PERSONA is parsed and inspected but not materialized at runtime

[mostlydev]

Summary

PERSONA is present in the manifesto and the Clawfile surface, but it is currently metadata-only in the runtime path.

The parser, label emitter, and claw inspect path all recognize persona metadata, but the resolved driver model does not carry a persona field into materialization, and there is no clear runtime mounting or restoration path for persona content.

Why this conflicts with the documented model

Relevant docs:

• MANIFESTO.md
  • defines the Persona as one of the core architectural layers
  • describes persona as a portable content layer with memory/history/style/knowledge
  • lists PERSONA as a core Clawfile directive

This reads as a first-class runtime feature, not merely image metadata.

Current implementation evidence

Persona appears in several early stages:

• internal/clawfile/parser.go
• internal/clawfile/emit.go
• internal/inspect/inspect.go
• internal/pod/parser.go
• internal/pod/types.go

But it seems to stop there:

• internal/driver/types.go ResolvedClaw has no persona field
• no obvious driver materialization path appears to mount/import/restore persona content
• claw inspect can print persona metadata, but runtime behavior does not appear to change

Why this matters

Right now operators can reasonably believe persona is a working deployment concept because it is:

• in the manifesto
• in the directive set
• in inspect output

But in practice it appears inert. That creates misleading affordances in one of the core layers of the architecture.

Expected result

One of these should happen:

1. implement persona as a real runtime concern with a resolved model and materialization path, or
2. explicitly mark PERSONA as planned / metadata-only until the real runtime exists

A real implementation likely needs at least:

• persona carried through ResolvedClaw
• a source model for persona content
• deterministic mount/import behavior at materialization time
• clear interaction model with the contract and workspace