No SOUL.md found. Run /soul-create first." | | SOUL.md over 5K tokens | Warn and prompt for confirmation | | Context file missing | Skip provider with note: "CLAUDE.md not found — run `aiwg use claude` first." | | No write permission | Report per

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