diff --git a/services/comms/atlasbot-deployment.yaml b/services/comms/atlasbot-deployment.yaml
index d24cba2..f4e7f7d 100644
--- a/services/comms/atlasbot-deployment.yaml
+++ b/services/comms/atlasbot-deployment.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ spec:
       labels:
         app: atlasbot
       annotations:
-        checksum/atlasbot-configmap: manual-atlasbot-43
+        checksum/atlasbot-configmap: manual-atlasbot-44
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject: "true"
         vault.hashicorp.com/role: "comms"
         vault.hashicorp.com/agent-inject-secret-turn-secret: "kv/data/atlas/comms/turn-shared-secret"
diff --git a/services/comms/scripts/atlasbot/bot.py b/services/comms/scripts/atlasbot/bot.py
index bee72e9..4316fe0 100644
--- a/services/comms/scripts/atlasbot/bot.py
+++ b/services/comms/scripts/atlasbot/bot.py
@@ -1868,9 +1868,12 @@ class _AtlasbotHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                 workloads=workloads,
             )
         fallback = "I don't have enough data to answer that."
+        llm_prompt = cleaned
+        if cluster_query:
+            llm_prompt = f"Atlas cluster question: {cleaned}"
         answer = ollama_reply(
             ("http", "internal"),
-            cleaned,
+            llm_prompt,
             context=context,
             fallback=fallback,
             use_history=False,
@@ -2313,11 +2316,14 @@ def sync_loop(token: str, room_id: str):
                     context = (context + "\n\n" + extra).strip() if context else extra
                 fallback = "I don't have enough data to answer that."
 
+                llm_prompt = cleaned_body
+                if cluster_query:
+                    llm_prompt = f"Atlas cluster question: {cleaned_body}"
                 reply = ollama_reply_with_thinking(
                     token,
                     rid,
                     hist_key,
-                    cleaned_body,
+                    llm_prompt,
                     context=context,
                     fallback=fallback,
                     use_history=cluster_query,