manual_slop/conductor/tracks/agent_personas_20260309/plan.md

Implementation Plan: Agent Personas - Unified Profiles

Phase 1: Core Model and Migration

• Task: Audit src/models.py and src/app_controller.py for all existing AI settings.
• Task: Write Tests: Verify the Persona dataclass can be serialized/deserialized to TOML.
• Task: Implement: Create the Persona model in src/models.py and implement the PersonaManager in src/personas.py (inheriting logic from PresetManager).
• Task: Implement: Create a migration utility to convert existing active_preset and system prompts into an "Initial Legacy" Persona.
• Task: Conductor - User Manual Verification 'Phase 1: Core Model and Migration' (Protocol in workflow.md)

Phase 2: Granular MMA Integration

• Task: Write Tests: Verify that a Ticket or Track can hold a persona_id override.
• Task: Implement: Update the MMA internal state to support per-epic, per-track, and per-task Persona assignments.
• Task: Implement: Update the WorkerContext and ConductorEngine to resolve and apply the correct Persona before spawning an agent.
• Task: Implement: Add "Persona" metadata to the Tier Stream logs to visually confirm which profile is active.
• Task: Conductor - User Manual Verification 'Phase 2: Granular MMA Integration' (Protocol in workflow.md)

Phase 3: Hybrid Persona UI

• Task: Write Tests: Verify that changing the Persona Selector updates the associated UI fields using live_gui.
• Task: Implement: Add the Persona Selector dropdown to the "AI Settings" panel.
• Task: Implement: Refactor the "Manage Presets" modal into a full "Persona Editor" supporting model sets and linked tool presets.
• Task: Implement: Add "Persona Override" controls to the Ticket editing panel in the MMA Dashboard.
• Task: Conductor - User Manual Verification 'Phase 3: Hybrid Persona UI' (Protocol in workflow.md)

Phase 4: Integration and Advanced Logic

• Task: Implement: Logic for "Preferred Model Sets" (trying next model in set if provider returns specific errors).
• Task: Implement: "Linked Tool Preset" resolution (checking for the preset ID and applying its tool list to the agent session).
• Task: Final UI polish, tooltips, and documentation sync.
• Task: Conductor - User Manual Verification 'Phase 4: Integration and Advanced Logic' (Protocol in workflow.md)