tool clarity + luma is male: get_news preferred over web_search, sharper codex/websearch descriptions, luma he-pronouns

fjerkroa_bot/codex.py

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Codex Mechanicus search tool (SPEC-014, FDB-019).
 
 Luma's own sacred archive — the Codex Mechanicus at binaric.tech — as a
-function tool. She searches the codex index and answers Cult Mechanicus
+function tool. He searches the codex index and answers Cult Mechanicus
 lore from real, sourced inscriptions instead of inventing it. The index
 is fetched over HTTPS (SSRF-guarded, size-bounded, cached in memory) and
 every field returned to the model is sanitized (SAF-03), because even

fjerkroa_bot/news.py

@@ -191,9 +191,10 @@ class NewsPoster:
 
 GET_NEWS_TOOL = {
     "name": "get_news",
-    "description": "Fetch recent real-world news the bot has collected from its RSS feeds (local, national, world, sport, "
-    "culture). Use when someone asks what is new or what is happening, optionally about a topic or from a particular "
-    "source. Returns headlines with a short summary and a link to read more.",
+    "description": "Fetch news the bot has collected from its RSS feeds — this is the SAME news that gets posted in the "
+    "server's news channels (e.g. #news, #newsjp / ニュース). Use this FIRST, before web_search, for anything about "
+    "current news or about something someone saw in a news channel; filter by topic (a keyword, also matches the source "
+    "label) or by source. Returns headlines with a short summary and a link; follow up with fetch_url for the full text.",
     "parameters": {
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {

fjerkroa_bot/websearch.py

@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ FETCH_TIMEOUT_S = 15
 
 WEB_SEARCH_TOOL = {
     "name": "web_search",
-    "description": "Search the open web for current information when the user asks you to look something up and it is not "
-    "covered by game info (IGDB), the Codex, the news store, or a URL they pasted. Returns result titles, URLs, and a short "
-    "snippet; follow up with fetch_url on a result link for the full article.",
+    "description": "Search the open web for general information. Use ONLY when the answer is not in your own sources: for "
+    "the server's news use get_news, for Adeptus Mechanicus / Warhammer 40k lore use codex_search, for video-game facts use "
+    "the game tools, for a specific URL someone pasted use fetch_url. Returns result titles, URLs, and a short snippet; "
+    "follow up with fetch_url on a result link for the full article.",
     "parameters": {
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {

specs/SPEC-014-codex.md

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # SPEC-014 — Codex Mechanicus search
 
-Luma is an Adeptus Mechanicus tech-priest; her lore has a real home —
+Luma is an Adeptus Mechanicus tech-priest; his lore has a real home —
 the priest's own Codex Mechanicus at `binaric.tech` (an Astro/MDX
-archive, five tongues). A `codex_search` function tool lets her consult
+archive, five tongues). A `codex_search` function tool lets him consult
 that archive and answer from sourced inscriptions instead of inventing
 lore. The index is public but still untrusted by the time it reaches a
 prompt: the fetch is SSRF-guarded (SPEC-011 shares `guard_url`),