fix: prevent unnecessary read_file("BOOT.md") in boot hook - #8696
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The boot prompt said "Follow the BOOT.md instructions below" which
led models to interpret "BOOT.md" as a file reference and call
read_file("BOOT.md") — wasting a tool call that either reads a
file already injected inline, or fails with "File not found" in
sandboxed deployments where the file doesn't exist.
Fix: explicitly tell the model the file has already been read and
its contents are provided below. Saves one tool call per boot.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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The boot prompt says "Follow the BOOT.md instructions below" which leads models to interpret "BOOT.md" as a file reference and call
read_file("BOOT.md")— wasting a tool call that either reads content already injected inline, or fails with "File not found" in sandboxed deployments where the gateway's BOOT.md isn't accessible.Fix: explicitly tell the model the file has already been read:
Observed via MITM proxy: the boot agent makes
read_file("BOOT.md")→ "File not found" →search_files("BOOT.md")→ "ripgrep not found" before finally processing the inline content. Two wasted tool calls per gateway restart.