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bellwether profile

Manage interview profiles for different testing scenarios.

Synopsis​

bellwether profile <subcommand> [options]

Description​

Profiles let you save and reuse interview configurations for different scenarios. For example, you might have a "quick" profile for CI and a "thorough" profile for release testing.

Subcommands​

list​

List all available profiles.

bellwether profile list

Output:

Available profiles:
  default     Default interview settings
  quick       Fast CI checks (1 question, cheap model)
  security    Security-focused testing
  thorough    Comprehensive testing (5 questions, all personas)

create​

Create a new profile.

bellwether profile create <name> [options]

Options:

OptionDescription
--provider <provider>LLM provider
--model <model>LLM model
--max-questions <n>Questions per tool
--personas <list>Comma-separated personas

Example:

bellwether profile create security-audit \
  --provider anthropic \
  --model claude-sonnet-4-5 \
  --max-questions 5 \
  --personas security_tester

use​

Set the active profile for subsequent commands.

bellwether profile use <name>

Example:

bellwether profile use security-audit
bellwether interview npx your-server  # Uses security-audit profile

show​

Show details of a profile.

bellwether profile show <name>

delete​

Delete a profile.

bellwether profile delete <name>

Examples​

Create a CI Profile​

# Create a fast, cheap profile for CI
bellwether profile create ci \
  --provider openai \
  --model gpt-4o-mini \
  --max-questions 1 \
  --personas technical_writer

# Use in CI
bellwether profile use ci
bellwether interview --ci npx your-server

Create a Security Audit Profile​

bellwether profile create security \
  --provider anthropic \
  --model claude-sonnet-4-5 \
  --max-questions 10 \
  --personas security_tester,qa_engineer

Create a Thorough Testing Profile​

bellwether profile create release \
  --provider openai \
  --model gpt-5.2 \
  --max-questions 5 \
  --personas technical_writer,security_tester,qa_engineer,novice_user

Profile Storage​

Profiles are stored in ~/.bellwether/profiles/:

~/.bellwether/
  profiles/
    default.yaml
    ci.yaml
    security.yaml
    release.yaml

Each profile is a YAML file with interview settings:

# ~/.bellwether/profiles/security.yaml
llm:
  provider: anthropic
  model: claude-sonnet-4-5

interview:
  maxQuestionsPerTool: 10
  personas:
    - security_tester
    - qa_engineer

See Also​