diff --git a/src/services/entity-context.test.ts b/src/services/entity-context.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ec18b5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/services/entity-context.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
+
+import { AGENT_ENTITY_CONTEXT } from "./entity-context.js";
+
+describe("capture entity context", () => {
+  test("prioritizes human-memorable knowledge over transient Git state", () => {
+    expect(AGENT_ENTITY_CONTEXT).toContain("human teammate");
+    expect(AGENT_ENTITY_CONTEXT).toContain("decisions, lessons, preferences");
+    expect(AGENT_ENTITY_CONTEXT).toContain("Transient repository state Git already tracks");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/services/entity-context.ts b/src/services/entity-context.ts
index 4cd6f02..0ddc8cf 100644
--- a/src/services/entity-context.ts
+++ b/src/services/entity-context.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 export const AGENT_ENTITY_CONTEXT = `Shared coding-agent memory for one software repository.
 
 RULES:
-- Preserve durable context that helps Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, or Cursor continue the work
+- Remember what a human teammate would remember: decisions, lessons, preferences, and durable project knowledge
+- Preserve context that helps Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, or Cursor continue the work later
 - Condense assistant responses into decisions, outcomes, and reusable knowledge
 - Keep user preferences and project facts concise and independently understandable
+- Prefer why a choice was made and what was learned over mechanical progress updates
 
 EXTRACT:
-- User preferences, accepted decisions, durable workflows, actions, and learnings
+- User preferences, accepted decisions, durable workflows, outcomes, and lessons learned
 - Architecture: "uses monorepo with turborepo", "API in /apps/api"
 - Conventions: "components in PascalCase", "hooks prefixed with use"
 - Patterns: "all API routes use withAuth wrapper", "errors thrown as ApiError"
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@ EXTRACT:
 
 SKIP:
 - Generic assistant suggestions the user did not accept
+- Transient repository state Git already tracks: current branch or commit, uncommitted files and diffs, and in-flight commit, push, or PR status
 - Transient command output and low-value implementation chatter
 - Granular details that do not help future work`;