AugmentClaude

Profile Loader

Switch Claude to a specialized role with scoped governance and boundaries.

Installation

  1. Make sure Claude is on your device and in your terminal.

    Skills load from ~/.claude/skills/ when Claude Code starts up — so you need it on your machine first. If you don't have it yet, install it once with the command below, then run claude in any terminal to verify.

    One-time setup
    npm i -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

    Already have it? Skip ahead.

  2. Paste into Claude Code or into your terminal.

    This copies the whole skill folder into ~/.claude/skills/ad-hoc-profile-load-spec-kitty/ — the SKILL.md plus any scripts, reference docs, or templates the skill ships with. Safe default: works for every skill.

    Faster alternative (instruction-only skills)

    Skips the clone and grabs only the SKILL.md file. Don't use this if the skill ships Python scripts, reference markdowns, or asset templates — they won't be downloaded and the skill will fail when it tries to load them.

    Quick install (SKILL.md only)
    Sign up to copy
  3. Restart Claude Code.

    Quit and reopen Claude Code (or any other agent that loads from ~/.claude/skills/). New skills are picked up on startup.

  4. Just ask Claude.

    Skills auto-activate when your request matches the skill's description — no slash command needed. Trigger phrases live in the skill's own frontmatter; you can read them in the “What this skill does” section above.

Prefer to read the source first? Open on GitHub.

When Claude uses it

Legacy alias for resolver-backed profile loading. Use the canonical spk-doctrine-profile-load skill for identity, boundaries, and governance. Triggers: "act as the architect", "load the reviewer profile", "switch to researcher", "use the planner role", "adopt a profile".

What this skill does

ad-hoc-profile-load

This is the compatibility alias for spk-doctrine-profile-load. The canonical skill owns the mechanics; do not maintain a second profile-loading procedure here.

Canonical Route

Resolve the requested profile and load action-scoped governance:

spec-kitty agent profile show <profile-id>
spec-kitty charter context --action <action> --json

Apply the resolved initialization declaration, specialization boundaries, directive and tactic references, collaboration handoffs, and mode defaults.

Read ../spk-doctrine-profile-load/references/profile-load-mechanics.md for the complete resolver-backed flow, including the explicitly degraded fallback for a read-only harness that cannot invoke the CLI.

For a one-shot governed request outside a Mission, use:

spec-kitty dispatch "<request>" --profile <profile-id>

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