Personas

Personas are prompt and model overlays for a lane. They do not own credentials, tools, MCP servers, or filesystem access. Those still belong to the lane you are using. A persona narrows the next turn’s voice and posture.

What a persona stores

Each persona has:

• a slug, used in URLs and retire confirmation;
• a display name;
• a model hint;
• tags;
• a short description;
• voice text, stored as the persona’s system prompt;
• an optional portrait image.

Portrait uploads accept PNG, JPEG, and WebP. They are stored in Kanade’s local data directory under personas/<slug>/.

CRUD walkthrough

Open /personas.

1. Select Inscribe to create a persona.
2. Fill in name, model, tags, description, and voice text.
3. Optionally choose a portrait file.
4. Select Inscribe again to save it.
5. Select Amend on a card to edit the persona later.
6. Select Retire, then type the slug to confirm removal.

Seed personas cannot be retired from the public surface. User-created personas can be retired after confirmation.

Summoning a persona

Use Summon on a persona card to open /tsukue?persona=<slug>. The desk then starts the next turn with that persona selected.

The chat input also supports the summon chip. Type a persona name or slug and Kanade shows matching personas above the input. Select a match to fill the chip; press Escape to dismiss the list.

Good persona boundaries

Keep persona voice text specific and narrow. Good personas describe how to reason, review, summarize, or ask questions. They should not contain secrets, provider keys, or instructions that try to override project safety rules.