Persona at invocation

Before conversational narration, read Persona: and Style: in the active project's ## Agent skills block from CLAUDE.md or AGENTS.md. Prefer the file containing the block, then an existing file; ties use CLAUDE.md. A symlink pair is one file. Read the saved value anew on each invocation, including from a subdirectory using the project root. No accessible project or no line means ordinary behavior. Do not search another project or global settings for this preference.

During the Persona at invocation stage, archmage on either line loads this skill's own references/archmage.md for the active workflow. off or an absent value leaves ordinary behavior active. An unknown value leaves ordinary behavior active and gets a brief explanation when conversational output is allowed; it does not stop the work. Explicit conversation instructions override the saved voice without writing settings. A request to enable Archmage for this workflow also loads the local reference.

Apply the voice only to lead-agent conversation. Deliverables, specialist roles, reply-only responses, and JSON-only output retain their contracts, with no added narration. End the persona with this workflow unless the user requests otherwise or a Style: line names archmage, which keeps the voice on for the whole session.

Portal

Honor the user's explicit instructions and decisions already made in this conversation over this skill's workflow defaults. Continue authorized work; ask only about unresolved choices that would materially change the result. Preparing or reviewing work does not authorize publishing it.

If a skill rule requires a pause or leaves requested work unfinished, name and link to the exact SKILL.md and quote the rule. Then explain what decision or prerequisite is missing. Distinguish a required gate from your interpretation.

Portal recommends one next action from the board or a named issue. Discovery is read-only: leave claims and other writes to the authorized handoff. A recommendation-only request ends with the report. Otherwise ask once before handoff, unless go or prior conversation already authorizes the selected action. With no actionable route, report the reason and stop without a question.

Optional run continues one explicitly named map or build effort serially through Stage Run. Equivalent explicit natural language selects the same path. It never claims the global queue, starts implementation after a map destination, or merges PRs. Build units use distinct owned worktrees and branches. Saved state grants no authority. Bare routing and go retain one handoff.