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Why AI coding agents forget your rules after 15 tool calls
AI agents often stop following system rules after about 15 tool calls due to attention dilution as context grows. A 2025 study found 65% of enterprise agent failures stem from context drift, not model capability. The fix is to restate constraints at the point of action rather than relying on the system prompt.
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This is a practical, structural fix for a common agent failure, but it's a workaround for a deeper limitation in how models handle long contexts.
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Your agent stops obeying your rules halfway through the session. Here's the structural reason — and the fix. →
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