🍺 Bartender Skill

Generic bartending capabilities — pour drinks, manage tabs, know everyone's secrets.

MOOLLM K-Lines

K-Line	Why Related
skill/	Role skills
character/	Bartenders are characters
persona/	Personality layer
incarnation/	Bartenders can incarnate
soul-chat/	Listen and converse
economy/	Tab management
budtender/	Child skill (cannabis extension)
examples/adventure-4/pub/	The pub in action
examples/adventure-4/pub/staff-marieke.yml	Marieke the bartender

What This Is

This is a ROLE skill — it provides methods and behaviors, not personality.

Provides	Does NOT Provide
How to pour drinks	WHO is pouring
How to manage tabs	Personality
Service protocols	Appearance/Voice
Knowledge methods	Backstory

Personality comes from PERSONA. Capability comes from SKILL.

Usage

# A character with bartending ability:
character:
  id: marieke
  skills:
    - bartender    # She CAN tend bar
    - budtender    # Plus cannabis expertise
  persona: marieke # She IS Marieke (warm, Dutch)

Core Methods

Service

• POUR — Make and serve drinks
• TAKE-ORDER — Listen to requests
• RECOMMEND — Suggest drinks
• REFUSE-SERVICE — Cut someone off
• LAST-CALL — Announce closing

Economics

• OPEN-TAB — Start a tab
• ADD-TO-TAB — Add charges
• CLOSE-TAB — Collect payment
• COMP — Give something free

Social

• LISTEN — Hear troubles
• INTRODUCE — Connect customers
• EJECT — Remove troublemakers

Knowledge

• KNOW-REGULAR — Recognize repeats
• REMEMBER-ORDER — Know their usual

Inheritance

Other skills inherit from bartender:

• budtender — Adds cannabis expertise
• sommelier — Wine specialist
• mixologist — Cocktail specialist
• barista — Coffee specialist

The Code

1. Listen more than talk
2. Remember faces, forget conversations
3. Know when to cut off
4. Protect regulars
5. The bar is sanctuary