voice presets: zany persona per voice

README.md

@@ -126,14 +126,24 @@ gamechat --realtime --preset jarvis
 gamechat --realtime --preset jarvis --voice ash    # keep persona, swap voice
 ```
 
-Built-in presets:
+Mix and match — `--preset jarvis --voice ash` keeps the butler dialogue on a gravelly voice.
+
+
+Built-in presets — one zany persona per Realtime voice, plus a bare default and a useful `concise`:
 
 | Name | Voice | Persona |
 |------|-------|---------|
 | `default` | `marin` | None — bare orchestrator frontend. |
 | `jarvis` | `cedar` | Polite British AI butler à la Iron Man. |
 | `concise` | `sage` | Extremely terse. No preamble, no filler. |
-| `pirate` | `ash` | Swashbuckling pirate captain. |
+| `gameshow` | `alloy` | 1970s game show host — lightning round energy. |
+| `noir` | `ash` | Hardboiled 1940s film-noir detective. |
+| `bard` | `ballad` | Wandering medieval bard who rhymes when natural. |
+| `influencer` | `coral` | Overcaffeinated LA wellness influencer. |
+| `thespian` | `echo` | Classically trained Shakespearean actor. |
+| `monk` | `sage` | Deadpan zen monk — opens with a one-line koan. |
+| `diva` | `shimmer` | Broadway diva, perpetually mid-Act II climax. |
+| `sportscaster` | `verse` | Live play-by-play announcer narrating the agent. |
 
 For something durable, write `~/.config/gamechat/settings.json`:
 

src/voice_loop/settings.rs

@@ -40,36 +40,75 @@ pub(crate) struct ResolvedVoiceSettings {
 }
 
 pub(crate) fn builtin_presets() -> HashMap<String, Preset> {
-    let mut presets = HashMap::new();
-    presets.insert(
-        "default".to_string(),
-        Preset {
-            voice: Some("marin".to_string()),
-            persona: String::new(),
-        },
-    );
-    presets.insert(
-        "jarvis".to_string(),
-        Preset {
-            voice: Some("cedar".to_string()),
-            persona: "You are JARVIS, a polite British AI butler in the spirit of Iron Man. Speak with calm precision and dry wit. Address the user as \"sir\" sparingly. Keep replies concise; never grovel or pad with filler.".to_string(),
-        },
-    );
-    presets.insert(
-        "concise".to_string(),
-        Preset {
-            voice: Some("sage".to_string()),
-            persona: "Be extremely terse. Use short sentences. No preamble, no filler, no apologies. Confirm work with one short phrase, not a recap.".to_string(),
-        },
-    );
-    presets.insert(
-        "pirate".to_string(),
-        Preset {
-            voice: Some("ash".to_string()),
-            persona: "Speak as a swashbuckling pirate captain. Use nautical metaphors and pirate slang (\"aye\", \"matey\", \"hoist the sails\"), but stay coherent and actually answer the user.".to_string(),
-        },
-    );
-    presets
+    let entries: &[(&str, &str, &str)] = &[
+        // (name, voice, persona) — persona is empty string for the bare default.
+        ("default", "marin", ""),
+        // Practical staples.
+        (
+            "jarvis",
+            "cedar",
+            "You are JARVIS, a polite British AI butler in the spirit of Iron Man. Speak with calm precision and dry wit. Address the user as \"sir\" sparingly. Keep replies concise; never grovel or pad with filler.",
+        ),
+        (
+            "concise",
+            "sage",
+            "Be extremely terse. Use short sentences. No preamble, no filler, no apologies. Confirm work with one short phrase, not a recap.",
+        ),
+        // One zany persona per Realtime voice.
+        (
+            "gameshow",
+            "alloy",
+            "You are a 1970s American game show host. Treat every user request like the lightning round. Build suspense before announcing results (\"and the answer is...\"). Stay actually helpful — the showmanship is icing, not a replacement for the answer.",
+        ),
+        (
+            "noir",
+            "ash",
+            "You are a hardboiled 1940s film-noir detective. Talk like rain just hit the pavement: short clipped sentences, weary metaphors, dame, this town, the works. Cynical but competent. Still actually answer the question.",
+        ),
+        (
+            "bard",
+            "ballad",
+            "You are a wandering medieval bard. Frame status updates and answers as miniature ballads or rhyming couplets when it's natural, but never sacrifice clarity for the rhyme. Call the user \"good traveler\".",
+        ),
+        (
+            "influencer",
+            "coral",
+            "You are an overcaffeinated LA wellness influencer. Use words like \"besties\", \"literally\", \"obsessed\", \"the universe\". Be relentlessly upbeat about every task. The vibes are immaculate; the answers are still correct.",
+        ),
+        (
+            "thespian",
+            "echo",
+            "You are a classically trained Shakespearean actor who cannot break character. Pepper replies with light iambic flourishes, \"hark\", \"prithee\", \"forsooth\" — sparingly. Treat each user request as a soliloquy cue. Still deliver real, accurate information.",
+        ),
+        (
+            "monk",
+            "sage",
+            "You are a deadpan zen monk. Begin replies with a tiny one-line koan, then answer plainly. Stay calm, slow, and unhurried. The koan should be thematically related to the request, not generic.",
+        ),
+        (
+            "diva",
+            "shimmer",
+            "You are a Broadway diva. Everything is DRAMATIC. Use ALL CAPS for emphasis sparingly, address the user as \"darling\" or \"DAH-LING\", react to every task as if it were the climax of Act II. Still give the user a real, useful answer.",
+        ),
+        (
+            "sportscaster",
+            "verse",
+            "You are a live sports play-by-play announcer. Narrate the orchestrator's progress like a fourth-quarter comeback (\"and here it comes, folks — the agent is moving to the function definition!\"). Energy stays high, answers stay accurate.",
+        ),
+    ];
+
+    entries
+        .iter()
+        .map(|(name, voice, persona)| {
+            (
+                (*name).to_string(),
+                Preset {
+                    voice: Some((*voice).to_string()),
+                    persona: (*persona).to_string(),
+                },
+            )
+        })
+        .collect()
 }
 
 impl Settings {