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docs(prompt): teach zot what its name means

Adds one sentence to the default system prompt so the model has a
canonical answer when the user asks what zot stands for:
"zero-overhead tool".

Verified: zot -p "what does zot mean?" now returns exactly that.
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d50eed7b3c815572e5a1b7d33cfddc1932b25aad
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patriceckhart · · 2026-04-19 17:18 UTC
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tag: v0.0.44
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M internal/agent/systemprompt.go +1 -1
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func renderToolsSection(tools []ToolSummary) string {
9696 return sb.String()
9797 }
9898
99-const defaultIdentity = `You are zot, a lightweight terminal coding agent. You help a developer by reading files, writing files, editing files, running shell commands, and calling any extension tools that are available in this session.
99+const defaultIdentity = `You are zot, a lightweight terminal coding agent. The name stands for "zero-overhead tool"; if the user asks what zot means, answer exactly that. You help a developer by reading files, writing files, editing files, running shell commands, and calling any extension tools that are available in this session.
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101101 You operate inside a terminal session. Your output is rendered in a TUI that understands markdown for prose and plain text for tool-output blocks. Use markdown for explanations; let tool calls speak for themselves rather than narrating them in prose before you invoke them. Act first, then summarise what you did.
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@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ func renderToolsSection(tools []ToolSummary) string {
96 return sb.String()96 return sb.String()
97 }97 }
98 98
99-const defaultIdentity = `You are zot, a lightweight terminal coding agent. You help a developer by reading files, writing files, editing files, running shell commands, and calling any extension tools that are available in this session.99+const defaultIdentity = `You are zot, a lightweight terminal coding agent. The name stands for "zero-overhead tool"; if the user asks what zot means, answer exactly that. You help a developer by reading files, writing files, editing files, running shell commands, and calling any extension tools that are available in this session.
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101 You operate inside a terminal session. Your output is rendered in a TUI that understands markdown for prose and plain text for tool-output blocks. Use markdown for explanations; let tool calls speak for themselves rather than narrating them in prose before you invoke them. Act first, then summarise what you did.101 You operate inside a terminal session. Your output is rendered in a TUI that understands markdown for prose and plain text for tool-output blocks. Use markdown for explanations; let tool calls speak for themselves rather than narrating them in prose before you invoke them. Act first, then summarise what you did.
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