Personal Board of Directors

Add a Historical Figures Advisory Board to AI agent personalities. 10 pre-configured personas inspired by public-domain historical figures for strategic advice.

PersonaNexus Board of Directors Skill

Extend AI agent identities with a structured Board of Directors advisory panel composed of historical figures. Builds on the PersonaNexus YAML schema to add board members, engagement rules, and strategic advisory capabilities.

What This Skill Does

• Define agent advisory board configuration via YAML
• Compile board context into system prompts alongside personality traits
• Validate board configuration with semantic warnings
• Export to OpenClaw personality.json, SOUL.md, Anthropic XML, and more
• Pre-configured 10 historical figures ready to use

Setup

Install dependencies:

pip install pydantic pyyaml typer rich

Usage

1. Create an Agent with a Board

Start from a template:

• templates/board-minimal.yaml -- Simple: enabled + 2 members + basic engagement
• templates/board-full.yaml -- All fields: 10 historical figures, full engagement rules, disclaimer

2. Validate

from board_skill import IdentityValidator

validator = IdentityValidator()
result = validator.validate_file("my-agent.yaml")
print(result.valid, result.errors, result.warnings)

3. Compile to a System Prompt

from board_skill import parse_identity_file, compile_identity

identity = parse_identity_file("my-agent.yaml")
prompt = compile_identity(identity, target="text")
print(prompt)

4. Quick build_persona Helper

from board_skill.board import build_persona

prompt = build_persona("my-agent.yaml")
# Includes board members in the prompt when enabled

CLI

python -m board_skill --help

CLI Commands

Command	Description
validate FILE	Parse and validate a YAML identity file
compile FILE --target TARGET	Compile identity to a system prompt
init NAME --type TYPE	Scaffold a new agent identity YAML
board show FILE	Display the board config from a YAML file
board list-members FILE	List all board members with personality details
personality ocean-to-traits	Map OCEAN scores to personality traits
personality disc-to-traits	Map DISC scores to personality traits
personality jungian-to-traits	Map Jungian scores to personality traits
personality list-disc-presets	Show available DISC presets
personality list-jungian-presets	Show available Jungian 16-type presets

CLI Examples

# Validate an identity with board
python -m board_skill validate templates/board-full.yaml --verbose

# Compile to text prompt (board section visible)
python -m board_skill compile templates/board-full.yaml --target text

# Compile to OpenClaw personality.json (board key in output)
python -m board_skill compile templates/board-full.yaml --target openclaw --output personality.json

# Show board configuration
python -m board_skill board show templates/board-full.yaml

# List board members with details
python -m board_skill board list-members templates/board-full.yaml

# Scaffold a new agent
python -m board_skill init "My Agent"

Board YAML Schema

board:
  enabled: true                          # Enable board (default: false)
  disclaimer: "These are fictional..."   # Required disclaimer text

  board_members:
    - id: "sun_tzu"
      name: "Sun Tzu"
      historical_figure: "Sun Tzu"
      died: "~496 BC"
      board_role: "Chief Strategist"
      core_mindset: "Win without fighting"
      modern_relevance: "Competitive strategy"
      personality:
        ocean:
          openness: 0.9
          conscientiousness: 0.95
          extraversion: 0.4
          agreeableness: 0.3
          neuroticism: 0.2
        disc_style: "dominance"          # dominance | influence | steadiness | compliance
        jungian_type: "INTJ"
      key_quote: "The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting"

  engagement_rules:
    - "Each member responds from their historical lens"
    - "Synthesize consensus or majority vote"

Compile Targets

Target	Output Format
text	Plain text system prompt with board section
anthropic	Claude-optimized with XML sections
openai	GPT-optimized plain text
openclaw	personality.json dict with board key
soul	SOUL.md + STYLE.md with advisory section
json	Full identity + metadata
markdown	Formatted Markdown document

External Endpoints

This skill does not make any network requests. All processing is local.

Security & Privacy

No data leaves your machine. PersonaNexus operates entirely on local YAML files. Identity files should not contain secrets or API keys.

Learn More

Full documentation and the main PersonaNexus framework:

https://github.com/PersonaNexus/personanexus