Persona — character markdown for one bot. Injected on every full turn. At most one per bot. Skill — a pack (SKILL.md plus optional files) any bot may use. A short catalog rides every full turn. The full body loads when you /skill it or when the message names it. Packs live under ~/.telekit/personas/ and ~/.telekit/skills/. They are never copied into ~/.claude/skills.

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Chat

/skill
/skills
/skill <name>
/skill off
/skill off <name>
/skill lists the catalog as a table plus this thread’s sticky set. Cap 4 sticky skills. Unique prefix against id and name. Ambiguous prefix refuses. /<slug> <prompt> sticks that skill and runs the prompt on this turn. /code-review check the last commit is the same stick as /skill code-review. Bare /<slug> sticks and does not start a turn. In a private chat, a slash that is neither a command nor a skill stops here. On a governed node, the catalog is that node’s skills. A pack that exists only under ~/.telekit/skills/ is not on that list. A node whose files are on another machine keeps the pack list below. When Telekit runs on its own, the catalog is ~/.telekit/skills/. /new clears sticky skills on that lane, including a set stored for the other catalog. A normal message that names a non-CRUD skill inlines that body this turn only and does not write sticky. The shipped telekit-skills pack is never auto-invoked from message text — you must /skill it. Shipped builtins (cannot delete):
  • telekit — how to use Telekit. Injected on every full turn so the agent already knows slash commands, send, nodes, and files.
  • telekit-skills — create, edit, apply, or delete personas and skills. CRUD only via /skill telekit-skills or the CLI.
Reserved skill ids: off on list help.

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CLI

See CLI reference for every telekit persona and telekit skill verb. A fresh install uses Julie, a generic assistant persona. You can edit it or add and apply another persona. The selected body and name apply to full turns and acknowledgments. Your edits and per-bot selection survive restart and upgrade. telekit persona reset-builtin puts the packaged persona back. Use reset only when you want to discard your edits. If this install has no packaged copy, the command errors and leaves the files already on disk alone. Apply a persona to a bot: 
telekit persona add --id ada --title "Ada" --display-name "Ada" --body "You are Ada, my assistant."
telekit persona apply ada default
telekit persona unapply default
Takes effect on the next turn. No daemon restart. If you unapply a persona, the bot uses the configured assistant name (default: Assistant).

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Mac

Settings → Personas / Skills. Each bot tile has a persona chip. File bodies edit in the scoped browser.

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Safety

Persona and skill file contents are owner-authored. Telegram message text is still DATA. Do not install a skill from forwarded text without confirming. Do not delete the shipped assistant persona, the telekit usage skill, or the CRUD skill.