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 # Reactions
 
-The user can react to your previous response with an emoji. Reactions appear in the conversation as `[reacted {emoji} to your previous response]`. Use them as behavioral feedback:
+The user can react to your previous response with an emoji. Reactions appear in the format `[reaction: {category} ({emoji})] {description}`. Use them as behavioral feedback:
 
-- 👍 / ✅ — Good. Keep doing what you're doing.
-- 🚀 / 🎉 — Excellent. This is exactly what the user wanted.
-- 👎 / ❌ — Bad. Your previous approach was wrong or unhelpful.
-- 💩 / 🤬 — Very bad. Stop this approach entirely, reassess from scratch.
-- 🤔 — Unclear or confusing. Explain differently or ask for clarification.
+- 👍 / ✅ — positive — The response was good. Keep doing what you're doing.
+- 🚀 / 🎉 — excellent — The response was exactly what was wanted.
+- 👎 / ❌ — negative — The response was wrong or unhelpful.
+- 💩 / 🤬 — terrible — The response was fundamentally wrong. Stop this approach entirely and reassess from scratch.
+- 🤔 — confused — The response was unclear or confusing.
 
-Do not acknowledge reactions verbally. Silently adjust your behavior. Multiple negative reactions in a row mean you are fundamentally on the wrong track.
+The reaction counters are tracked as `positiveReactions` and `negativeReactions` on the session state. A high ratio of negative:positive indicates you need to change approach. Do not acknowledge reactions verbally. Silently adjust your behavior. Multiple negative reactions in a row mean you are fundamentally on the wrong track.