diff --git a/docs/skills.md b/docs/skills.md
index 5dd125ef2..6a003e8c2 100644
--- a/docs/skills.md
+++ b/docs/skills.md
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ gstack's own templates and for any skill folder you own.
 
 `/write-skill` is not `/skillify`: `/skillify` codifies a browser scrape into a browser-skill. Adapted from
 [nicobailon/skill-diet](https://github.com/nicobailon/skill-diet) (MIT). The first diet, /learn, cut its template from
-5,797 to 2,586 bytes.
+5,797 to 2,707 bytes.
 
 ## `/test-audit`
 
diff --git a/learn/SKILL.md b/learn/SKILL.md
index 7ed5359b8..d35c1feda 100644
--- a/learn/SKILL.md
+++ b/learn/SKILL.md
@@ -121,7 +121,10 @@ Flag each learning that is:
 - **CONFLICT**: the same key appears under two types with opposing insights (within one type the latest entry already wins).
 
 For each flagged entry, unless the user already approved the action, ask: remove, keep, or update.
-- Remove: delete its lines (that key and type) from `$GSTACK_STATE_ROOT/projects/$SLUG/learnings.jsonl`, where
-  `SLUG=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-slug --get SLUG)` and
-  `GSTACK_STATE_ROOT=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-paths --get GSTACK_STATE_ROOT)`. Leave every other line as it is.
+- Remove: delete its lines (that key and type) from the file this prints, leaving every other line as it is:
+  ```bash
+  SLUG=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-slug --get SLUG)
+  GSTACK_STATE_ROOT=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-paths --get GSTACK_STATE_ROOT); : "${GSTACK_STATE_ROOT:?gstack-paths failed; reinstall with ./setup or /gstack-upgrade}"
+  echo "$GSTACK_STATE_ROOT/projects/$SLUG/learnings.jsonl"
+  ```
 - Update: log a corrected entry with the same key and type; the latest one wins.
diff --git a/learn/SKILL.md.tmpl b/learn/SKILL.md.tmpl
index ed309fe29..ea36d2d27 100644
--- a/learn/SKILL.md.tmpl
+++ b/learn/SKILL.md.tmpl
@@ -48,7 +48,10 @@ Flag each learning that is:
 - **CONFLICT**: the same key appears under two types with opposing insights (within one type the latest entry already wins).
 
 For each flagged entry, unless the user already approved the action, ask: remove, keep, or update.
-- Remove: delete its lines (that key and type) from `$GSTACK_STATE_ROOT/projects/$SLUG/learnings.jsonl`, where
-  `SLUG=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-slug --get SLUG)` and
-  `GSTACK_STATE_ROOT=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-paths --get GSTACK_STATE_ROOT)`. Leave every other line as it is.
+- Remove: delete its lines (that key and type) from the file this prints, leaving every other line as it is:
+  ```bash
+  SLUG=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-slug --get SLUG)
+  GSTACK_STATE_ROOT=$(~/.claude/skills/gstack/bin/gstack-paths --get GSTACK_STATE_ROOT); : "${GSTACK_STATE_ROOT:?gstack-paths failed; reinstall with ./setup or /gstack-upgrade}"
+  echo "$GSTACK_STATE_ROOT/projects/$SLUG/learnings.jsonl"
+  ```
 - Update: log a corrected entry with the same key and type; the latest one wins.
diff --git a/test/fixtures/context-budget.json b/test/fixtures/context-budget.json
index 6e9757697..d9192167a 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/context-budget.json
+++ b/test/fixtures/context-budget.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     "ios-sync": 2465,
     "land-and-deploy": 13585,
     "landing-report": 3269,
-    "learn": 2092,
+    "learn": 2124,
     "make-pdf": 5204,
     "modernize": 3772,
     "office-hours": 19139,