From f6922a4c4293449805938c80fbe54174994a1fc6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timothy Jaeryang Baek <tim@openwebui.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2026 17:33:41 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] refac

---
 backend/open_webui/utils/middleware.py |  8 ++------
 backend/open_webui/utils/terminals.py  | 10 +++++++++-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/backend/open_webui/utils/middleware.py b/backend/open_webui/utils/middleware.py
index fea641e7fe..421fdaa0db 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/utils/middleware.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/utils/middleware.py
@@ -3063,15 +3063,11 @@ async def process_chat_payload(request, form_data, user, metadata, model):
                     }
 
         if terminal_id and terminal_capability:
-            from open_webui.utils.terminals import get_terminal_agents_md
+            from open_webui.utils.terminals import add_terminal_agents_md, get_terminal_agents_md
 
             agents_md = await get_terminal_agents_md(request, user, metadata, extra_params)
             if agents_md:
-                form_data['messages'] = add_or_update_system_message(
-                    agents_md,
-                    form_data['messages'],
-                    append=True,
-                )
+                form_data['messages'] = add_terminal_agents_md(form_data['messages'], agents_md)
 
         if mcp_clients:
             metadata['mcp_clients'] = mcp_clients
diff --git a/backend/open_webui/utils/terminals.py b/backend/open_webui/utils/terminals.py
index 8c014d7e96..e7d34550d3 100644
--- a/backend/open_webui/utils/terminals.py
+++ b/backend/open_webui/utils/terminals.py
@@ -230,12 +230,20 @@ async def get_terminal_agents_md(request, user, metadata: dict, extra_params: di
         if len(content.encode('utf-8')) > MAX_AGENTS_MD_BYTES:
             log.warning('Skipping terminal AGENTS.md: exceeds %s bytes', MAX_AGENTS_MD_BYTES)
             return None
-        return f'# AGENTS.md instructions for {home}\n\n<INSTRUCTIONS>\n{content}\n</INSTRUCTIONS>'
+        return f'# AGENTS.md\n\n{content}'
     except Exception as e:
         log.debug('Failed to load terminal AGENTS.md (%s)', type(e).__name__)
         return None
 
 
+def add_terminal_agents_md(messages: list[dict], agents_md: str) -> list[dict]:
+    """Place file instructions before user requests without changing their content."""
+    for index, message in enumerate(messages):
+        if message.get('role') == 'user':
+            return [*messages[:index], {'role': 'user', 'content': agents_md}, *messages[index:]]
+    return messages
+
+
 async def get_terminal_skill(
     request, user, metadata: dict, skill_name: str, extra_params: dict | None = None
 ) -> dict | None: