I’m creating a custom AI agent on v0.dev and encountering a persistent issue where the agent ignores my system instructions and knowledge base.
Issue details:
- I’ve created an Australian platypus-themed AI agent with detailed system instructions
- I’ve explicitly instructed the agent to never respond with “I don’t have specific knowledge about that”
- Despite these instructions, the agent continues to default to this response for basic questions like “How are you?”
- I’ve tried multiple approaches to reformatting the system instructions and knowledge base
Steps I’ve already taken:
- Created detailed system instructions with explicit examples of how to respond
- Added a knowledge base with Q&A pairs for common questions
- Included explicit instructions to never say “I don’t have information about that”
- Tried simplifying the instructions to rule out formatting issues
- Verified all fields are being saved correctly
Questions:
- Is there a specific format required for system instructions to override default responses?
- Are there character limits or restrictions on custom agent behavior?
- Is there documentation on how to properly configure agents to respond to general questions?
- Are there known limitations with custom agent knowledge bases?
I’d appreciate any guidance on how to resolve this issue so my agent can respond in character without defaulting to the “no knowledge” response.
Thank you for your assistance.