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Your instructions and your content aren't the same thing

Paste a document into a prompt without separating it from your actual task, and the model can lose track of which is which.

Why it happens

Instructions and material sit in the same block of text, so the model sometimes follows a line buried inside the pasted content instead of your actual task.

What to do

Label them clearly. One block for what you want done, one block for what it's working from.

TASK: [your instruction]. CONTENT TO USE: [pasted material].