Calibration, Not Role-Playing
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Calibration, Not Role-Playing
Telling Claude to “act like a senior developer” and telling Claude what kind of collaborator you want are different things. The first is role-playing. The second is calibration.
Role-playing produces a performance. Calibration produces a working style.
A soul document (SOUL.md) defines Claude’s character in your context. Not its capabilities — its personality, values, and communication style. When Claude has this, it stops defaulting to helpful-but-generic and becomes a specific kind of collaborator.