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How do you keep long chats from drifting away from your original instructions?

I’m asking for feedback on one specific problem. When I use ChatGPT / Claude for a long time in the same thread, it starts ignoring what I said at the beginning. Midway through, the answers go off track even though I was clear at the start. What I try now: Paste a short note again (what I want, rul…

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  1. 2026-10-05 05:47 · r/PromptEngineering
    How do you keep long chats from drifting away from your original instructions?

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