#  agent: Refresh agent system prompt \(\#56164\) · gitcafe/zed

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Repository: [gitcafe/zed](https://git.cafe/gitcafe/zed)

Visibility: public

Requested revision: 942f90a5e37f34f26cac4e3626f53bace20535ee

Requested commit: 942f90a5e37f34f26cac4e3626f53bace20535ee

Commit: 942f90a5e37f34f26cac4e3626f53bace20535ee

Tree: b5777ecae52fa03ab7b94dc8d5f996197f9c6a7f

Author: Ben Brandt

Committer: GitHub

## Message

```
    agent: Refresh agent system prompt (#56164)

Streamline the instructions around communication, tool use, planning,
and project roots.

Remove the `now` tool and also clean up several tool descriptions.

Self-Review Checklist:

- [x] I've reviewed my own diff for quality, security, and reliability
- [x] Unsafe blocks (if any) have justifying comments
- [x] The content is consistent with the [UI/UX
checklist](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md#uiux-checklist)
- [x] Tests cover the new/changed behavior
- [x] Performance impact has been considered and is acceptable

Release Notes:

- N/A

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Co-authored-by: Bennet Bo Fenner <bennetbo@gmx.de>
```

## Parents

- [5409d4793f1f3208993bb3d26496bf0c6b5efc44](https://git.cafe/gitcafe/zed/commit/5409d4793f1f3208993bb3d26496bf0c6b5efc44?format=markdown)

[Source at this commit](https://git.cafe/gitcafe/zed/tree/942f90a5e37f34f26cac4e3626f53bace20535ee?format=markdown)