rewrite-soul SKILL.md skillA
rewrite-soul from gptme/gptme-contrib is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add gptme/gptme-contrib/rewrite-soul@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- gptme/gptme-contrib
- Path
skills/rewrite-soul/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Apr 21, 2026
- Size
- 4,924 bytes
- Repository stars
- 15
- License
- MIT
Use when creating or revising an agent's SOUL.md, splitting runtime voice out of broader identity docs, or tightening a vague persona file into a short, opinionated, voice-only artifact without changing the agent's core identity.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Rewrite Soul ## Overview Tighten an agent's `SOUL.md` into a compact runtime persona. Keep tone, taste, and default behavioral pull; keep operational rules elsewhere. `SOUL.md` is a first-class persona file in the [`gptme-agent-template`](https://github.com/gptme/gptme-agent-template) bootstrap: it sits alongside `ABOUT.md`, `GOALS.md`, and `AGENTS.md`/`CLAUDE.md` and is auto-included so the agent's voice loads every session. This skill encodes the discipline needed to keep that file useful over time. ## When to Use This Skill Apply this skill when: - Creating `SOUL.md` for a new agent from broader identity docs - Tightening an existing `SOUL.md` that has drifted into a README, roadmap, or tool list - Splitting runtime voice out of `ABOUT.md` after the file has grown too long - Aligning a fork's persona with its source agent without copying operational baggage ## Workflow ### 1. Read the boundary files first Read these before rewriting: - `SOUL.md` if it already exists - broader identity docs such as `ABOUT.md`, `GOALS.md`, or `README.md` - operating docs such as `AGENTS.md` or `CLAUDE.md` Use the broader docs as source material, not as the output shape. `SOUL.md` is …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add gptme/gptme-contrib/rewrite-soul@sha256:f7a669c343769267The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Apr 21, 2026.
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Source
gptme/gptme-contrib · 15 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch master
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_xlqyue554hotj2rm GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=gptme/gptme-contrib/rewrite-soul GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/f7a669c343769267b423b400935e906e84e728d22be90e55d4cb209877219857
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