I think it's key to not give it contradictory instructions, which is an easy mistake to make if you forget where you started.

As an example, I know of an instance where the LLM claimed it had tried a test on its laptop. This obviously isn't true so the user argued with it. But they'd originally told it that it was a Senior Software Engineer so playing that role, saying you tested locally is fine.

As soon as you start arguing with those minor points you break the context; now it's both a Software Engineer and an LLM. Of course you get confused responses if you do that.

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pupppet 3 days ago | parent [-]

The problem I often have is I may have instruction like-

General instruction: - Do "ABC"

If condition == whatever: - Do "XYZ" instead

I have a hard time making the AI obey the instances I wish to override my own instruction and without having full control of the input context, I can't just modify my 'General Instruction' on a case by case basis to simply avoid having to contradict myself.

	▲	olddustytrail 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		That's a difficult case where you might want to collect your good context and shift it to a different session. It would be nice if the UI made that easy to do.