{"version":"2.1.83","anchor":"memory-system-prompt-refinements","canonical_anchor":"memory-system-prompt-refinements","heading":"Memory System Prompt Refinements","tier":null,"area":null,"scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.83\/e\/memory-system-prompt-refinements","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.83","markdown":"### Memory System Prompt Refinements\n\nThe memory guidance system prompt has been significantly rewritten for clarity:\n\n- MEMORY.md entries are now recommended to be under ~200 characters (up from ~150) with detail moved to topic files\n- Byte-size truncation added alongside line-count truncation for oversized MEMORY.md files\n- New instruction: \"If the user says to *ignore* or *not use* memory: proceed as if MEMORY.md were empty\"\n- HTML comment stripping added when processing MEMORY.md content\n\n**Evidence**\n\nMemory prompt updates (search for `\"Keep index entries to one line under ~200 chars\"`)"}