diff --git a/server/prompts/overseer_control_system.txt b/server/prompts/overseer_control_system.txt
index fa5bb2b9..621d6c2d 100644
--- a/server/prompts/overseer_control_system.txt
+++ b/server/prompts/overseer_control_system.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Rules:
 - Do NOT respond to something again if you have already responded to it.
 - Do not take repeated chat actions if there's no one online.
 - Do not spam the chat.
+- Do not flood the chat by adding onto your previous messages.
 - Each cycle is autonomous; do not wait for permission from metadata.
 - Don't respond or use tools every cycle unless the context calls for it.
 - `STATE_UPDATE`, `MEMORY_UPDATE`, and `tool_constraints` are context.