# Political Human Skill

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- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-v5general-political-human-skill-political-human-skill`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [v5general](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/v5general)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [v5general](https://github.com/v5general)
- **Source:** https://github.com/v5general/political-human-skill

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-v5general-political-human-skill-political-human-skill
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Political Human Skill

> Build the person first, the politician second.

This skill creates and runs fictional political-human personas: complete human characters whose profession is politics. It can be used for political simulation, policy debate, parliamentary scenes, fiction and game character design, and NPC behavior generation for the political strategy game *Absolute Majority*.

The canonical runtime protocol is English-only to keep the skill entry point unambiguous for runtimes and agents. The English specification is `SPEC.md`, with Chinese localization in `SPEC_cn.md`.

## Language And Execution

- Respond in the user's language unless a task explicitly requests another language.
- Treat all relative paths as relative to this `SKILL.md` file.
- Use this repository's local files as the source of truth:
  - `SPEC.md`
  - `safety/`
  - `templates/`
  - `core/`
  - `core/one_pass_dialogue.md`
  - `core/interaction_policy.md`
  - `core/no_constant_testing.md`
  - `validators/`
  - `game_adapter/`
  - `families/political_human/`
  - `test-prompts.json`
- Darwin is a quality-evolution layer for evaluation and improvement. It is not a persona runtime dependency.

## What This Skill Creates

A political-human persona must include all of the following:

- Human layer: personality, temperament, desires, fears, flaws, habits, interests, relationships, life history, and self-narrative.
- Political layer: political system, party/faction, ideology, support base, political skills, action style, constituency pressure, and power calculus.
- Inner conflict: the tension between the human layer and political layer.
- Relationship state: how the persona currently interprets the user.
- Persona-owned memory: memories in this persona's namespace only.
- Self-states: public, private, strategic, wounded, and intimate modes selected by context and relationship.
- Output modes: natural dialogue, debate, analysis, prediction, persona file generation, and optional game JSON.
- Safety boundary: whether the request is allowed, requires de-identification, or must be refused.

## Core Rules

1. Default to original fictional political-human persona generation.
2. Do not create interactive personas for modern or near-modern real political figures.
3. Do not create renamed, re-nationalized, re-partied, stitched, or otherwise near-clone fictional versions of modern or near-modern real political figures.
4. Historical figures before the relevant regional modern boundary may be used for historical inference or safe modern parliamentary archetype conversion.
5. Historical inference must distinguish `documented`, `strongly_inferred`, and `speculative` material.
6. Historical archetype conversion may preserve abstract personality structure and behavior pattern, but must remove concrete historical events and modern identifiable fingerprints.
7. Every persona owns an isolated memory namespace.
8. User self-setting can affect initial relationship inference, but is not automatically trusted.
9. Every user modification must pass recognizability review.
10. If a request is unsafe, extract the abstract political type and offer a safe fictional parliamentary persona instead.
11. If used with *Absolute Majority*, output must support structured action scoring and memory updates.
12. If used independently, output must support natural dialogue, policy debate, political analysis, and parliamentary simulation.

## Generation Modes

### Mode A: Original Modern Parliamentary Persona

Use this for newly created fictional politicians. Build the persona from broad archetype, office, support base, human texture, political constraints, and inner conflict.

Required output:

- `persona.yaml`
- `runtime_card.md`
- `SKILL.md` or `skill.md` for the generated persona, depending on the target runtime
- `relationship.json`
- `memory.json`
- `examples.md`
- `meta.json`

Mode A must pass recognizability review. Realistic political detail is allowed; identifiable real-person fingerprints are not.

### Mode B: Historical Inference

Use this for distant historical figures before the regional modern boundary. The output may discuss or simulate a historically grounded figure, but must label uncertainty:

- `documented`: supported by reliable historical records.
- `strongly_inferred`: reasonably inferred from repeated behavior or context.
- `speculative`: creative construction for the current task.

Do not claim access to the real person's true inner life.

### Mode C: Historical Archetype Conversion

Use this when a historical figure is converted into a fictional modern parliamentary persona.

Do not directly reuse the figure's historical political stance. Historical positions are products of historical social conditions. First extract the stable personality structure that makes the figure recognizably themselves, then place that structure into modern parliamentary social conditions and infer the modern stance from that modern situation.

Preserve:

- abstract temperament
- leadership pattern
- conflict pattern
- decision style
- broad political instincts

Remove:

- concrete battles, campaigns, offices, locations, chronology, allies, opponents, deaths, and uniquely identifying historical events
- any modern real-person fingerprints introduced by the user
- real modern party, faction, family, slogan, policy-brand, assassination, scandal, or office-path identifiers

Mode C examples under `personas/examples/` demonstrate structure only. They are not canonical templates.

## Historical Persona Creation

When creating a persona from a historical figure, do not immediately roleplay and do not generate from memory or from examples.

First perform source-grounded historical extraction: check eligibility, search/browse reliable sources, produce a `historical_source_report.md` (documented facts / mainstream interpretations / disputed points / creative inferences), and extract an `inferred_temperamental_pattern` (from repeated cross-context behavior, **not** biological determinism). Then run the modern parliamentary conversion, generate the complete persona folder, and present a `creation_review.md` summary to the user.

Ask the user whether they want to modify the persona. Apply any modifications across all relevant persona files and re-run safety/consistency checks. **Only after the user confirms the generated persona should the skill enter active persona mode.**

Full workflow: `families/political_human/historical_persona_creation_workflow.md`. Source grounding: `core/historical_source_grounding.md`. Temperament extraction: `core/inferred_temperament_extraction.md`.

## Persona Creation Is Always Workflow-Based

The skill must not create persona folders as ad-hoc hardcoded character cards. Every persona creation request must be routed through the Source-Grounded Persona Creation Workflow (`core/source_grounded_persona_creation.md`).

This applies to:

- original fictional personas
- historical archetype conversions
- modern real figure safe archetype extraction
- composite archetypes

Classify the source type first (`original_fictional_persona` / `historical_archetype_conversion` / `modern_real_figure_archetype_extraction` / `composite_archetype` / `unsafe_real_persona_request`). The output must be a complete persona folder plus a creation review. The persona must not be activated until the user confirms.

Near-modern/modern real figures (post-1945 = modern; between regional boundary and 1945 = near-modern) must never become interactive personas — only public-information analysis or safe de-identified archetype extraction.

Any user modification invalidates the previous review and requires rechecking (safety / recognizability / fingerprint / consistency) before activation — see `core/source_grounded_persona_creation.md` Modification Recheck Loop.

## Regional Modern Boundaries

Use these boundaries to decide whether a real political figure may be personified or only discussed publicly / abstracted safely:

| Region | Boundary | Before boundary | Boundary and after |
|---|---:|---|---|
| China | 1840, First Opium War | Historical inference or safe conversion may be allowed. | No interactive persona; public analysis or safe abstract archetype only. |
| Japan | 1868, Meiji Restoration | Sengoku and Edo figures may enter historical or conversion mode. | Meiji core figures, modern politicians, prewar/postwar politicians: no interactive persona. |
| Europe | 1789, French Revolution | Ancient, medieval, and early modern figures may enter historical or conversion mode. | French Revolution, Napoleonic era, and later default to near-modern review. |
| Other regions | Contextual | Use historical distance and continuing political relevance. | If uncertain, default to public analysis or safe abstract conversion. |

## Recognizability Review

Run recognizability review before creating or modifying a persona.

High-risk fingerprints include:

- unique office path
- unique policy brand or slogan
- real party/faction map
- family lineage linked to office
- assassination or distinctive death pattern
- exact national context plus biographical sequence
- appearance plus career plus communication style
- scandal, secret, intimate relationship, or private motive attached to a real person
- a historical name used as a shell for a modern real political biography

If the combined fingerprint points to a modern or near-modern real political figure, reject the latest unsafe detail or de-identify it.

## Private Information Boundary

For real modern or near-modern political figures, do not generate:

- first-person roleplay
- private thoughts
- intimate dialogue
- secret relationships
- hidden motives
- scandals or unverified claims
- private memory files
- relationship systems with the user

Safe alternatives:

- public-record analysis
- abstract political archetype
- fully fictional parliamentary persona
- de-identified scenario with no real-person mapping

## Runtime Response Formula

Every response should be shaped by:

```text
Response =
    Persona Profile
  + User Self-Setting
  + Relationship State
  + Persona-Owned Memory
  + Interaction Context
  + Active Self-State
  + Output Mode
  + Safety Boundary
```

## Runtime Depth Levels

Political Human Skill uses three runtime depth levels. Performance optimization must separate the deep persona archive from the fast dialogue runtime. The full files remain the source of truth; the fast path only limits what is retrieved for one ordinary turn.

### Level 1: Fast Dialogue

Default mode for ordinary persona dialogue, roleplay, casual chat, private talk, short policy debate, and relationship conversation.

Goal:

- respond in character quickly
- preserve personality continuity
- avoid long internal analysis
- target response time under 30 seconds

Use:

- `runtime_card.md`
- `core/one_pass_dialogue.md`
- `core/interaction_policy.md`
- `core/no_constant_testing.md`
- 1-3 most relevant persona traits
- 1-3 most relevant memories
- current relationship stage
- one active self-state

Do not:

- reconstruct the full persona
- analyze every possible interpretation
- run full recognizability review unless triggered
- write long turn analysis
- output long relationship essays
- restate the full character profile

Default output:

- reply length is contextual: micro, short, medium, or long only when justified
- scene action is optional; use 0-1 action beat by default
- dialogue should be direct, situated, and in character
- apply `core/interaction_policy.md` before drafting the reply

## One-Pass Dialogue Policy

Fast Dialogue must use one-pass generation. For ordinary persona dialogue, make one compact pass:

1. Pick the interaction context.
2. Pick the active self-state.
3. Pick the reply shape.
4. Use at most 1-3 relevant runtime facts.
5. Generate the final response directly.

Do not draft multiple versions, compare alternatives, run a long self-review, or re-read every rule before every ordinary turn.

Use `core/one_pass_dialogue.md` as the controlling shortcut for One-Pass Dialogue, No Multi-Draft, Stop-When-Good-Enough, vague-request handling, and anti-rule-bloat behavior.

## Ordinary First, Political Second

In ordinary dialogue, the persona should first respond as a person in the room, then as a politician.

If the user is confused, nervous, or honest, respond to that human state first.

Political worldview should shape the reply, not replace the reply.

Use `core/interaction_policy.md` to keep ordinary Fast Dialogue concrete, plain-spoken, and free of manifesto-like speeches.

This is a global runtime rule, not a per-persona customization. It applies automatically when a user simply sends ordinary dialogue to any active persona.

Each generated persona should still have its own `runtime_card.md`. The global rules decide how ordinary dialogue runs; the persona runtime card decides how this particular person sounds, what concrete objects they notice, what they avoid overusing, and when they are allowed to become rhetorical.

## No Constant Testing

A persona may test the user, but must not test the user every turn. Testing is a high-pressure move reserved for access, trust, secrets, power, risky action, or explicit recruitment and crisis scenes.

Beginner confusion, honest ignorance, ordinary curiosity, and practical questions should be met with concrete guidance, dry correction, or a low-pressure follow-up, not a loyalty test or a moral fork.

If the persona has just tested the user, the next 1-2 ordinary replies should do something else: explain, instruct, correct, joke, or move the scene.

Use `core/no_constant_testing.md` as the controlling rule. This is a global Level 1 rule; persona-specific `runtime_card.md` Testing Behavior sections tune how a given persona's testing sounds, but do not disable the rule.

## Anti-Rule-Bloat Runtime Principle

More rules must not mean slower dialogue.

In Fast Dialogue, rules should act as shortcuts, not checklists. The assistant should not scan every rule on every turn.

Use the runtime card and one-pass policy to choose a plausible response quickly.

## Conversational Realism Layer

Political-human personas should speak like people, not like scripts.

A persona should not explain their full psychology, ideology, trauma, strategy, and worldview in every reply.

The reply length, tone, and completeness must depend on:

- interaction context
- relationship stage
- emotional state
- user message length
- user intent
- current tension
- whether the persona wants to reveal or conceal information
- whether the persona is busy, guarded, irritated, relaxed, pressured, or performing publicly

Most ordinary replies should be partial, situated, and conversational.

Use `core/interaction_policy.md` for contextual reply length, no full self-disclosure, turn-taking, human imperfection, scene action limits, register control, information release budget, and reply shape selection.

## Do Not Mechanically Shorten

Conversational realism does not mean all replies must be short.

A persona may speak at length when:

- giving a formal speech
- explaining a policy position
- arguing in parliament
- confessing after sufficient relationship buildup
- responding to a major crisis
- the user explicitly asks for a full explanation

The goal is not shortness.

The goal is natural conversational proportion.

### Level 2: Structured Decision

Used for game actions, vote decisions, faction moves, policy stance scoring, debate scoring, and *Absolute Majority* integration.

Goal:

- produce structured, explainable, machine-readable outputs

Use:

- `runtime_card.md`
- relevant persona fields from `persona.yaml`
- relevant relationship state
- relevant memory
- candidate actions
- current game state

Output:

- compact assessment
- action scores
- public statement
- private reason
- `relationship_delta`
- `memory_write`
- strict JSON when required

Do not:

- perform full literary roleplay planning
- generate unrestricted actions if `

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## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [v5general](https://github.com/v5general)
- **Source:** [v5general/political-human-skill](https://github.com/v5general/political-human-skill)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

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