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# [Persona Persistence Attacks: When Your AI Agent's Soul File Becomes a Backdoor](https://clawsouls.hashnode.dev/persona-persistence-attacks-when-your-ai-agents-soul-file-becomes-a-backdoor?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Your Agent's Identity File Is a Security Surface Every modern AI coding agent loads persistent configuration files at startup: CLAUDE.md, AGENTS.md, SOUL.md, .cursorrules. These files define how your agent behaves — coding conventions, safety rules, ...

Mar 31 · 3 min read · clawsouls.hashnode.dev  
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