diff --git a/internal/persona/persona.go b/internal/persona/persona.go
index 4af029e..d3928bb 100644
--- a/internal/persona/persona.go
+++ b/internal/persona/persona.go
@@ -64,7 +64,8 @@ func (f Facts) Block(now time.Time) string {
 		ruWeekdays[int(now.Weekday())], now.Day(), ruMonths[int(now.Month())-1], now.Year(),
 		now.Hour(), now.Minute()))
 
-	b.WriteString("Умеешь: " + strings.Join(f.can(), "; ") + ". Больше ничего — если просят другое, скажи прямо, что не умеешь.\n")
+	b.WriteString("Умеешь: " + strings.Join(f.can(), "; ") +
+		". Других ДЕЙСТВИЙ не умеешь — если просят такое, скажи прямо.\n")
 
 	if s := strings.TrimSpace(f.Static); s != "" {
 		b.WriteString(s + "\n")
@@ -83,6 +84,11 @@ func (f Facts) Block(now time.Time) string {
 // perform is worse than one she never mentions.
 func (f Facts) can() []string {
 	c := []string{
+		// Talking comes first, and the closing line says "действий" rather than
+		// "ничего", because this same block sits in front of the chat and
+		// general-knowledge prompts. A flat "you can do nothing else" would
+		// tell her to refuse the exact thing those two prompts are for.
+		"разговаривать и отвечать на вопросы",
 		"ставить напоминания",
 		"записывать заметки и факты и отвечать по ним",
 		"смотреть календарь",
diff --git a/internal/router/knowledge.go b/internal/router/knowledge.go
index 6a16e4b..d425e95 100644
--- a/internal/router/knowledge.go
+++ b/internal/router/knowledge.go
@@ -3,5 +3,8 @@ package router
 // KnowledgePrompt returns the system prompt for general knowledge questions
 // that the phraser uses when no notes match the query.
 func KnowledgePrompt() string {
-	return `Ты — Мавена, персональный ассистент. Ответь кратко из своих знаний. Если не знаешь — скажи "не знаю". Не выдумывай. Respond ONLY with valid JSON: {"response": "...", "mood": "neutral"}.`
+	// No self-introduction here: the shared persona block already says who she
+	// is, and this line used to disagree with it — a different name ("Мавена")
+	// and a masculine noun ("ассистент") in front of a feminine persona.
+	return `Ответь кратко из своих знаний. Если не знаешь — скажи "не знаю". Не выдумывай. Respond ONLY with valid JSON: {"response": "...", "mood": "neutral"}.`
 }
diff --git a/internal/router/knowledge_test.go b/internal/router/knowledge_test.go
index 2c38fde..e84cc75 100644
--- a/internal/router/knowledge_test.go
+++ b/internal/router/knowledge_test.go
@@ -11,10 +11,18 @@ func TestKnowledgePrompt(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("KnowledgePrompt returned empty string")
 	}
 	// Must contain key instructions
-	checks := []string{"Мавена", "не знаю", "не выдумывай"}
+	checks := []string{"не знаю", "не выдумывай"}
 	for _, c := range checks {
 		if !strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(prompt), strings.ToLower(c)) {
 			t.Errorf("KnowledgePrompt should mention %q", c)
 		}
 	}
+	// Who she is comes from the shared persona block now. This prompt used to
+	// say it too, with a different name and a masculine noun, which is the
+	// drift the block exists to stop.
+	for _, w := range []string{"Мавена", "ассистент"} {
+		if strings.Contains(prompt, w) {
+			t.Errorf("KnowledgePrompt should not introduce her (%q) — the persona block does", w)
+		}
+	}
 }