diff --git a/src/tui.rs b/src/tui.rs
index f2ec5ba..194777e 100644
--- a/src/tui.rs
+++ b/src/tui.rs
@@ -683,7 +683,8 @@ fn load_identity_context() -> String {
         "[identity]\nuser: {user_handle}\nyou: {bot_handle} ({bot_did})\nnetwork: {network}\n\n"
     ));
 
-    // Core personality from atproto record
+    // Core personality: read directly from atproto record
+    // aigpt MCP also injects this via instructions, but direct read is more reliable at startup
     let bot_path = config["bot"]["path"].as_str().unwrap_or("");
     let expanded = expand_tilde(bot_path);
     let base = if expanded.is_empty() {