diff --git a/autogpt/agents/base.py b/autogpt/agents/base.py
index c0133ea7..029b07a0 100644
--- a/autogpt/agents/base.py
+++ b/autogpt/agents/base.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
 from autogpt.llm.base import ChatModelResponse, ChatSequence, Message
 from autogpt.llm.providers.openai import OPEN_AI_CHAT_MODELS, get_openai_command_specs
 from autogpt.llm.utils import count_message_tokens, create_chat_completion
-from autogpt.logs import logger
+from autogpt.logs import CURRENT_CONTEXT_FILE_NAME, logger
 from autogpt.memory.message_history import MessageHistory
 from autogpt.prompts.prompt import DEFAULT_TRIGGERING_PROMPT
 
@@ -105,7 +105,13 @@ class BaseAgent(metaclass=ABCMeta):
 
         prompt: ChatSequence = self.construct_prompt(instruction)
         prompt = self.on_before_think(prompt, instruction)
-
+        self.log_cycle_handler.log_cycle(
+            self.ai_config.ai_name,
+            self.created_at,
+            self.cycle_count,
+            prompt.raw(),
+            CURRENT_CONTEXT_FILE_NAME,
+        )
         raw_response = create_chat_completion(
             prompt,
             self.config,
diff --git a/autogpt/commands/file_operations.py b/autogpt/commands/file_operations.py
index 939b7dc1..715a90ae 100644
--- a/autogpt/commands/file_operations.py
+++ b/autogpt/commands/file_operations.py
@@ -274,37 +274,6 @@ def append_to_file(
         return f"Error: {err}"
 
 
-@command(
-    "delete_file",
-    "Deletes a file",
-    {
-        "filename": {
-            "type": "string",
-            "description": "The name of the file to delete",
-            "required": True,
-        }
-    },
-)
-@sanitize_path_arg("filename")
-def delete_file(filename: str, agent: Agent) -> str:
-    """Delete a file
-
-    Args:
-        filename (str): The name of the file to delete
-
-    Returns:
-        str: A message indicating success or failure
-    """
-    if is_duplicate_operation("delete", filename, agent):
-        return "Error: File has already been deleted."
-    try:
-        os.remove(filename)
-        log_operation("delete", filename, agent)
-        return "File deleted successfully."
-    except Exception as err:
-        return f"Error: {err}"
-
-
 @command(
     "list_files",
     "Lists Files in a Directory",
diff --git a/autogpt/core/planning/templates.py b/autogpt/core/planning/templates.py
index e28f2ed7..59792f65 100644
--- a/autogpt/core/planning/templates.py
+++ b/autogpt/core/planning/templates.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ ABILITIES = (
     'analyze_code: Analyze Code, args: "code": "<full_code_string>"',
     'execute_python_file: Execute Python File, args: "filename": "<filename>"',
     'append_to_file: Append to file, args: "filename": "<filename>", "text": "<text>"',
-    'delete_file: Delete file, args: "filename": "<filename>"',
     'list_files: List Files in Directory, args: "directory": "<directory>"',
     'read_file: Read a file, args: "filename": "<filename>"',
     'write_to_file: Write to file, args: "filename": "<filename>", "text": "<text>"',
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_file_operations.py b/tests/unit/test_file_operations.py
index d7d870a5..b3f1fb8f 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_file_operations.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_file_operations.py
@@ -282,24 +282,6 @@ def test_append_to_file_uses_checksum_from_appended_file(
     )
 
 
-def test_delete_file(test_file_with_content_path: Path, agent: Agent):
-    result = file_ops.delete_file(str(test_file_with_content_path), agent=agent)
-    assert result == "File deleted successfully."
-    assert os.path.exists(test_file_with_content_path) is False
-
-
-def test_delete_missing_file(agent: Agent):
-    filename = "path/to/file/which/does/not/exist"
-    # confuse the log
-    file_ops.log_operation("write", filename, agent=agent, checksum="fake")
-    try:
-        os.remove(agent.workspace.get_path(filename))
-    except FileNotFoundError as err:
-        assert str(err) in file_ops.delete_file(filename, agent=agent)
-        return
-    assert False, f"Failed to test delete_file; {filename} not expected to exist"
-
-
 def test_list_files(workspace: Workspace, test_directory: Path, agent: Agent):
     # Case 1: Create files A and B, search for A, and ensure we don't return A and B
     file_a = workspace.get_path("file_a.txt")