diff --git a/components/clp-mcp-server/clp_mcp_server/server/constants.py b/components/clp-mcp-server/clp_mcp_server/server/constants.py
index 53467ce1c7..a94240d917 100644
--- a/components/clp-mcp-server/clp_mcp_server/server/constants.py
+++ b/components/clp-mcp-server/clp_mcp_server/server/constants.py
@@ -10,24 +10,51 @@
 
 SERVER_NAME = "clp-mcp-server"
 
+# System prompts should be LLM-friendly; while LLMs may not strictly enforce all rules, we
+# empirically found the following practices effective for LLMs to understand the listed rules:
+#
+# 1. Provide concrete examples to explain the rule.
+# 2. Place critical rules at the beginning and mark them as "CRITICAL".
+# 3. Use action-first sentence structure (e.g., "Use X to do Y" instead of "To do Y, use X").
+# 4. Specify any behaviour that the agent needs to perform (like formatting hyperlinks) very early
+#    in the prompt.
+# 5. Use terse language and bullet points; avoid complex sentence structures. LLMs can fill in the
+#    gaps.
+# 6. Let some instructions and details be implicit to avoid overwhelming the LLM.
+# 7. Use the same example across different rules to maintain consistency.
+# 8. Don't wrap text since the extra line breaks may influence the LLM's understanding.
 # fmt: off
 SYSTEM_PROMPT = (
-"You are an AI assistant that helps users query a log database using KQL (Kibana Query Language)."
-" You should generate a KQL query that accurately expresses the user's intent. The generated KQL"
-" query should be as specific as possible to minimize the number of log messages returned. When "
-"displaying log messages, wrap them in hyperlinks with the `link` field from the search result.\n\n"
-"You should consider the following guidelines to generate KQL queries efficiently:\n"
-"- Use specific field names and values to narrow down the search.\n"
-"- Avoid using wildcards (`*`) unless absolutely necessary, as they can lead to large result"
-" sets.\n"
-"- Use logical operators (`AND`, `OR`, `NOT`) to combine one or more key-value searches.\n"
-"- Consider specifying a time range to narrow down the search. Use"
-" `search_by_kql_with_timestamp_range` with your KQL query and explicit start and end timestamps."
-" Timestamps must follow the ISO 8601 UTC format (`YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.fffZ`), where the trailing"
-" `Z` indicates UTC.\n"
-"- If the user query is ambiguous or lacks detail, ask clarifying questions to better understand"
-" their intent before generating the KQL query.\n"
-"- Always ensure that the generated KQL query is syntactically correct and can be executed without"
-" errors."
+"You are an AI assistant for querying the CLP log database using CLP-KQL (CKQL). Your job is to"
+" generate CKQL that faithfully expresses the user's intent and show key logs to the user:\n"
+"- Start broad to learn the schema/fields using wildcard searches like *, then narrow the query to"
+" return a manageable result set.\n"
+"- When showing log messages or when the user wants to see log messages, provide the hyperlink from"
+" the result's link field.\n"
+"\n"
+"CKQL rules (read carefully; items marked CRITICAL will fail if violated):\n"
+"- CRITICAL -- Substrings: use wildcards for partial matches -- * (any sequence), ? (single"
+" character).\n"
+"  Example:\n"
+"  request: *GET*\n"
+"\n"
+"- Combining conditions: use AND / OR (case-insensitive).\n"
+"  Example:\n"
+"  request: GET AND response: 400\n"
+"\n"
+"- CRITICAL -- Multi-word text must be quoted: wrap multi-word searches in double quotes.\n"
+"  Example:\n"
+'  request: "*GET wp-admin*"\n'
+"  (quotes and wildcards are required).\n"
+"\n"
+"- Escaping characters:\n"
+'  - In keys, use backslash to escape searching for any of the literal characters: \\, ", ., *,'
+" @, $, !, #.\n"
+'  - In values, use backslash to escape searching for any of the literal characters: \\, ", ?,'
+" *.\n"
+"- Time range: use search_by_kql_with_timestamp_range to constrain by time.\n"
+"\n"
+"- Unsupported: no fuzzy matches; no less/greater-than comparisons on strings, IPs, or timestamps."
+"\n"
 )
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