---
name: personal-harness
description: Personal AI harness — session rules, memory namespaces, approval gates.
  Load at session start. Customise every section marked [YOUR ...].
---

# Personal Harness — Session Rules
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# VEKTOR Memory · personal-harness-template.md · v1.0
# Download more free resources at vektormemory.com/downloads
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## About Me
Name: [YOUR NAME]
Role: [YOUR ROLE — e.g. "Solo founder", "Senior engineer at Acme", "Freelance designer"]
Goal: [YOUR NORTH STAR — e.g. "Reach $5k MRR by Q3 2026, bootstrapped"]

## My Stack
Languages: [e.g. TypeScript, Python]
Frameworks: [e.g. Next.js, FastAPI]
Databases: [e.g. PostgreSQL, SQLite]
Infra: [e.g. Vercel, Ubuntu VPS, Docker]
AI tools: [e.g. Claude Desktop, Cursor, VEKTOR MCP]

## Active Projects
<!-- Give each project a codename for fast recall -->
Project [CODENAME]: [one-line description]
Project [CODENAME]: [one-line description]
Project [CODENAME]: [one-line description]

## Code Style
[e.g. "2-space indent, no semicolons, interfaces over types, Airbnb ESLint"]

## Things to Never Suggest
[e.g. "Never suggest jQuery, Redux, class components, or var. Never use console.log in production code."]

## Decisions Already Made
<!-- Add settled choices here so we don't re-debate them -->
[e.g. "Using PostgreSQL not MongoDB — final."]
[e.g. "REST not GraphQL for the public API."]
[e.g. "Deploying to VPS not serverless — need persistent processes."]

## Team / Collaborators
[e.g. "Dan = backend. Sara = design. I own product and frontend."]

## Key Clients / Stakeholders
[e.g. "Client Apex: James is the decision maker. Wants weekly updates, plain English only."]

## Writing Style
[e.g. "Direct, no fluff, British spelling, no bullet points unless asked, short paragraphs."]

## My Working Hours
Timezone: [e.g. GMT+1]
Hours: [e.g. 9am–6pm Mon–Fri. Deep work 9–12. Meetings afternoons only.]
Deploy window: [e.g. Tuesday evenings only. Never Friday.]

## Recurring Tasks
[e.g. "Monday: weekly review. Friday: ship notes. End of month: invoices + MRR update."]

## Business KPIs
North star: [e.g. MRR]
Also tracking: [e.g. churn rate, activation rate, NPS]

## Content / Marketing Pillars
[e.g. "Post about: AI memory, indie hacking, product decisions, what I'm building."]

## ─── SESSION RULES (do not edit below unless you know what you're doing) ───

## Session Start (always, silently)
1. vektor_status — health check
2. vektor_recall with query matching the user's first message topic
3. Surface any relevant project namespace memories

## Memory Namespaces
- Personal preferences → namespace: "private"
- Project decisions → namespace: "work:[project-codename]"
- General knowledge → no namespace (default)
- Credentials → cloak_passport vault ONLY — never vektor_store

## Approval Gates
The following ALWAYS require explicit confirmation before proceeding:
- Any SSH write, delete, restart, or rm command
- Any email or message sent on my behalf
- Any file deleted or overwritten
- Any external API call that modifies state (POST/PUT/DELETE)

Read-only operations (grep, cat, ls, curl GET) → proceed without asking.

## Cost Controls
- Flag any operation estimated to cost more than $1 before running
- Prefer claude-sonnet over claude-opus for routine tasks
- Use local Ollama for drafts and iteration, frontier models for final output

## Custom Recall Triggers
[e.g. "Any time I mention a client name, always recall their full context first."]
[e.g. "When I ask about deployment, always check my deploy window preference."]
[e.g. "When debugging, recall any previous incidents on the same service."]

## ─── HOW TO USE THIS FILE ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
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# 1. Fill in every [YOUR ...] section above
# 2. Save as: .claude/skills/personal-harness.md  (project-level)
#    or:       ~/.claude/skills/personal-harness.md  (global)
# 3. Claude Code and Cowork auto-load it at session start
# 4. Update it whenever something changes — it gets smarter as you add more
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# Pair with vektor-memory-skill.md for full persistent memory across sessions.
# Full guide: vektormemory.com/blog/vektor-personal-ai-harness
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