diff --git a/packages/persona-kit/README.md b/packages/persona-kit/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57352c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/persona-kit/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# @agentworkforce/persona-kit
+
+Persona-kit owns the AgentWorkforce persona instantiation lifecycle. See tracking issue [#64](https://github.com/AgentWorkforce/workforce/issues/64).
diff --git a/packages/persona-kit/package.json b/packages/persona-kit/package.json
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index 0000000..5139402
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/persona-kit/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+{
+  "name": "@agentworkforce/persona-kit",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "private": false,
+  "type": "module",
+  "main": "dist/index.js",
+  "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
+  "exports": {
+    ".": {
+      "types": "./dist/index.d.ts",
+      "default": "./dist/index.js"
+    }
+  },
+  "files": [
+    "dist",
+    "README.md",
+    "package.json"
+  ],
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/AgentWorkforce/workforce",
+    "directory": "packages/persona-kit"
+  },
+  "publishConfig": {
+    "access": "public"
+  },
+  "scripts": {
+    "build": "tsc -p tsconfig.json",
+    "dev": "tsc -p tsconfig.json --watch --preserveWatchOutput",
+    "typecheck": "tsc -p tsconfig.json --noEmit",
+    "test": "tsc -p tsconfig.json && node --test dist/*.test.js",
+    "lint": "tsc -p tsconfig.json --noEmit"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/persona-kit/src/index.ts b/packages/persona-kit/src/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb0ff5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/persona-kit/src/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export {};
diff --git a/packages/persona-kit/tsconfig.json b/packages/persona-kit/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df59da5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/persona-kit/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "rootDir": "src",
+    "outDir": "dist"
+  },
+  "include": ["src/**/*.ts"]
+}
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 0825386..8592711 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ importers:
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../workload-router
 
+  packages/persona-kit: {}
+
   packages/personas-core: {}
 
   packages/workload-router: {}