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Follow-up to PR #1922 (feat: use SOUL.md as primary agent identity).

Updates all SOUL.md documentation to reflect the new behavior where SOUL.md occupies slot #1 in the system prompt, replacing the hardcoded default identity.

Pages updated

  • user-guide/features/personality.md — SOUL.md is now the primary identity, not just an additive personality layer. Updated behavior list, prompt stack order, injection description.
  • developer-guide/prompt-assembly.md — Updated prompt layer order (SOUL.md is step 1), removed SOUL.md from context files list, added note about skip_context_files fallback.
  • guides/use-soul-with-hermes.md — Updated intro and 'How Hermes uses it' section to explain SOUL.md replaces the built-in identity entirely.
  • user-guide/configuration.md — Reordered context files table (SOUL.md first), updated descriptions, updated directory tree comment.

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Update all SOUL.md documentation to reflect that it now occupies
slot #1 in the system prompt, replacing the hardcoded default identity.

Updated pages:
- user-guide/features/personality.md — SOUL.md is primary identity, not just a layer
- developer-guide/prompt-assembly.md — updated prompt layer order, context files list
- guides/use-soul-with-hermes.md — SOUL.md replaces built-in identity
- user-guide/configuration.md — updated context files table and directory tree
@teknium1 teknium1 merged commit db4dfea into main Mar 18, 2026
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angelburgosrosado pushed a commit to angelburgosrosado/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request Apr 27, 2026
Update all SOUL.md documentation to reflect that it now occupies
slot NousResearch#1 in the system prompt, replacing the hardcoded default identity.

Updated pages:
- user-guide/features/personality.md — SOUL.md is primary identity, not just a layer
- developer-guide/prompt-assembly.md — updated prompt layer order, context files list
- guides/use-soul-with-hermes.md — SOUL.md replaces built-in identity
- user-guide/configuration.md — updated context files table and directory tree

Co-authored-by: Test <test@test.com>
02356abc pushed a commit to 02356abc/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request May 14, 2026
Update all SOUL.md documentation to reflect that it now occupies
slot NousResearch#1 in the system prompt, replacing the hardcoded default identity.

Updated pages:
- user-guide/features/personality.md — SOUL.md is primary identity, not just a layer
- developer-guide/prompt-assembly.md — updated prompt layer order, context files list
- guides/use-soul-with-hermes.md — SOUL.md replaces built-in identity
- user-guide/configuration.md — updated context files table and directory tree

Co-authored-by: Test <test@test.com>
olympus-terminal pushed a commit to olympus-terminal/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request May 16, 2026
Update all SOUL.md documentation to reflect that it now occupies
slot NousResearch#1 in the system prompt, replacing the hardcoded default identity.

Updated pages:
- user-guide/features/personality.md — SOUL.md is primary identity, not just a layer
- developer-guide/prompt-assembly.md — updated prompt layer order, context files list
- guides/use-soul-with-hermes.md — SOUL.md replaces built-in identity
- user-guide/configuration.md — updated context files table and directory tree

Co-authored-by: Test <test@test.com>
gweeteve pushed a commit to gweeteve/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request Jun 2, 2026
Update all SOUL.md documentation to reflect that it now occupies
slot NousResearch#1 in the system prompt, replacing the hardcoded default identity.

Updated pages:
- user-guide/features/personality.md — SOUL.md is primary identity, not just a layer
- developer-guide/prompt-assembly.md — updated prompt layer order, context files list
- guides/use-soul-with-hermes.md — SOUL.md replaces built-in identity
- user-guide/configuration.md — updated context files table and directory tree

Co-authored-by: Test <test@test.com>
Egavasyug pushed a commit to Egavasyug/hermes-agent that referenced this pull request Jun 10, 2026
Update all SOUL.md documentation to reflect that it now occupies
slot NousResearch#1 in the system prompt, replacing the hardcoded default identity.

Updated pages:
- user-guide/features/personality.md — SOUL.md is primary identity, not just a layer
- developer-guide/prompt-assembly.md — updated prompt layer order, context files list
- guides/use-soul-with-hermes.md — SOUL.md replaces built-in identity
- user-guide/configuration.md — updated context files table and directory tree

Co-authored-by: Test <test@test.com>
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