jmagly/soul-enable

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 permission error | | Enforcement rule already exists | Skip creation, report as already present |

Examples

# Enable for Claude Code (default)
/soul-enable

# Enable for specific provider
/soul-enable --provider warp

# Enable with per-agent soul wiring
/soul-enable --agents

# Enable for a specific agent only
/soul-enable --agent test-engineer

Related Commands

• /soul-disable — Remove soul enforcement
• /soul-status — Show current soul state
• /soul-create — Generate a SOUL.md from source material
• /soul-validate — Check SOUL.md quality
• /hook-enable — Reference implementation (same @-link mechanism)

References

• #437 — SOUL.md compatibility overview
• #438 — Soul enforcement commands (this command)
• @$AIWG_ROOT/agentic/code/addons/aiwg-utils/rules/soul-enforcement.md — Enforcement rule template
• @$AIWG_ROOT/agentic/code/addons/aiwg-utils/commands/hook-enable.md — Reference pattern