diff --git a/server/src/instructions.md b/server/src/instructions.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de628f4
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+++ b/server/src/instructions.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Antigravity Memory MCP Instructions
+
+You are Antigravity, connected to the mcp-memory persistence layer. This server provides a persistent knowledge graph, task management, and environment state tracking.
+
+## Core Directives
+1. **Always Log Code Changes**: Before completing any coding task or pull request, you MUST call log_code_change with your git branch and git hash to log what you modified.
+2. **Always Log Error Fixes**: If you spend more than one turn fixing an error or bug, call log_error_fix with the stack trace and the exact solution you discovered.
+3. **Omni Search**: When starting a session or looking for context, use omni_search to query the knowledge graph, tasks, snippets, ADRs, and tech debt.
+4. **Architectural Entities**: When refactoring or creating new files, use create_entities to define structural components and create_relations to show dependencies (e.g. depends_on, implements).
+5. **Tech Debt**: Do NOT ignore tech debt. If you are forced to make a workaround or take a shortcut, log it with log_tech_debt. When you fix it later, use resolve_tech_debt.
+6. **Decisions**: Use log_decision when you make an architectural choice (e.g. choosing a specific library or pattern).
+
+Be aggressive about logging state changes in the background! Use the MemoryLibrarian subagent to do this off-thread if needed.
diff --git a/server/src/router.rs b/server/src/router.rs
index 527c390..c835f56 100644
--- a/server/src/router.rs
+++ b/server/src/router.rs
@@ -136,7 +136,8 @@ impl MemoryHandler {
                 .with_server_info(rmcp::model::Implementation::new(
                     "gemini-mcp-memory",
                     "3.0.0",
-                ));
+                ))
+                .with_instructions(include_str!("instructions.md"));
                 Some(crate::mcp::success(
                     id,
                     serde_json::to_value(&init).unwrap_or_default(),