feat: /personality slash command with backend integration (#143)

* feat: /personality slash command with backend integration

Add /personality command to switch the agent's system prompt personality.
Hermes CLI supports personalities stored at ~/.hermes/personalities/<name>/SOUL.md.

Backend:
- GET /api/personalities: lists available personalities from the active
  profile's personalities directory (reads first line of SOUL.md for desc)
- POST /api/personality/set: sets active personality on the session, reads
  and validates the SOUL.md file exists, returns the prompt text
- streaming.py: injects personality prompt (SOUL.md content) as prefix to
  the system_message when run_conversation is called

Frontend (commands.js):
- /personality with no args: lists available personalities as a local message
- /personality <name>: sets the personality with a toast confirmation
- /personality none|default|clear: removes the active personality

Session model: new 'personality' field (backward-compatible, defaults to None)

Closes #139
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* fix: path traversal in personality name + case sensitivity

Security: personality name is now validated with regex ^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_-]{0,63}$
in both routes.py (POST /api/personality/set) and streaming.py (system
prompt injection). Defense-in-depth: resolve().relative_to() check ensures
the path stays inside the personalities directory even if regex is bypassed.

Also: removed toLowerCase() from frontend command handler so personality
names are case-preserved (filesystem may be case-sensitive).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

* feat: /personality command — hardened, compact() fix, tests

Fixes on top of original PR:
- compact() was missing 'personality' field — UI couldn't know active
  personality after page load. Added to Session.compact().
- GET /api/personalities: add symlink guard (is_symlink() skip) and
  resolve() check — prevents reading SOUL.md from symlink targets
  outside personalities dir.
- POST /api/personality/set: require() only checks session_id (not name)
  so clearing with name='' works correctly instead of 400.
- POST /api/personality/set: add MAX_FILE_BYTES size cap on SOUL.md to
  prevent unbounded context window consumption.
- POST /api/personality/set: return personality:null (not '') when cleared.
- streaming.py: same MAX_FILE_BYTES guard before prepending to system msg.

Added tests/test_sprint28.py: 11 tests for API round-trip, listing,
symlink guard, path traversal rejection, clear, size cap, persistence.
Tests pass in isolation; full-suite run has a test-isolation interaction
with shared server state across sprint tests (tracked as follow-up).

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Co-authored-by: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Nathan Esquenazi
2026-04-06 11:16:37 -07:00
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parent 76cdfb69e0
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@@ -218,6 +218,40 @@ def handle_get(handler, parsed) -> bool:
if parsed.path == '/api/list':
return _handle_list_dir(handler, parsed)
if parsed.path == '/api/personalities':
personalities = []
try:
from api.profiles import get_active_hermes_home
p_dir = get_active_hermes_home() / 'personalities'
except ImportError:
from api.config import HOME
p_dir = HOME / '.hermes' / 'personalities'
if p_dir.is_dir():
p_dir_real = p_dir.resolve()
for d in sorted(p_dir.iterdir()):
# Skip symlinks — they could point outside the personalities dir
if d.is_symlink():
continue
if not d.is_dir():
continue
soul_file = d / 'SOUL.md'
if not soul_file.exists():
continue
# Defense-in-depth: confirm resolved path is still inside p_dir
try:
d.resolve().relative_to(p_dir_real)
except ValueError:
continue
desc = ''
try:
first_line = soul_file.read_text(errors='replace').strip().split('\n')[0]
if first_line.startswith('#'):
desc = first_line.lstrip('#').strip()
except Exception:
pass
personalities.append({'name': d.name, 'description': desc})
return j(handler, {'personalities': personalities})
if parsed.path == '/api/git-info':
qs = parse_qs(parsed.query)
sid = qs.get('session_id', [''])[0]
@@ -365,6 +399,49 @@ def handle_post(handler, parsed) -> bool:
s.save()
return j(handler, {'session': s.compact()})
if parsed.path == '/api/personality/set':
try: require(body, 'session_id')
except ValueError as e: return bad(handler, str(e))
if 'name' not in body:
return bad(handler, 'Missing required field: name')
sid = body['session_id']
name = body['name'].strip()
try:
s = get_session(sid)
except KeyError:
return bad(handler, 'Session not found', 404)
# Read the personality SOUL.md
prompt = ''
if name:
# Validate name: prevent path traversal (only allow safe chars)
import re as _re
if not _re.match(r'^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9_-]{0,63}$', name):
return bad(handler, 'Invalid personality name: letters, numbers, hyphens, underscores only')
try:
from api.profiles import get_active_hermes_home
p_base = get_active_hermes_home() / 'personalities'
except ImportError:
from api.config import HOME
p_base = HOME / '.hermes' / 'personalities'
p_dir = p_base / name
# Defense-in-depth: ensure resolved path is inside personalities dir
try:
p_dir.resolve().relative_to(p_base.resolve())
except ValueError:
return bad(handler, 'Invalid personality name')
soul_file = p_dir / 'SOUL.md'
if soul_file.exists():
from api.config import MAX_FILE_BYTES
raw = soul_file.read_text(errors='replace')
if len(raw) > MAX_FILE_BYTES:
return bad(handler, f'SOUL.md for "{name}" exceeds maximum size ({MAX_FILE_BYTES} bytes)')
prompt = raw.strip()
else:
return bad(handler, f'Personality "{name}" not found', 404)
s.personality = name if name else None
s.save()
return j(handler, {'ok': True, 'personality': s.personality, 'prompt': prompt})
if parsed.path == '/api/session/update':
try: require(body, 'session_id')
except ValueError as e: return bad(handler, str(e))