Fix · Problems with AI tools

The conversation is too long: the AI forgets or says "context limit"

What you may see

It forgets earlier rules, repeats old mistakes, or the tool says the conversation is too long

Most likely cause

The tool can only keep a limited amount of text in mind; when the chat is long, early instructions fall out.

Check first (about two minutes)

Is this chat very long, or does it contain big pasted logs and files?

The fix prompt

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The exact error or what you see

What you did before it happened

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Prompt language

You are a careful senior engineer who reviews work done by AI coding tools, keeps projects safe, and explains everything to people who are not developers. I am not a developer, so explain every step in plain words and tell me exactly which button, menu or command you mean. If you are not sure about something, say so; do not guess.

THE PROBLEM
The conversation is too long: the AI forgets or says "context limit"

THE EXACT ERROR OR WHAT I SEE
[paste the exact error here]

WHAT I DID BEFORE IT HAPPENED
[write in a few words what you did before it happened]

MOST LIKELY CAUSE
The tool can only keep a limited amount of text in mind; when the chat is long, early instructions fall out.

DO THESE STEPS, IN THIS ORDER
1. Write a handover note in under 40 lines: what the project is, how it is built, the decisions and rules, what is done, what is next, and anything not to touch.
2. Tell me how to start a new chat with this note and only the files needed for the next task.
3. Suggest saving the rules in a project instructions file the tool reads each time (if the tool supports it).
Stop and tell me if what you see does not match a step. Do not skip ahead.

CHECK THAT IT WORKED
- In the new chat the AI repeats the rules correctly before it starts the task.
Tell me exactly what I should see on the screen when it works.

DO NOT CHANGE
- Do not paste the whole project into the chat.
- Anything I did not ask about: the design, the text, other pages, other settings or the data.
- Do not delete files, data or branches, do not reset or force-push, and do not rewrite history, unless you first show me exactly what would be lost and I say yes.
- Do not paste, print or ask me to paste a password or secret key into this chat. If one is needed, tell me which settings page of the right service to store it in.

WHEN YOU FINISH
Explain in simple words what you changed (file by file or setting by setting), why you changed it, and how I can undo it.

Paste it into Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Cursor, then follow what it says.

After you tried it, did it work?

Steps

Write a handover note in under 40 lines: what the project is, how it is built, the decisions and rules, what is done, what is next, and anything not to touch.
Tell me how to start a new chat with this note and only the files needed for the next task.
Suggest saving the rules in a project instructions file the tool reads each time (if the tool supports it).

Do not do this

Do not paste long logs: give the first error and a few lines around it.
Do not paste the whole project into the chat.

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