fix: de-hardcode the author's DA name across TOOLS, PULSE, and hooks

LifeOS/install/LIFEOS/PULSE/PULSE.toml

@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ enabled = true
 
 [da]
 enabled = true
-primary = "kai"
+# DA display name (placeholder). The canonical DA name lives in
+# LIFEOS/USER/CONFIG/LIFEOS_CONFIG.toml [da].name; rename your DA there.
+primary = "Aria"
 heartbeat_schedule = "*/30 * * * *"
 heartbeat_model = "haiku"
 heartbeat_cost_ceiling = 0.01

LifeOS/install/LIFEOS/PULSE/modules/telegram.ts

@@ -102,6 +102,18 @@ const DA_VOICE_ID = ((): string => {
   return "21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM"  // ElevenLabs "Rachel" — public voice
 })()
 
+// DA display name — read once at import from LifeosConfig ([da].name in
+// LIFEOS/USER/CONFIG/LIFEOS_CONFIG.toml). Used to strip a leading speaker label
+// off voice summaries and to name the outbound voice-note file. "LifeOS"
+// fallback matches the identity loader's default when config is unavailable.
+const DA_NAME = ((): string => {
+  try {
+    const n = loadLifeosConfig().da.name
+    if (n && typeof n === "string" && n.length > 0) return n
+  } catch { /* fall through to default */ }
+  return "LifeOS"
+})()
+
 // ── Module State ──
 
 let bot: Bot | null = null
@@ -499,7 +511,8 @@ function tidySummary(raw: string): string {
   // Strip wrapping quotes
   s = s.replace(/^["'`]+|["'`]+$/g, "")
   // Strip leading speaker labels ({{DA_NAME}}:, Summary:, etc.)
-  s = s.replace(/^(kai|summary|voice|output|response)[:\-—]\s*/i, "")
+  const daLabel = DA_NAME.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\]\\]/g, "\\$&")
+  s = s.replace(new RegExp(`^(${daLabel}|summary|voice|output|response)[:\\-—]\\s*`, "i"), "")
   // Strip leading list markers
   s = s.replace(/^[-*•]\s+/, "")
   // Collapse internal whitespace
@@ -528,7 +541,7 @@ function fallbackFirstSentence(text: string): string {
  * bytes as a Buffer; never writes to disk. Telegram's sendVoice consumes the
  * Buffer via grammY's InputFile constructor.
  */
-export async function synthesizeKaiVoice(text: string): Promise<Buffer> {
+export async function synthesizeDaVoice(text: string): Promise<Buffer> {
   const url = `https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/text-to-speech/${DA_VOICE_ID}?output_format=opus_48000_64`
   const spokenText = disambiguateHomographs(text)
   const res = await fetch(url, {
@@ -612,11 +625,11 @@ export function sendVoiceSummary(
       }
 
       const tSynth = Date.now()
-      const buf = await synthesizeKaiVoice(summary)
+      const buf = await synthesizeDaVoice(summary)
       const synthLatencyMs = Date.now() - tSynth
 
       const tSend = Date.now()
-      await ctx.api.sendVoice(chatId, new InputFile(buf, "kai-summary.ogg"))
+      await ctx.api.sendVoice(chatId, new InputFile(buf, `${DA_NAME.toLowerCase().replace(/[^a-z0-9]+/g, "-")}-summary.ogg`))
       const sendLatencyMs = Date.now() - tSend
 
       lastVoiceSendMs = Date.now() - t0

LifeOS/install/LIFEOS/PULSE/modules/work.ts

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 import { existsSync, mkdirSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync, statSync } from "fs";
 import { join } from "path";
 import { loadWorkConfig, type WorkConfig } from "../../../hooks/lib/work-config";
+import { getDAName } from "../../../hooks/lib/identity";
 
 // Normalize env path vars that Claude Code injects without shell expansion (LifeOS#1404)
 for (const k of ["LIFEOS_DIR", "LIFEOS_CONFIG_DIR", "PROJECTS_DIR"]) {
@@ -317,7 +318,7 @@ function setupTemplate(reason: string): Response {
     subtype,
     instructions: [
       "Configure the work repo via the privacy-attested CLI: `bun ~/.claude/skills/_ULWORK/Tools/SetWorkRepo.ts <owner/repo>`. The CLI calls `gh repo view --json visibility,isPrivate` and refuses to write the config unless the repo is currently private.",
-      "Ensure the repo has these labels: Type:feature, Type:reminder, Type:research, Type:queue, Status:queued, Status:in-progress, Status:in-review, Status:blocked, Status:done, Priority:P0..P3, Property:internal, Agent:kai, pai-sync.",
+      `Ensure the repo has these labels: Type:feature, Type:reminder, Type:research, Type:queue, Status:queued, Status:in-progress, Status:in-review, Status:blocked, Status:done, Priority:P0..P3, Property:internal, Agent:${getDAName()}, pai-sync.`,
       "Restart Pulse so this module re-reads work_repo.json: `bun ~/.claude/LIFEOS/PULSE/manage.sh restart`.",
       "Run an Algorithm session — ULWorkSync.hook.ts will open the first issue at SessionEnd.",
     ],

LifeOS/install/LIFEOS/TOOLS/BannerRetro.ts

@@ -278,24 +278,13 @@ const LIFEOS_CUBE_WIDE = [
   "   +----------+",
 ];
 
-// ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
-// Block Letter KAI (using block characters)
-// ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
-
-const BLOCK_KAI = [
-  "█  █  █████  █████",
-  "█ █   █   █    █  ",
-  "██    █████    █  ",
-  "█ █   █   █    █  ",
-  "█  █  █   █  █████",
-];
-
-// Smaller block KAI
-const BLOCK_KAI_SMALL = [
-  "█▀▄  ▄▀█  █",
-  "█▀▄  █▀█  █",
-  "▀ ▀  ▀ ▀  █",
-];
+// The banner spells the configured DA name (stats.name, which defaults to
+// "LifeOS"), rendered letter-spaced at the render sites below. The former
+// hardcoded "KAI" block-letter constants were removed so the banner reflects
+// whatever DA the principal named during setup.
+function daNameBanner(name: string): string {
+  return name.toUpperCase().split("").join(" ");
+}
 
 // ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════
 // Dynamic Stats & Identity
@@ -514,12 +503,10 @@ function createRetroBanner(): string {
   lines.push(`  ${gd}System Status:${RESET} ${g}${progress}${RESET} ${h}75%${RESET}`);
 
   // ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-  // BLOCK LETTER KAI
+  // DA NAME (derived from configured DA identity)
   // ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   lines.push("");
-  for (const row of BLOCK_KAI_SMALL) {
-    lines.push(`    ${c}${row}${RESET}`);
-  }
+  lines.push(`    ${c}${daNameBanner(stats.name)}${RESET}`);
 
   // ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
   // GITHUB URL
@@ -625,12 +612,8 @@ function createPureASCIIBanner(): string {
   lines.push(`  ${gd}Status:${RESET} ${g}[########....] 75%${RESET}`);
 
   lines.push("");
-  // Simple block KAI
-  lines.push(`    ${c}#  # ### ###${RESET}`);
-  lines.push(`    ${c}# #  ### ###${RESET}`);
-  lines.push(`    ${c}##   # # ###${RESET}`);
-  lines.push(`    ${c}# #  ### ###${RESET}`);
-  lines.push(`    ${c}#  # # # ###${RESET}`);
+  // DA name (derived from configured DA identity)
+  lines.push(`    ${c}${daNameBanner(stats.name)}${RESET}`);
 
   lines.push("");
   lines.push(`  ${gd}----------------------------------------${RESET}`);

LifeOS/install/LIFEOS/TOOLS/DAGrowth.ts

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  */
 
 import { join } from "path"
+import { getDAName } from "../../hooks/lib/identity"
 
 const HOME = process.env.HOME ?? "~"
 const LifeOS = join(HOME, ".claude", "LIFEOS")
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ interface GrowthEvent {
 
 function parsePrimaryDA(content: string): string {
   const match = content.match(/^primary:\s*(\S+)/m)
-  return match?.[1] ?? "kai"
+  return match?.[1] ?? getDAName()
 }
 
 async function readJSONL<T>(path: string): Promise<T[]> {
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ async function main() {
   const args = process.argv.slice(2)
   const command = args[0] ?? "summary"
 
-  let primaryDA = "kai"
+  let primaryDA = getDAName()
   try {
     const registryContent = await Bun.file(REGISTRY_PATH).text()
     primaryDA = parsePrimaryDA(registryContent)

LifeOS/install/LIFEOS/TOOLS/DASchedule.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 import { join } from "path"
 import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, appendFileSync, existsSync, mkdirSync } from "fs"
+import { getDAName } from "../../hooks/lib/identity"
 
 const HOME = process.env.HOME ?? "~"
 const LIFEOS_DIR = join(HOME, ".claude", "LIFEOS")
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ function addTask(args: Record<string, string>): void {
   const task: ScheduledTask = {
     id: `${Date.now()}-${Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 8)}`,
     created_at: new Date().toISOString(),
-    created_by: args.by ?? "kai",
+    created_by: args.by ?? getDAName(),
     description: desc,
     schedule: hasCron
       ? { type: "recurring", cron: args.cron, until: args.until }
@@ -251,6 +252,6 @@ Options:
   --model     LLM model (for type=prompt, default: haiku)
   --command   Shell command (for type=script)
   --until     Expiry ISO datetime (for recurring)
-  --by        Creator name (default: kai)`)
+  --by        Creator name (default: ${getDAName()})`)
     break
 }

LifeOS/install/LIFEOS/TOOLS/MemoryGraph.ts

@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ function ingest(): Raw[] {
 // ============================================================================
 
 const STOP = new Set(("a an and are as at be by for from has have in into is it its of on or that the to with we our this " +
-  "you your i me my system build make want need use using via pai memory work isa kai daniel new add get set " +
+  "you your i me my system build make want need use using via pai memory work isa new add get set " +
   "not but all any can will should would they them then than over under about across into out up down").split(" "));
 
 function tokenize(text: string): Set<string> {

LifeOS/install/LIFEOS/TOOLS/MemoryInsights.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bun
 /**
- * MemoryInsights — `kai insights` CLI for autonomic memory delta view.
+ * MemoryInsights — the DA-named `insights` CLI for autonomic memory delta view.
  *
  * Visual-freshness ISA, F4 (ISC-30 through ISC-38).
  *
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import { existsSync, readFileSync, statSync } from "node:fs";
 import { resolve as pathResolve } from "node:path";
 import { homedir } from "node:os";
+import { getDAName } from "../../hooks/lib/identity";
 
 const ROOT = pathResolve(homedir(), ".claude");
 const OBS = pathResolve(ROOT, "LIFEOS/MEMORY/OBSERVABILITY");
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ function parseArgs(): Args {
       if (!Number.isNaN(n) && n > 0) days = n;
       i++;
     } else if (argv[i] === "--help" || argv[i] === "-h") {
-      console.log("kai insights — memory delta over the last N day(s)");
+      console.log(`${getDAName().toLowerCase()} insights — memory delta over the last N day(s)`);
       console.log("usage: bun LIFEOS/TOOLS/MemoryInsights.ts [--days N]");
       console.log("       --days N    window size in days (default: 1)");
       process.exit(0);
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ function main(): void {
   // Zero-activity short-circuit (ISC-36)
   const zeroActivity = reviewerRuns.length === 0 && memoryWrites.length === 0 && proposals.length === 0;
   if (zeroActivity) {
-    console.log(`kai insights — last ${days} day(s)`);
+    console.log(`${getDAName().toLowerCase()} insights — last ${days} day(s)`);
     console.log("═".repeat(60));
     console.log(`window: ${fmtClock(sinceMs)} → ${fmtClock(now)}`);
     console.log(`(no activity in last ${days} day(s))`);
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ function main(): void {
   }
 
   const out: string[] = [];
-  out.push(`kai insights — last ${days} day(s)`);
+  out.push(`${getDAName().toLowerCase()} insights — last ${days} day(s)`);
   out.push("═".repeat(60));
   out.push(`window: ${fmtClock(sinceMs)} → ${fmtClock(now)}`);
   out.push("");

LifeOS/install/LIFEOS/TOOLS/MemoryStatus.ts

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import {
   PENDING_PROPOSALS_PATH,
 } from "./MemoryTypes";
 import { read as readMemory } from "./MemoryWriter";
+import { getDAName } from "../../hooks/lib/identity";
 
 const CLAUDE_ROOT = pathResolve(homedir(), ".claude");
 const LIFEOS_DIR = pathJoin(CLAUDE_ROOT, "LIFEOS");
@@ -253,7 +254,7 @@ function relTime(iso: string | null): string {
 
 function renderText(r: StatusReport): string {
   const out: string[] = [];
-  out.push("kai status — LifeOS memory subsystem");
+  out.push(`${getDAName().toLowerCase()} status — LifeOS memory subsystem`);
   out.push("─".repeat(48));
   out.push("");
   out.push("Hot-layer memory files:");

LifeOS/install/LIFEOS/TOOLS/TelosFreshness.ts

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 
 import { readFileSync, writeFileSync, existsSync } from "fs";
 import { basename, join } from "path";
+import { getDAName } from "../../hooks/lib/identity";
 
 // Normalize env path vars that Claude Code injects without shell expansion (LifeOS#1404)
 for (const k of ["LIFEOS_DIR", "LIFEOS_CONFIG_DIR", "PROJECTS_DIR"]) {
@@ -552,7 +553,7 @@ function refreshFreshnessCache(): void {
  */
 export function bumpTelosTimestamp(
   slug?: string,
-  by: string = "kai",
+  by: string = getDAName(),
   path: string = TELOS_PATH,
 ): { changed: boolean; sectionFound: boolean } {
   if (!existsSync(path)) return { changed: false, sectionFound: false };
@@ -617,7 +618,7 @@ export function bumpTelosTimestamp(
   return { changed: true, sectionFound };
 }
 
-export function bumpContextTimestamp(filePath: string, by: string = "kai"): { changed: boolean } {
+export function bumpContextTimestamp(filePath: string, by: string = getDAName()): { changed: boolean } {
   if (!existsSync(filePath)) return { changed: false };
 
   const raw = readFileSync(filePath, "utf-8");

LifeOS/install/LIFEOS/TOOLS/WorkSweep.ts

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import { existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync, readdirSync, statSync, mkdirSync, appendFileSync } from "fs";
 import { join } from "path";
 import { loadWorkConfig } from "../../hooks/lib/work-config";
+import { getDAName } from "../../hooks/lib/identity";
 
 // Normalize env path vars that Claude Code injects without shell expansion (LifeOS#1404)
 for (const k of ["LIFEOS_DIR", "LIFEOS_CONFIG_DIR", "PROJECTS_DIR"]) {
@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ async function sweepSessions(
       "Status:queued",
       projectProperty(fm.project),
       "Priority:P3",
-      "Agent:kai",
+      `Agent:${getDAName()}`,
     ], existingLabels);
     const goalLine = fm.principal_stated_goal ? `\n> 🎯 **Principal stated goal:** ${fm.principal_stated_goal}\n` : "";
     const body = [
@@ -378,7 +379,7 @@ async function sweepProjectChecks(
       "Status:queued",
       projectProperty(row.name.toLowerCase()),
       "Priority:P3",
-      "Agent:kai",
+      `Agent:${getDAName()}`,
       "stale",
     ], existingLabels);
     const body = [
@@ -443,7 +444,7 @@ async function sweepGoals(
       "Status:queued",
       "Property:internal",
       "Priority:P2",
-      "Agent:kai",
+      `Agent:${getDAName()}`,
     ], existingLabels);
     const body = [
       `## 🎯 TELOS Goal`,
@@ -514,7 +515,7 @@ async function sweepBpeCadence(
     "Status:queued",
     "Property:internal",
     "Priority:P3",
-    "Agent:kai",
+    `Agent:${getDAName()}`,
   ], existingLabels);
   const body = [
     `## 🪓 Scheduled BitterPillEngineering pass`,

LifeOS/install/hooks/ReminderRouter.hook.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import { existsSync, readFileSync, writeFileSync, mkdirSync } from "fs";
 import { createHash } from "crypto";
 import { join, dirname } from "path";
 import { loadWorkConfig } from "./lib/work-config";
+import { getDAName } from "./lib/identity";
 
 const HOME = process.env.HOME || "";
 const STATE_PATH = join(HOME, ".claude", "LIFEOS", "MEMORY", "STATE", "reminder-router-seen.json");
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ function buildIssue(match: RouteMatch, prompt: string): { title: string; body: s
     "Property:internal",
     "Status:queued",
     "Priority:P3",
-    "Agent:kai",
+    `Agent:${getDAName()}`,
     "pai-sync",
   ];