[mnicky]

For things the agent forgets to obey often, at least in Claude Code, there are also "output styles" that are more deeply embedded - into a system prompt - and agent is also periodically reminded of them during the session: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/output-styles

I haven't used them so far but maybe these would work better than basic instructions for such cases.

[hungryhobbit]

In practice output styles are just more context (equivalent to CLAUDE.md or memory) ... but with a slightly increased weight.

[sznio]

didn't know of that. I'll switch it to learning mode at work, wondering how long it's going to last.