Switch Persona Skill

Quick mid-conversation persona switching without restarting Claude.

What It Does

Changes Claude's system instructions during an active conversation:

Preserves conversation history
Replaces system instructions completely
No restart required
No confirmations - immediate switch

Triggers

User says:

"switch persona"
"switch to [name]"
"become [name]"

How It Works

With specific persona name:

Reads ~/.claude/system-prompts/[name].txt (or .md)
Adopts new persona instructions
Announces switch and continues as new persona

Without specific name:

Lists available personas from ~/.claude/system-prompts/
User selects by number or name
Reads selected persona file
Announces switch and continues as new persona

Key Principle

One persona at a time - complete replacement.

Each switch fully replaces the previous persona. You cannot blend multiple personas simultaneously. Want combined traits? Create a custom system prompt.

File Locations

Personas: ~/.claude/system-prompts/ (.txt or .md)

Installation

Symlink to Claude skills directory:

ln -s /path/to/claude-skillz/switch-persona ~/.claude/skills/switch-persona

Integration with claude-launcher

Feature	claude-launcher	switch-persona
When	Startup	Runtime
Context	New conversation	Preserves conversation
How	CLI tool	Skill

Use together:

claude-launcher: Choose initial persona
switch-persona: Change mid-conversation
Both read from same ~/.claude/system-prompts/ directory

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