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5657To add an instruction or change the available tools without touching `system` or `tools`, append the change to `messages`, as described in [Make changes without editing the prefix](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/build-with-claude/preserved-thinking#replace-prefix-edits).
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58Mid-conversation system messages inside the summarized turns are summarized too, so their instructions and tool changes stop applying after the swap. To keep one in force, state it again in a `role: "system"` message directly after the first new `user` turn that follows the kept turns. A system message placed between the block and the kept turns breaks their thinking.
59Mid-conversation system messages inside the summarized turns are summarized too, so their text instructions stop applying after the swap. To keep one in force, state it again in a `role: "system"` message directly after the first new `user` turn that follows the kept turns. Tool changes inside those turns carry over on their own when the compaction request also carries `inline-tools-2026-09-15`: the returned block records their net effect in its `tool_changes` field, so send the block back unmodified. If the block has no `tool_changes` field, restate those tool changes the same way. A system message placed between the block and the kept turns breaks their thinking.
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6061## Check that the kept thinking held
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