Cline Personas

An MCP server for managing .clinerules files using shared components and persona templates.

Features

• Component Management: Create, read, update and delete reusable components
• Persona Templates: Define persona templates with mustache-style variable substitution
• Dependency Validation: Ensure persona templates only reference existing components
• Activation System: Activate personas by writing to .clinerules file
• Version Tracking: Track versions for both components and personas
• File-based Storage: Store components and personas as JSON files

Installation

1. Clone the repository
2. Install dependencies:

npm install

3. Build the project:

npm run build

Usage

Managing Components

import { ComponentPersonaService } from './src/service';

const service = new ComponentPersonaService(process.cwd());

// Create a new component
service.setComponent('greeting', 'Welcome message', 'Hello {{name}}!', 1);

// Get a component
const component = service.getComponent('greeting');

// List all components
const components = service.listComponents();

Managing Personas

// Create a new persona
service.setPersona(
  'welcome',
  'Welcome persona',
  '{{greeting}}\nPlease enjoy your stay!',
  1
);

// Activate a persona
service.activatePersona('welcome');

// Get active persona
const active = service.getActivePersona();

File Structure

.cline-personas/
  components/
    [component-name].json
  personas/
    [persona-name].json
src/
  component.ts    # Component class and operations
  persona.ts      # Persona class and template rendering
  service.ts      # Main service implementation
  index.ts        # MCP server entry point
test/             # Unit tests

API Documentation

ComponentPersonaService

The main service class providing all operations:

• Component Operations:

  • setComponent(name, description, text, version)
  • getComponent(name)
  • listComponents()
  • deleteComponent(name)

• Persona Operations:

  • setPersona(name, description, template, version)
  • getPersona(name)
  • listPersonas()
  • deletePersona(name)
  • activatePersona(name)
  • getActivePersona()
  • renderPersona(name)

Development

Run tests:

npm test

Build the project:

npm run build

Run the MCP server:

npm start