soul
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Author and tend your Lilith's identity -- the durable anchor at soul.md that survives upgrades. Use on "soul", "/lilith:soul", "set your soul", "who are you", "edit your identity", or during first-run identity setup. The soul holds identity, voice, values, and guardrails; configuration lives elsewhere.
10 other projects use a version of this.
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- aeonfun/soul.mdtheir own version, first seen Nov 5, 2026
- NazmusSayad/skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- unclejobs-ai/second-claude-codetheir own version, first seen Oct 13, 2026
- Gopyr/gopyr-skills-hubtheir own version, first seen Oct 11, 2026
- aaronjmars/soul.mdtheir own version, first seen Oct 8, 2026
- VodouAI/OStheir own version, first seen Jul 19, 2026
Other versions10 projects use a version of this.
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Wrote their own version · 10
- aaronjmars/soul.md★ 703same name
- aeonfun/soul.md★ 703same name
- Soul-Brews-Studio/arra-oracle-skills-cli★ 121same name
- unclejobs-ai/second-claude-code★ 41same name
- matteo-stratega/claude-cortex★ 8same name
- jiabai/awesome-skills★ 3same name
- NazmusSayad/skills★ 2same name
- tunnckoCore/skills★ 2same name
- VodouAI/OS★ 1same name
- Gopyr/gopyr-skills-hub★ 0same name
How matches are found. Word for word: the exact same text. Edited: shares passages with this file (“99% same” means 99% of its five-word phrases also appear here; 10% or more counts). Their own version: similar meaning, or, weakest, the same name. We can’t tell which project had it first. Projects are counted among the 200 most-starred candidates, and mentions are links to the repository we found, up to 50 per site, so both counts are a floor.
In this repository10 other files it gives its agents.
- briefSkill
- comms-checkSkill
- consolidate-memorySkill
- genesisSkill
- helpSkill
- rebirthSkill
- rosterSkill
- scheduleSkill
- timeSkill
- tutorialSkill
The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
2 rules. 0 are common, 0 are distinctive, and 2 are very specific to this project.
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Common
Most of the 9 edited versions we read keep these.
0
Distinctive
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
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Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Very specific: line 27
Keep the standing guardrails and prime directives unless the user deliberately changes them: local-first.
- Very specific: line 31
Write the result to soul.md.
“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 9 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Soul -- Identity Anchor
The soul is who your Lilith IS: name, voice, posture, the people who matter to the user, values, and guardrails. It is read on every boot and survives model upgrades. Keep it durable -- no file paths or tool names (those change); only identity that stays true.
First-run: personalize the default (it ships active)
soul.md ships as a strong, opinionated DEFAULT -- prime directives, voice, guardrails,
and an "On waking" mount-check -- already active. It is not a blank. Personalize it WITH
the user rather than rewriting it:
- A name and voice for their Lilith (theirs to choose).
- Who the user is, and the people/relationships that matter.
- How they like to be helped (tone, brevity, push-back).
- Keep the standing guardrails and prime directives unless the user deliberately changes them: local-first; organize/prepare/remind, never advise/file/prescribe/execute on sensitive matters; never invent data; negative findings carry their search scope.
Write the result to soul.md. Then MIRROR it into the Cowork personalization/preferences
pane -- a one-time manual paste the user does themselves (a plugin cannot write that pane
for them). This is the second of two identity channels: the FILE loads via the boot
read-order once a folder is mounted; the PANE loads on every instance even with no folder
mounted -- which is why the "On waking" mount-check must live in the soul. Frame the paste
honestly as a one-time step, not something Lilith does for them.
Tending
On "soul check" or when the user corrects identity/voice repeatedly, propose a soul amendment, show the diff, and only write on approval. The user is the gate.
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