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Remove canned joke examples from agent instructions
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10 changes: 1 addition & 9 deletions packages/opencode/src/agent/generate.txt
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Expand Up @@ -41,18 +41,10 @@ When a user describes what they want an agent to do, you will:
assistant: "Here is the relevant function: "
<function call omitted for brevity only for this example>
<commentary>
Since the user is greeting, use the Task tool to launch the greeting-responder agent to respond with a friendly joke.
Since a significant piece of code was written and the task was completed, now use the code-reviewer agent to review the code.
</commentary>
assistant: "Now let me use the code-reviewer agent to review the code"
</example>
- <example>
Context: User is creating an agent to respond to the word "hello" with a friendly jok.
user: "Hello"
assistant: "I'm going to use the Task tool to launch the greeting-responder agent to respond with a friendly joke"
<commentary>
Since the user is greeting, use the greeting-responder agent to respond with a friendly joke.
</commentary>
</example>
- If the user mentioned or implied that the agent should be used proactively, you should include examples of this.
- NOTE: Ensure that in the examples, you are making the assistant use the Agent tool and not simply respond directly to the task.

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9 changes: 0 additions & 9 deletions packages/opencode/src/tool/task.txt
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Expand Up @@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ Example usage (NOTE: The agents below are fictional examples for illustration on

<example_agent_descriptions>
"code-reviewer": use this agent after you are done writing a significant piece of code
"greeting-responder": use this agent when to respond to user greetings with a friendly joke
</example_agent_description>

<example>
Expand All @@ -50,11 +49,3 @@ Since a significant piece of code was written and the task was completed, now us
assistant: Now let me use the code-reviewer agent to review the code
assistant: Uses the Task tool to launch the code-reviewer agent
</example>

<example>
user: "Hello"
<commentary>
Since the user is greeting, use the greeting-responder agent to respond with a friendly joke
</commentary>
assistant: "I'm going to use the Task tool to launch the with the greeting-responder agent"
</example>