Adopt

Loads [[role]], [[color]], or [[perspective]] JSON configuration to enable specialized thinking modes.

Assets are loaded from two locations (runtime takes precedence):

1. $MAENIFOLD_ROOT/assets/ - User-created assets at runtime
2. Built-in assets bundled with maenifold

Parameters

• type (string, required): Asset type: "role", "color", or "perspective"
• identifier (string, required): Asset filename without .json extension

Returns

Raw JSON configuration with personality, principles, approach, checklists, and anti-patterns.

Example

Returns SLC framework configuration: Simple, Lovable, Complete principles with customer-focused evaluation criteria.

Built-in Assets

Roles (16 Professional Domains)

• architect - System design, scalability, patterns
• blue-team - Defense, security hardening
• cfo - Financial strategy, fiscal discipline
• eda-architect - Event-driven architecture design
• eda-platform-engineer - EDA platform implementation
• engineer - Implementation, code quality
• finops-practitioner - Cloud financial operations
• ftk-agent - First-time knowledge acquisition
• mcp-specialist - Model Context Protocol expertise
• product-manager - Customer delight, SLC framework
• prompt-engineer - Prompt design and optimization
• prompt-engineer-codex - Codex-specific prompting
• prompt-engineer-gpt5 - GPT-5 prompt optimization
• red-team - Adversarial testing, vulnerability discovery
• researcher - Evidence, investigation, hypothesis testing
• writer - Documentation, communication

Colors (7 Six Thinking Hats)

• white - Facts, data (neutral)
• red - Emotions, intuition (no justification)
• black - Risks, problems (critical)
• yellow - Benefits, opportunities (optimistic)
• green - Creativity, alternatives (generative)
• blue - Process control, orchestration (meta)
• gray - Analysis, assessment (maenifold extension)

Perspectives (12 Language Modes)

• en - English
• de - German
• es - Spanish
• fr - French
• it - Italian
• ja - Japanese
• ko - Korean
• pt - Portuguese
• ru - Russian
• tr - Turkish
• zh - Chinese
• ar - Arabic

Custom Assets

Create custom assets in $MAENIFOLD_ROOT/assets/{roles,colors,perspectives}/:

Runtime assets override built-in assets with the same identifier.

Common Patterns

Six Thinking Hats Sequence

Multi-Role Code Review

Sequential Thinking with Role

Integration

• SequentialThinking: Adopt roles during structured analysis
• Workflow: Orchestrate role sequences automatically
• WriteMemory: Document insights from different thinking modes

Troubleshooting

Error: "Invalid type 'hat'" → Use type="color" for Six Thinking Hats

Error: "Asset not found: role/pm" → Use exact identifier: "product-manager" not "pm"

Behavior unchanged after adoption → Expected - tool returns configuration, agent must apply it