{"version":"2.1.86","anchor":"agent-system-prompt-refinements","canonical_anchor":"agent-system-prompt-refinements","heading":"Agent System Prompt Refinements","tier":null,"area":null,"scope":null,"heads_up":null,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.86\/e\/agent-system-prompt-refinements","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.86","markdown":"### Agent System Prompt Refinements\n\nAgent system prompts have been refined with more specific guidance:\n\n- New \"don't gold-plate\" phrasing: \"Complete the task fully\u2014don't gold-plate, but don't cut corners\"\n- More emphatic `$TMPDIR` guidance: \"TMPDIR is automatically set to the correct sandbox-writable directory\" (removed fallback variable mention)\n- New guidance on failure handling: \"diagnose why before switching tactics\u2014read the error, check your assumptions, try a focused fix\"\n- Fork workers now use a `\"Your directive:\"` prefix with a `\"fork-boilerplate\"` key instead of embedded boilerplate text\n- Summary format now strictly requires `<analysis>` and `<summary>` blocks with tool-call prohibition: \"CRITICAL: Respond with TEXT ONLY. Do NOT call any tools\"\n\n**Evidence**\n\nAgent prompt changes (search for `\"Your directive:\"` and `\"CRITICAL: Respond with TEXT ONLY\"`)"}