🎉 Dynamic Assistant Names - No More Hardcoded "Kai" References

[danielmiessler]

Summary

We've addressed community feedback about hardcoded "Kai" references that made PAI difficult to customize. Your assistant name is now fully dynamic!

What Changed

Setup Wizard Improvements

• Default assistant name changed from "Kai" to "Assistant"
• Interactive setup now shows helpful examples: "Nova, Atlas, Sage"
• New Step 5 automatically personalizes all agent and art workflow files

Template System

All references to the assistant name now use Mustache templates ({{{assistantName}}}) that get substituted during setup:

• 7 agent files - Agent identity sections now reference your chosen name
• 14 art workflow files - Image signatures now use your assistant's name
• Voice config - Changed from "kai" key to generic "main" key

How It Works

When you run the setup wizard:

bun run .claude/tools/setup/setup.ts

And choose your assistant name (e.g., "Atlas"), the system automatically:

1. Sets $DA environment variable to your name
2. Processes all agent markdown files
3. Processes all art workflow files
4. Replaces {{{assistantName}}} with your chosen name

Thank You! 🙏

Special thanks to @AlphaRoy14 who raised this issue in Discord - pointing out that 68+ hardcoded "Kai" references made adoption difficult. This kind of feedback helps make PAI better for everyone!

Updating Existing Installations

If you've already installed PAI and want to personalize it:

1. Re-run the setup wizard:

   cd ~/.claude/tools/setup
   bun run setup.ts

2. Or manually update your shell profile's $DA variable and run the template processor.

Files Changed

• .claude/tools/setup/setup.ts - Added processTemplateFiles step
• .claude/tools/setup/configurators/index.ts - New template processing function
• .claude/tools/setup/interactive.ts - Better placeholder examples
• .claude/agents/*.md - All 7 agent files now use templates
• .claude/skills/Art/workflows/*.md - All 14 workflow files now use templates
• .claude/hooks/stop-hook.ts - Generic "main" voice config
• docs/QUICKSTART.md - Updated examples

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The PAI template is now truly yours to customize. Name your AI whatever you want! 🚀

[sti0]

Hi Daniel,
thanks for sharing this awesome project.
I found some Kai references left in .claude/skills/CORE/CONSTITUTION.md.

Are they expected?

BR

[sti0]

Seems like the CORE Skill is a little Bit outdated in general.

The referenced history system does not exist (anymore).

Any chance to bring it back in?

[danielmiessler]

Please refer to this major change coming to the repo that should address your issues. If it doesn't please resubmit. Thank you for the work!

#222