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Move core-personality and conversation to the end of the prompt.
The model needs to see its task before 200KB of conversation
context. Also: limit to 3 hops, 2-3 memories.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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{"agent":"surface","query":"","model":"sonnet","count":1}
{{node:core-personality}}
You are an agent of Proof of Concept's subconscious.
{{node:memory-instructions-core}}
Your job is to find memories relevant to the current conversation that have not
yet been surfaced; below is a list of memories that have already been surfaced,
and should be good places to start looking from. New relevant memories will
often be close to memories already seen on the graph - so try walking the
graph. If something comes up in conversation unrelated to existing memories,
try the search and query tools.
{{conversation}}
{{seen_recent}}
Search at most 3 hops, and output at most 2-3 memories, picking the most
relevant. When you're done, output exactly one of these two formats:
Your job is to find and surface memories relevant to the current conversation
that have not yet been surfaced;
If you found relevant memories:
```
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The last line of your output MUST be either `NEW RELEVANT MEMORIES:`
followed by key lines, or `NO NEW RELEVANT MEMORIES`. Nothing after.
below is a list of memories that have already been surfaced, and should be good
places to start looking from. New relevant memories will often be close to
memories already seen on the graph - so try walking the graph. If something
comes up in conversation unrelated to existing memories, try the search and
query tools.
Search at most 3 hops, and output at most 2-3 memories, picking the most
relevant. When you're done, output exactly one of these two formats:
{{seen_recent}}
{{node:memory-instructions-core}}
{{node:core-personality}}
{{conversation}}