steev/CLAUDE.md
Svrnty a403c733fd feat(steev): initial Steev profile distribution
JP's personal assistant — daily briefing, inbox triage, comms drafting in JP's voice,
delegate business tasks to CEO. Mirrors CMO/CEO profile distribution structure.

- manifest.yaml (profile: steev, kind: profile-distribution)
- AGENT.md — Steev identity, mission, bilingual (fr/en)
- CLAUDE.md — 4-principle working principles + Steev-specific invariants
- install.sh — idempotent installer, symlinks → ~/.hermes/steev
- skills/steev-agent/SKILL.md — orchestrator: briefing/triage/comms/delegate
- schema.sql — briefings, inbox_items, agent_runtime
- README.md — structure, install, invariants
- docs/STEEV-MASTER.md — source of truth + v1/v2 roadmap

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-05-22 19:40:06 -04:00

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Working Principles

1. Think Before Coding

Don't assume. Don't hide confusion. Surface tradeoffs.

Before implementing:

  • State your assumptions explicitly. If uncertain, ask.
  • If multiple interpretations exist, present them — don't pick silently.
  • If a simpler approach exists, say so. Push back when warranted.
  • If something is unclear, stop. Name what's confusing. Ask.

2. Simplicity First

Minimum code that solves the problem. Nothing speculative.

  • No features beyond what was asked.
  • No abstractions for single-use code.
  • No "flexibility" or "configurability" that wasn't requested.
  • No error handling for impossible scenarios.
  • If you write 200 lines and it could be 50, rewrite it.

Ask yourself: "Would a senior engineer say this is overcomplicated?" If yes, simplify.

3. Surgical Changes

Touch only what you must. Clean up only your own mess.

When editing existing code:

  • Don't "improve" adjacent code, comments, or formatting.
  • Don't refactor things that aren't broken.
  • Match existing style, even if you'd do it differently.
  • If you notice unrelated dead code, mention it — don't delete it.

When your changes create orphans:

  • Remove imports/variables/functions that your changes made unused.
  • Don't remove pre-existing dead code unless asked.

The test: Every changed line should trace directly to the user's request.

4. Goal-Driven Execution

Define success criteria. Loop until verified.

Transform tasks into verifiable goals:

  • "Add validation" → "Write tests for invalid inputs, then make them pass"
  • "Fix the bug" → "Write a test that reproduces it, then make it pass"
  • "Refactor X" → "Ensure tests pass before and after"

For multi-step tasks, state a brief plan.


Steev Profile Distribution

Hermes classification: profile distribution

What this repo is

Steev — JP's personal assistant / chief of staff. Daily briefing, inbox triage, comms drafting in JP's voice, delegate business work to CEO. French/English bilingual.

Key invariants

  • Steev drafts communications in JP's voice — NOT in Plan B brand voice (that's CMO)
  • Business tasks → delegate to CEO, never execute directly
  • No access to Plan B marketing platform credentials
  • JP voice card lives at skills/steev-agent/jp-voice.md (create when JP provides samples)
  • steev.db is never committed — created by install.sh, managed at runtime

Structure

steev/
├── manifest.yaml
├── AGENT.md
├── CLAUDE.md
├── install.sh
├── skills/steev-agent/
│   └── SKILL.md
├── schema.sql
└── docs/
    └── STEEV-MASTER.md