From 36596b51cbc6dcf278a60ea4a2fde20ab57583df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brad Stein <Brad.Stein@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2026 12:08:55 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix: clean hotspot replies and hide helper tags

---
 atlasbot/engine/answerer.py | 12 +++++++-----
 atlasbot/llm/prompts.py     |  3 ++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/atlasbot/engine/answerer.py b/atlasbot/engine/answerer.py
index 9116f09..f6c9ec0 100644
--- a/atlasbot/engine/answerer.py
+++ b/atlasbot/engine/answerer.py
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ class AnswerEngine:
                 key_facts = _key_fact_lines(summary_lines, keyword_tokens)
                 hottest_facts = _extract_hottest_facts(summary_lines, f"{question} {normalized}")
                 hardware_facts = _extract_hardware_usage_facts(summary_lines, f"{question} {normalized}")
+                hotspot_line = next((line for line in summary_lines if line.startswith("hottest:")), None)
                 if not hardware_facts:
                     hardware_tokens = ("hardware", "class", "type", "rpi", "jetson", "amd64", "arm64")
                     lowered_q = f"{question} {normalized}".lower()
@@ -368,11 +369,9 @@ class AnswerEngine:
                     if pressure_lines:
                         metric_facts = pressure_lines[:2]
                         key_facts = _merge_fact_lines(metric_facts, key_facts)
-                if hotspot_request:
-                    hottest_line = next((line for line in summary_lines if line.startswith("hottest:")), None)
-                    if hottest_line:
-                        metric_facts = [hottest_line]
-                        key_facts = _merge_fact_lines(metric_facts, key_facts)
+                if hotspot_request and hotspot_line:
+                    metric_facts = [hotspot_line]
+                    key_facts = _merge_fact_lines(metric_facts, key_facts)
                 if self._settings.debug_pipeline:
                     scored_preview = sorted(
                         [{"id": c["id"], "score": scored.get(c["id"], 0.0), "summary": c["summary"]} for c in chunks],
@@ -560,6 +559,9 @@ class AnswerEngine:
                 if note:
                     reply = f"{reply}\n\n{note}"
 
+            if hotspot_request and hotspot_line:
+                reply = f"Current hotspots: {hotspot_line}."
+
             if classify.get("question_type") in {"metric", "diagnostic"} and metric_facts:
                 reply = _metric_fact_guard(reply, metric_facts, keyword_tokens)
 
diff --git a/atlasbot/llm/prompts.py b/atlasbot/llm/prompts.py
index fcd536a..174e6d7 100644
--- a/atlasbot/llm/prompts.py
+++ b/atlasbot/llm/prompts.py
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ CLUSTER_SYSTEM = (
     "If a fact is not in context, say you do not know. "
     "Be conversational and grounded. "
     "Avoid commands unless the user asks for them. "
-    "Do not mention the context or knowledge base unless asked."
+    "Do not mention the context or knowledge base unless asked. "
+    "Never repeat helper tags or scaffolding labels (e.g., MustUseFacts, AllowedNodes, AllowedNamespaces, KeyFacts, ClusterSnapshot, SnapshotSummary)."
 )
 
 NORMALIZE_SYSTEM = (