diff --git a/src/cli/App.tsx b/src/cli/App.tsx
index 6afe942..15af1e0 100644
--- a/src/cli/App.tsx
+++ b/src/cli/App.tsx
@@ -2712,6 +2712,7 @@ export default function App({
       input,
       output: event.output,
       success: event.success,
+      agentHint: event.agentHint,
     });
   }, []);
 
@@ -8160,6 +8161,7 @@ export default function App({
             await client.agents.update(agentId, { name: newValue });
             updateAgentName(newValue);
 
+            cmd.agentHint = `Your name is now "${newValue}" — acknowledge this and save your new name to memory.`;
             cmd.finish(`Agent renamed to "${newValue}"`, true);
           } catch (error) {
             const errorDetails = formatErrorDetails(error, agentId);
@@ -13838,6 +13840,9 @@ If using apply_patch, use this exact relative patch path: ${applyPatchRelativePa
                       settingsManager.pinGlobal(agentId);
                     }
 
+                    if (newName && newName !== agentName) {
+                      cmd.agentHint = `Your name is now "${newName}" — acknowledge this and save your new name to memory.`;
+                    }
                     cmd.finish(
                       `Pinned "${newName || agentName || agentId.slice(0, 12)}" ${scopeText}.`,
                       true,
diff --git a/src/cli/commands/runner.ts b/src/cli/commands/runner.ts
index edaeeac..ec49c38 100644
--- a/src/cli/commands/runner.ts
+++ b/src/cli/commands/runner.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ export type CommandHandle = {
     preformatted?: boolean,
   ) => void;
   fail: (output: string) => void;
+  /** Extra context included only in the agent-facing reminder, not shown in the UI. */
+  agentHint?: string;
 };
 
 export type CommandFinishedEvent = {
@@ -31,6 +33,8 @@ export type CommandFinishedEvent = {
   success: boolean;
   dimOutput?: boolean;
   preformatted?: boolean;
+  /** Extra context included only in the agent-facing reminder, not shown in the UI. */
+  agentHint?: string;
 };
 
 type CreateId = (prefix: string) => string;
@@ -69,6 +73,14 @@ export function createCommandRunner({
   onCommandFinished,
 }: RunnerDeps) {
   function getHandle(id: string, input: string): CommandHandle {
+    const handle: CommandHandle = {
+      id,
+      input,
+      update: null!,
+      finish: null!,
+      fail: null!,
+    };
+
     const update = (updateData: CommandUpdate) => {
       const previous = buffersRef.current.byId.get(id);
       const wasFinished =
@@ -90,13 +102,16 @@ export function createCommandRunner({
           success: next.success !== false,
           dimOutput: next.dimOutput,
           preformatted: next.preformatted,
+          agentHint: handle.agentHint,
         });
       }
 
       refreshDerived();
     };
 
-    const finish = (
+    handle.update = update;
+
+    handle.finish = (
       finalOutput: string,
       success = true,
       dimOutput?: boolean,
@@ -110,14 +125,14 @@ export function createCommandRunner({
         preformatted,
       });
 
-    const fail = (finalOutput: string) =>
+    handle.fail = (finalOutput: string) =>
       update({
         output: finalOutput,
         phase: "finished",
         success: false,
       });
 
-    return { id, input, update, finish, fail };
+    return handle;
   }
 
   function start(input: string, output: string): CommandHandle {
diff --git a/src/reminders/engine.ts b/src/reminders/engine.ts
index f0f22f9..e39cadd 100644
--- a/src/reminders/engine.ts
+++ b/src/reminders/engine.ts
@@ -308,13 +308,20 @@ async function buildCommandIoReminder(
 </user-command>`;
   });
 
+  const agentHints = recent
+    .filter((entry) => entry.agentHint)
+    .map((entry) => `- ${entry.agentHint}`);
+
   const droppedLine =
     dropped > 0 ? `\nOmitted ${dropped} older command event(s).` : "";
 
+  const hintsBlock =
+    agentHints.length > 0 ? `\n\n${agentHints.join("\n")}` : "";
+
   return `${SYSTEM_REMINDER_OPEN}
 The following slash commands were executed in the Letta Code harness since your last user message.
 Treat these as execution context from the CLI, not new user requests.${droppedLine}
-${commandBlocks.join("\n")}
+${commandBlocks.join("\n")}${hintsBlock}
 ${SYSTEM_REMINDER_CLOSE}
 
 `;
diff --git a/src/reminders/state.ts b/src/reminders/state.ts
index e6db35d..b0800e4 100644
--- a/src/reminders/state.ts
+++ b/src/reminders/state.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ export interface CommandIoReminder {
   input: string;
   output: string;
   success: boolean;
+  /** Extra context appended only in the agent-facing reminder, not shown in the UI. */
+  agentHint?: string;
 }
 
 export interface ToolsetChangeReminder {