diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
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--- a/AGENTS.md
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@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Async SQLAlchemy + aiosqlite. `MemoryStore`: schema init (+ lightweight SQLite `
 - **`/compact`**: soft-compact tool dumps → model summary (no tools) via the same kind dispatch → **new** session seeded with summary message. Soft-compact keeps the last **12** tool results full-size by default (`DEFAULT_RECENT_TOOL_RESULTS`); older tool payloads shrink first. The default summarizer system prompt states that tool calls are unavailable (a `compact_system_prompt` override replaces that default wholesale).
 - Events: text_delta, **reasoning_delta**, assistant_message, tool_call/result, max_rounds, **truncated** (`kept_chars`/`continued`), **error** (`retryable`/`source`), **cancelled** (`reason`), **usage** (`TokenUsage`).
 - Usage: API `usage` from completions (stream with `include_usage`); **char≈token fallback** (~4 chars/token) when omitted; **context size** = last request ``prompt_tokens`` (API preferred); `last_turn_usage` / `session_usage` are **billed sums** (tool rounds re-send history); CLI end-of-turn + `/status`.
-- Config ``[agent]``: `system_prompt` (persona; default `DEFAULT_SYSTEM_PROMPT`; `""` omits persona), `tool_directives` (tool playbook; default `DEFAULT_TOOL_DIRECTIVES`; `""` omits playbook; both empty → no system), `mcp_instructions` (fold connected MCP servers' initialize ``instructions`` into the system prompt when tools on; default true), `allow_paths` (static out-of-workspace pre-allow `path → read|write|exec`; never prompts), `auto_continue_limits` (auto-raise tool/PTY limits without prompting; default false), `reasoning_effort` / `thinking_budget_tokens` (thinking strength; see Config), `max_tool_result_chars` (wire cap; the request-prep pass trims a longer tool result to its head plus a `document_id=...` marker), `hard_max_tool_result_chars` (default 2,000,000: storage ceiling for one result kept whole in its message; a result above it is cut on store and has no document), `parallel_tools`, `confirm_destructive`, `path_denylist`, `max_context_tokens` (default 200k est. tokens).
+- Config ``[agent]``: `system_prompt` (persona; default `DEFAULT_SYSTEM_PROMPT`; `""` omits persona), `tool_directives` (tool playbook; default `DEFAULT_TOOL_DIRECTIVES`; `""` omits playbook; both empty → no system), `mcp_instructions` (fold connected MCP servers' initialize ``instructions`` into the system prompt when tools on; default true), `allow_paths` (static out-of-workspace pre-allow `path → read|write|exec`; never prompts), `auto_continue_limits` (auto-raise tool/PTY limits without prompting; default false), `reasoning_effort` / `thinking_budget_tokens` (thinking strength; see Config), `max_tool_result_chars` (wire cap; the request-prep pass trims a longer tool result to its head plus a `document_id=...` marker), `hard_max_tool_result_chars` (default 2,000,000: storage ceiling for one result kept whole in its message; a result above it keeps its head behind a leading `[Stored at the …-char ceiling: …]` notice and its document cannot serve the dropped tail), `parallel_tools`, `confirm_destructive`, `path_denylist`, `max_context_tokens` (default 200k est. tokens).
 
 ### Tools (`tools/`)
 
diff --git a/doc/plyngent.example.toml b/doc/plyngent.example.toml
index 4ba754a..0cef158 100644
--- a/doc/plyngent.example.toml
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@@ -114,8 +114,9 @@
 # tool_directives = ""     # playbook off (set both "" to disable system entirely)
 max_tool_result_chars = 32000
 # Storage ceiling for one tool result kept whole in its message. The wire cap
-# above trims a result on the request copy and names a document for the rest
-# (read_document / search_document); a result above this ceiling is cut on store.
+# above trims a result on the request copy and names a document for the stored
+# remainder (read_document / search_document); a result above this ceiling keeps
+# its head and a leading notice saying how much was dropped.
 # hard_max_tool_result_chars = 2000000
 parallel_tools = true
 confirm_destructive = true