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This change rigorously enforces the agent's STRICT REFUSAL RULE. By limiting the agent's capabilities to only time and weather retrieval, we eliminate the risk of the LLM overriding the system instructions to answer off-topic queries using the general search tool. This ensures the agent behaves predictably and adheres strictly to its defined single purpose.

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This pull request strengthens the weather_time_agent's adherence to its defined role by implementing a rigorous refusal rule. By making the agent's instructions more explicit about its singular focus on time and weather queries, it prevents the underlying Large Language Model from misinterpreting or overriding system instructions to engage with off-topic questions using general search capabilities, thereby ensuring predictable and focused agent behavior.

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  • Agent Instruction Enhancement: The weather_time_agent's instruction has been updated to explicitly state its sole purpose of answering questions about time and weather, and to strictly refuse any unrelated queries.
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This pull request strengthens the weather_time_agent's instructions to focus solely on time and weather queries. The new instruction is clear and direct. However, there's a discrepancy between the PR's goal to 'eliminate the risk' of off-topic answers and the implementation. The agent retains the general-purpose GoogleSearch tool, meaning the restriction relies entirely on the model's adherence to the prompt, which isn't guaranteed. While this change is a positive step, true enforcement would involve restricting the toolset to only what's necessary for its defined function.

@dpasiukevich dpasiukevich merged commit c6af0f0 into google:main Nov 11, 2025
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