AI Personalities

noidea's personality system allows you to customize the tone and style of AI-generated feedback, making your Git experience more enjoyable and personalized.

Built-in Personalities

noidea comes with several built-in personalities:

Personality	Description	Best For
professional_sass	Professional with subtle hints of sass	Day-to-day work
snarky_reviewer	Witty, sarcastic code reviewer	Fun environments
supportive_mentor	Encouraging and helpful	Learning/teaching
git_expert	Technical Git best practices	Professional teams
motivational_speaker	Energetic and enthusiastic	Motivation boosts

Using Personalities

You can select a personality in several ways:

Command Line

# Use with moai command
noidea moai --ai --personality supportive_mentor

# List all available personalities
noidea moai --list-personalities

Configuration File

In your ~/.noidea/config.json:

{
  "moai": {
    "personality": "snarky_reviewer"
  }
}

Environment Variable

export NOIDEA_PERSONALITY="git_expert"

Creating Custom Personalities

You can create your own personalities by creating a personalities.toml file in your ~/.noidea/ directory:

[personalities.my_custom_personality]
name = "My Custom Personality"
description = "A personality that matches my team's culture"
system_prompt = """
You are a Git expert with my company's specific style.
Your responses should be concise and follow our team conventions.
Highlight performance improvements and security considerations.
Keep your responses under 100 characters.
"""
user_prompt_format = """
Commit message: "{{.Message}}"
Time of day: {{.TimeOfDay}}
{{if .Diff}}Commit diff summary: {{.Diff}}{{end}}

Provide feedback that matches our team culture:
"""
max_tokens = 150
temperature = 0.5

Personality Template Variables

Your custom personalities can use these template variables:

Variable	Description
{{.Message}}	The commit message
{{.TimeOfDay}}	Current time (e.g., "morning", "afternoon")
{{.Diff}}	Commit diff (if included)
{{.Username}}	Git username
{{.RepoName}}	Repository name
{{.CommitHistory}}	Recent commit messages

Personality Settings

Setting	Description	Default
name	Display name for the personality	Required
description	Brief description	Required
system_prompt	Instructions for the AI	Required
user_prompt_format	Template for the user prompt	Required
max_tokens	Maximum response length	150
temperature	Randomness (0.0-1.0)	0.7

Setting a Default Personality

To set the default personality in your configuration:

{
  "moai": {
    "personality": "my_custom_personality",
    "personality_file": "~/.noidea/personalities.toml"
  }
}

Tips for Creating Personalities

• Keep system prompts concise and specific
• For consistent results, use lower temperature values (0.2-0.5)
• For more creative results, use higher values (0.7-0.9)
• Test your personality with different types of commits
• Include specific guidelines about response formatting and length