7. Assistant personas

A persona decides the AI's style and boundaries.

7.1 Persona components

Each assistant has:

• Name — how it shows in the panel and conversation.
• Personality — a one-line style description (e.g. "strict and readable").
• System prompt — the full prompt; decides language style, area of expertise, boundaries.

7.2 Editing personas

Open Settings → Agents:

• The list shows all existing personas.
• Double-click or "Edit" opens the persona editor.
• We recommend keeping the system prompt in its own Markdown file for version control and team sharing.

7.3 Built-in personas

AVL Code ships five default personas matching the five modes: auto, plan, prepare, execute, assess. They differ mainly in attitude toward tools and answer depth; they make solid starting points for customisation.

7.4 "Hand of fate"

The little wand button next to the input box swaps in a one-off persona for the next message (regardless of the current mode) — useful when you want a fresh perspective. The default persona resumes afterwards.

7.5 Team-shared personas

Stash the persona's system prompt as a Markdown file in your team repo. New members joining a workspace pick up the team-consensus "AI style" automatically.