diff --git a/src/tui.rs b/src/tui.rs
index 799527b..f2ec5ba 100644
--- a/src/tui.rs
+++ b/src/tui.rs
@@ -683,20 +683,30 @@ fn load_identity_context() -> String {
         "[identity]\nuser: {user_handle}\nyou: {bot_handle} ({bot_did})\nnetwork: {network}\n\n"
     ));
 
-    // Recent chat (last 2 entries for context)
+    // Core personality from atproto record
     let bot_path = config["bot"]["path"].as_str().unwrap_or("");
     let expanded = expand_tilde(bot_path);
-    let chat_dir = format!(
-        "{}/{}/ai.syui.log.chat",
-        if expanded.is_empty() { format!("{}/ai.syui.log/at", crate::config::config_dir()) } else { expanded.clone() },
-        config["bot"]["did"].as_str().unwrap_or("did")
-    );
+    let base = if expanded.is_empty() {
+        format!("{}/ai.syui.log/at", crate::config::config_dir())
+    } else {
+        expanded.clone()
+    };
+    let core_path = format!("{}/{bot_did}/ai.syui.gpt.core/self.json", base);
+    if let Ok(content) = std::fs::read_to_string(&core_path) {
+        if let Ok(record) = serde_json::from_str::<serde_json::Value>(&content) {
+            if let Some(text) = record["value"]["content"]["text"].as_str() {
+                if !text.is_empty() {
+                    let short: String = text.chars().take(500).collect();
+                    ctx.push_str(&format!("[core]\n{short}\n\n"));
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 
+    // Recent chat (reuse base from core path)
+    let chat_dir = format!("{}/{bot_did}/ai.syui.log.chat", base);
     let user_did = config["did"].as_str().unwrap_or("");
-    let user_chat_dir = format!("{}/{}/ai.syui.log.chat",
-        if expanded.is_empty() { format!("{}/ai.syui.log/at", crate::config::config_dir()) } else { expanded },
-        user_did
-    );
+    let user_chat_dir = format!("{base}/{user_did}/ai.syui.log.chat");
 
     for dir in [&chat_dir, &user_chat_dir] {
         if let Ok(mut entries) = std::fs::read_dir(dir) {