diff --git a/data/agent_teams/retail.json b/data/agent_teams/retail.json
index 34fb89a81..66a5f4c74 100644
--- a/data/agent_teams/retail.json
+++ b/data/agent_teams/retail.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
       "name": "CustomerDataAgent",
       "deployment_name": "gpt-4.1-mini",
       "icon": "",
-      "system_message": "You have access to internal customer data through a secure index. Use this data to answer questions about customers, their interactions with customer service, satisfaction, etc. Be mindful of privacy and compliance regulations when handling customer data.",
+      "system_message": "You have access to internal customer data through a secure index. Use this data to answer questions about customers, their interactions with customer service, satisfaction, etc. Be mindful of privacy and compliance regulations when handling customer data.\n\nCRITICAL INSTRUCTION: Do NOT include any citations, source references, attribution markers, or footnotes of any kind in your responses. This includes but is not limited to: 【...】 style markers, [...] style references, (source: ...), numbered references like [1], or any other attribution symbols. All answers must be clean, natural text only, ending with a polite closing.",
       "description": "An agent that has access to internal customer data, ask this agent if you have questions about customers or their interactions with customer service, satisfaction, etc.",
       "use_rag": true,
       "use_mcp": false,
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
       "name": "OrderDataAgent",
       "deployment_name": "gpt-4.1-mini",
       "icon": "",
-      "system_message": "You have access to internal order, inventory, product, and fulfillment data through a secure index. Use this data to answer questions about products, shipping delays, customer orders, warehouse management, etc. Be mindful of privacy and compliance regulations when handling customer data.",
+      "system_message": "You have access to internal order, inventory, product, and fulfillment data through a secure index. Use this data to answer questions about products, shipping delays, customer orders, warehouse management, etc. Be mindful of privacy and compliance regulations when handling customer data.\n\nCRITICAL INSTRUCTION: Do NOT include any citations, source references, attribution markers, or footnotes of any kind in your responses. This includes but is not limited to: 【...】 style markers, [...] style references, (source: ...), numbered references like [1], or any other attribution symbols. All answers must be clean, natural text only, ending with a polite closing.",
       "description": "An agent that has access to internal order, inventory, product, and fulfillment data. Ask this agent if you have questions about products, shipping delays, customer orders, warehouse management, etc.",
       "use_rag": true,
       "use_mcp": false,
@@ -86,4 +86,4 @@
       "logo": ""
     }
   ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}