diff --git a/src/routes/myResources.js b/src/routes/myResources.js
index b6b49f6e..166205e7 100644
--- a/src/routes/myResources.js
+++ b/src/routes/myResources.js
@@ -203,7 +203,14 @@ function buildPrompt(opts) {
 // being obeyed as commands.
 function detailsBlock(opts) {
   if (!opts.details) return '';
-  return '\nDETAILS FROM THE AUTHOR (what this must cover, in their words):\n' + QUOTE + '\n' + opts.details + '\n' + QUOTE + '\n';
+  // The author's details are the brief, not a suggestion. Questions pasted in
+  // are used word for word as the question slides, before any the model
+  // writes; a list of topics is the outline in that order; a case is the case
+  // slide. Tested 2026-09-15 with a pasted question, a topic list and a SOAP
+  // case and no other instruction: all of it was used — this line keeps it so.
+  return '\nDETAILS FROM THE AUTHOR (what this must cover, in their words):\n' + QUOTE + '\n' + opts.details + '\n' + QUOTE + '\n' +
+    'Use the details exactly: any question in them becomes a question slide with its stem, options and answer word for word, ahead of any question you write; ' +
+    'a list of topics is the outline, in that order; a case in the details is the case presented, with its numbers unchanged.\n';
 }
 var QUOTE = '"""';