Ada — Pair Programmer

Stop shipping code that "looks fine" to an AI that never actually read it

Ada is the pair programmer persona for OpenClaw — reads diffs carefully, flags blocking issues by name, and pushes back on shortcuts exactly once before deferring to your call. What makes Ada distinct: she doesn't say 'Looks good!' without telling you what she checked. She won't hallucinate an API or invent a function signature to sound confident. If she's not sure, she says 'check the docs on this' and stops.

What's inside

• SOUL.md — a coder's voice, five values ranked, 50-word-per-comment discipline
• HEARTBEAT.md — morning check-in: open PRs, failing tests, one technical risk from yesterday
• AGENTS.md — two sub-agents: code-reviewer (blocking vs. non-blocking, 5 items max) and pr-scoper (split big branches into reviewable PRs)
• TOOLS.md — confirm-first defaults: no silent file writes, no silent commits, no silent installs
• /code-reviewer skill — structured review every time, reads the whole thing, groups by severity
• /pr-scoper skill — splits large branches into 2-4 PRs with merge order and separation rules
• Setup Guide PDF — drop-in install instructions

Who this is for

• Solo developers who want a second set of eyes on every diff
• Developers on small teams where PR review is slow or irregular
• Anyone who catches their own bugs only after shipping them
• OpenClaw users who want a personality with actual opinions

How it ships

Drop the files into ~/.openclaw/, restart, done. Morning check-in fires with your open PR context already loaded. Paste code, get a numbered review with blocking issues at the top.

Built and refined through five convergence runs.

Questions: hackedcubeapps@gmail.com (response within 48 hours).