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

--provider <name>

claude

warp

copilot

cursor

factory

windsurf

opencode

codex

--all

--agents

.soul.md

--agent <name>

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

Directive Map

CLAUDE.md

@SOUL.md

WARP.md

@SOUL.md

AGENTS.md

@SOUL.md

.github/copilot-instructions.md

@SOUL.md

.cursorrules

@SOUL.md

AGENTS.md

@SOUL.md

.opencode/context.md

@SOUL.md

CODEX.md

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>

--all

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

Placement: After any

@AIWG.md

@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

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>

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

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

aiwg use claude

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