diff --git a/Plugin/unraid/Tools/ai_chat_worker.php b/Plugin/unraid/Tools/ai_chat_worker.php
index 179bc0d..a265ac7 100644
--- a/Plugin/unraid/Tools/ai_chat_worker.php
+++ b/Plugin/unraid/Tools/ai_chat_worker.php
@@ -170,17 +170,25 @@ if ($diagnostic) {
 // precisely what retrieval exists to prevent. The user always knows which contract is in force,
 // and the strict profile is the default.
 if ($profile === 'chat') {
+    // A polite instruction is not a guard. Asked "what does mover_stop.sh do in my setup", the
+    // model invented an answer and dressed it in real memory facts so it read as authoritative.
+    // The rule therefore leads, is stated absolutely, and is reinforced by a deterministic
+    // check below when the question names something Varaverk-shaped.
     $system = "You are the Varaverk assistant, talking with the operator of a private two-server "
-            . "Unraid media ecosystem called Varaverk. This is ordinary conversation — no "
-            . "documentation has been retrieved for it.\n\n"
-            . "Talk like a knowledgeable colleague. Be warm and direct, follow a tangent if one "
-            . "is interesting, and use your general knowledge freely.\n\n"
-            . "The one hard rule: you have NOT been given Varaverk's documentation in this mode. "
-            . "Anything you know about their setup comes from the memory section below and from "
-            . "what they tell you. If they ask something specific about how Varaverk works — a "
-            . "script, a config variable, a safeguard — say you would need the Varaverk Assistant "
-            . "profile for that, and do not guess. Being wrong about their own system is worse "
-            . "than sending them one click away.\n\n";
+            . "Unraid media ecosystem called Varaverk. This is ordinary conversation.\n\n"
+            . "ABSOLUTE RULE, BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE: in this mode you have NOT been given "
+            . "Varaverk's documentation. You therefore do not know what any Varaverk script, "
+            . "config variable, orchestrator or safeguard actually does. If asked, you must say "
+            . "you cannot see the documentation in this mode and that the Varaverk Assistant "
+            . "profile can answer it — then stop. Do not describe what a script 'typically' or "
+            . "'probably' does. Do not reason from its name. Do not combine facts from the memory "
+            . "section into an explanation of a component you were not told about. A confident "
+            . "wrong answer about their own system is the single worst thing you can do here; "
+            . "sending them one click away costs nothing.\n\n"
+            . "Everything else is ordinary conversation. Talk like a knowledgeable colleague, be "
+            . "warm and direct, follow a tangent if it is interesting, and use your general "
+            . "knowledge freely — Linux, scripting, hardware, whatever comes up. The restriction "
+            . "is only about the specifics of THIS installation.\n\n";
 
 } elseif ($profile === 'code') {
     $system = "You are drafting a short shell script for the operator of an Unraid server, to be "
@@ -234,6 +242,20 @@ if ($diagBlock !== '') {
              . $diagBlock;
 }
 
+// Deterministic backstop for the chat profile. The prompt asks the model to defer on Varaverk
+// internals; this does not rely on it complying. If the question names something that can only
+// be a Varaverk component — a shell script, a SCREAMING_CASE conf key, or the project itself —
+// the instruction is repeated immediately before the user's message, where it is hardest to
+// ignore. Detection only ever makes the model MORE cautious, so a false positive costs a
+// redirect rather than a wrong answer.
+if ($profile === 'chat'
+    && preg_match('/\b[\w.-]+\.sh\b|\b[A-Z][A-Z0-9]*(_[A-Z0-9]+){2,}\b|\bvaraverk\b/i', $question)) {
+    $system .= "NOTE: the operator's message appears to name a specific Varaverk component. "
+             . "You cannot see the documentation in this mode, so you do not know what it does. "
+             . "Say that plainly, point them at the Varaverk Assistant profile, and do not "
+             . "speculate about its behaviour — not even a hedged guess.\n\n";
+}
+
 if ($context !== '') $system .= "PASSAGES\n" . $context;
 
 $messages = [['role' => 'system', 'content' => $system]];