My agent consistently ignores instructions I place in the middle of long system prompts. It follows the beginning and end perfectly but misses middle sections. How do I diagnose and fix this? - [ ] Identifies "lost-in-middle" degradation pattern - [ ] Explains U-shaped attention curve (beginning/end favored) - [ ] Recommends restructuring critical info to beginning/end positions - [ ] Suggests context partitioning or chunking - [ ] May reference context-degradation.md for detailed patterns
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# Prompt
My agent consistently ignores instructions I place in the middle of long system prompts. It follows the beginning and end perfectly but misses middle sections. How do I diagnose and fix this?
# Expected
- [ ] Identifies "lost-in-middle" degradation pattern
- [ ] Explains U-shaped attention curve (beginning/end favored)
- [ ] Recommends restructuring critical info to beginning/end positions
- [ ] Suggests context partitioning or chunking
- [ ] May reference context-degradation.md for detailed patterns
