Refactor prompt system: extract generic interactive agent prompt from telegram-specific template

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Description

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Currently telegram/system.mustache contains ~205 lines of non-partial content, but only ~40 lines are actually telegram-specific. The rest is generic 'ava as interactive agent' instructions that should be reusable across channels (CLI, web, other agents).

What to extract into a shared partial (e.g. partials/interactive_agent.mustache):

  • Skills system (~15 lines)
  • Memory usage (~12 lines)
  • Long-running work / projects.md (~9 lines)
  • Workspace (~4 lines)
  • Dates & time (~5 lines)
  • Tone & style (~16 lines)
  • Web citations (~9 lines)
  • Tool usage / task workflow (~27 lines)
  • Subagent delegation (~24 lines)
  • Domain knowledge / PIL (~10 lines)

What stays telegram-specific:

  • Message protocol (send_message/send_photo, AGENT_DONE, private vs group)
  • Telegram formatting (legacy Markdown rules)
  • Group chat response rules
  • Heartbeat system

What already exists as partials:

  • base_identity (4 lines)
  • instruction_hierarchy (7 lines)
  • safety_rules (8 lines)

Goal: telegram/system.mustache becomes shared partials + telegram-specific sections. A future CLI or web agent template reuses the same shared partials with its own channel-specific sections.

Approach: 1. Create partials/interactive_agent.mustache with the generic content 2. Refactor telegram/system.mustache to include the new partial 3. Verify no behavioral change in telegram agent 4. Document the partial system so new channels can compose their own system prompt

Git Commits

51a69395Prompt refactor: extract shared interactive_agent partial
Coder Agent9 weeks ago2 files

Timeline (7)

🔄[human]Open → InProgress2 months ago
🔄[human]InProgress → Review2 months ago
💬[human]2 months ago

Done in 51a6939. Created partials/interactive_agent.mustache with ~130 lines of shared content. telegram/system.mustache now includes the partial and only contains telegram-specific sections (~80 lines). All content verified preserved via set comparison. Ava builds and prompt tests pass.

💬[human]1 week ago

Ava verified: commit in live history, shipping complete. Moving to Verified.

🔄[human]Review → Verified1 week ago