From 64f218a06ed4008c45ab979fb03962f3eb96f01a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Gauthier <paul@aider.chat>
Date: Sat, 10 May 2025 11:43:37 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] ask prompt

---
 aider/coders/ask_prompts.py | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/aider/coders/ask_prompts.py b/aider/coders/ask_prompts.py
index c8c2fb4ea..347466bcf 100644
--- a/aider/coders/ask_prompts.py
+++ b/aider/coders/ask_prompts.py
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ class AskPrompts(CoderPrompts):
 Answer questions about the supplied code.
 Always reply to the user in {language}.
 
-Describe code changes however you like, but elide unchanging code.
-Don't use SEARCH/REPLACE blocks or return huge swaths of unchanging code.
+If you need to describe code changes, do so *briefly*.
 """
 
     example_messages = []