diff --git a/src/overseer.ts b/src/overseer.ts
index e7385a1..2acf99f 100644
--- a/src/overseer.ts
+++ b/src/overseer.ts
@@ -195,8 +195,45 @@ export async function runOverseer(config: OverseerConfig) {
           break;
         }
 
+        case "!persona": {
+          const name = parts[1];
+          if (!name) {
+            bot.say(event.target, "Usage: !persona <name> [new persona text]");
+            return;
+          }
+          const newPersona = parts.slice(2).join(" ");
+          if (newPersona) {
+            await reloadAgent(name, { persona: newPersona });
+            bot.say(event.target, `Agent "${name}" persona updated.`);
+          } else {
+            // View current persona — read from agent config via SSH
+            const agents = listAgents();
+            const agent = agents.find((a) => a.name === name);
+            if (!agent) {
+              bot.say(event.target, `Agent "${name}" not found.`);
+              return;
+            }
+            try {
+              const { execFileSync } = await import("node:child_process");
+              const { sshKeyPath } = (await import("./config.js")).CONFIG;
+              const persona = execFileSync("ssh", [
+                "-o", "StrictHostKeyChecking=no",
+                "-o", "UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null",
+                "-o", "ConnectTimeout=3",
+                "-i", sshKeyPath,
+                `root@${agent.ip}`,
+                "cat /etc/agent/persona.md",
+              ], { encoding: "utf-8", timeout: 5_000 }).trim();
+              bot.say(event.target, `${name}: ${persona}`);
+            } catch {
+              bot.say(event.target, `Could not read persona for "${name}".`);
+            }
+          }
+          break;
+        }
+
         case "!help": {
-          bot.say(event.target, "Commands: !invoke <template> [name] | !destroy <name> | !list | !model <name> <model> | !models | !templates | !status | !help");
+          bot.say(event.target, "Commands: !invoke <template> [name] | !destroy <name> | !list | !model <name> <model> | !models | !templates | !persona <name> [text] | !status | !help");
           break;
         }
       }