diff --git a/hive-ag3nt/prompts/claude-settings.json b/hive-ag3nt/prompts/claude-settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..612237d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hive-ag3nt/prompts/claude-settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "autoCompactEnabled": false,
+  "autoMemoryEnabled": false,
+  "effortLevel": "medium"
+}
diff --git a/hive-ag3nt/src/turn.rs b/hive-ag3nt/src/turn.rs
index f1f38fd..93f712a 100644
--- a/hive-ag3nt/src/turn.rs
+++ b/hive-ag3nt/src/turn.rs
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@ use crate::events::{Bus, LiveEvent};
 use crate::login::{self, LoginState};
 use crate::mcp;
 
-/// Inline `--settings` JSON applied to every claude invocation. We turn off
-/// claude's in-session auto-compaction and its cross-session auto-memory
-/// because hyperhive owns those concerns: compaction is operator/harness-
-/// driven (`/compact` on overflow), notes persistence is a hyperhive
-/// concern (planned, not yet wired). Unknown keys are silently ignored by
-/// claude-code; if the key names ever rename, we'll spot it because
-/// auto-compact will start firing mid-turn again.
-const CLAUDE_SETTINGS: &str =
-    r#"{"autoCompactEnabled":false,"autoMemoryEnabled":false,"effortLevel":"medium"}"#;
+/// `--settings` JSON applied to every claude invocation. Lives as a
+/// properly-formatted file in `prompts/claude-settings.json` so it's easy
+/// to read and edit; we ship it via `include_str!`. We turn off claude's
+/// in-session auto-compaction and its cross-session auto-memory because
+/// hyperhive owns those concerns (`/compact` on overflow, notes
+/// persistence under `/state`). Unknown keys are silently ignored by
+/// claude-code; if a key gets renamed we'll spot it because the
+/// corresponding behavior will start firing mid-turn again.
+const CLAUDE_SETTINGS: &str = include_str!("../prompts/claude-settings.json");
 
 /// Regex-ish marker claude-code emits when context overflows. Same string
 /// bitburner-agent watches for. Empirically reliable across claude-code