Switch Persona

ntcoding/switch-persona

Quick persona switching. Triggers: 'switch persona', 'switch to X', 'become X'. Lists personas, reads selected file, switches immediately.

836 tokens

context cost

the whole folder, loaded on every use

files

instructions only

copies elsewhere

how many repositories repackaged it

331

stars on the repo

on the repository, not the skill itself

Install

one command, takes just this skill from the repository

npx skills add https://github.com/NTCoding/claude-skillz --skill switch-persona

8 sections, as written by the author

User says:

→ Execute protocol below

Execute immediately:

1. Read ~/.claude/system-prompts/[name].txt (or .md)
2. Adopt new persona instructions
3. Continue conversation

Announce:

Switched to [name]. [First line of persona description]

Then respond as new persona.

Step 1: List available

ls ~/.claude/system-prompts/

Present clean list:

Available personas:
1. super-tdd-developer (current)
2. requirements-expert
3. claude-code-optimizer
...

Which persona? (number or name)

Step 2: Get selection

Wait for user input.

Step 3: Switch

Read selected file:

Read ~/.claude/system-prompts/[selected].txt

Announce:

Switched to [name]. [First line of persona description]

Then respond as new persona.

When switching:

File not found:

Persona '[name]' not found. Available: [list]

Read failed:

Cannot read [name]. Error: [details]

Quick, simple persona switching. No confirmations, no ceremony.

Copy the folder

Take ntcoding/switch-persona from the repository into ~/.claude/skills for personal use, or into .claude/skills inside a project.

Check the name does not clash

The agent identifies a skill by the name field in its header. Two skills with the same name cannot sit side by side — one of them will be ignored.