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SOUL.md default identity loading and seeding fixes

Cluster 44914 · agent. Data as of

Nothing open on GitHub. Fix attempted, not merged.

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Yes. 4 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
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No fix has been merged to main. 3 PRs closed without merging; see the attempts below.
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These issues and PRs address a problem where a seeded or pristine SOUL.md template file suppresses the default agent identity instead of being treated as absent. The work involves detecting empty or baseline SOUL.md files and falling back to the built-in default identity.

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3 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: closed without comment 1 · done elsewhere 1 · duplicate 1

  • #44950 Treat pristine SOUL.md template as absent so the default identity loads · done elsewhere → 411faf0
  • #45031 fix(prompt_builder): treat pristine seeded SOUL.md as absent so DEFAULT_AGENT_IDENTITY is used (#44914) · duplicate → #44950, #44914
  • #45098 fix(agent): Seeded default SOUL.md silently replaces the default agent identity (#44914) · closed without comment
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#44914Seeded default SOUL.md silently replaces the default agent identity
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  • Link evidence (structural links throughout): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
  • Pairwise link density 0.50: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. 1.00 means every pair is linked.

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