diff --git a/src/options/generate/generator.py b/src/options/generate/generator.py
index b6eeb21..ccc4243 100644
--- a/src/options/generate/generator.py
+++ b/src/options/generate/generator.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from src.options.generate.templates_user import template_generate_microservice_n
     template_generate_apt_get_install, template_solve_apt_get_dependency_issue, \
     template_is_dependency_issue, template_generate_playground, \
     template_generate_executor, template_generate_test, template_generate_requirements, \
-    template_chain_of_thought, template_summarize_error
+    template_chain_of_thought, template_summarize_error, template_task_refinement
 from src.options.generate.ui import get_random_employee
 from src.utils.io import persist_file, get_all_microservice_files_with_content, get_microservice_path
 from src.utils.string_tools import print_colored
@@ -417,9 +417,9 @@ Test scenario:
 ''')
 
     def refine_task(self, pm):
-        task_description = self.microservice_specification.task
-        if not task_description:
-            task_description = self.get_user_input(pm, 'What should your microservice do?')
+        user_input = self.microservice_specification.task
+        if not user_input:
+            user_input = self.get_user_input(pm, 'What should your microservice do?')
         messages = [
             SystemMessage(content=system_task_introduction + system_task_iteration),
         ]
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ Test scenario:
         while True:
             conversation = self.gpt_session.get_conversation(messages, print_stream=os.environ['VERBOSE'].lower() == 'true', print_costs=False)
             print('thinking...')
-            agent_response_raw = conversation.chat(task_description, role='user')
+            agent_response_raw = conversation.chat(template_task_refinement.format(user_input=user_input), role='user')
 
             question = self.extract_content_from_result(agent_response_raw, 'prompt.txt', can_contain_code_block=False)
             task_final = self.extract_content_from_result(agent_response_raw, 'task-final.txt', can_contain_code_block=False)
@@ -435,10 +435,10 @@ Test scenario:
                 self.microservice_specification.task = task_final
                 break
             if question:
-                task_description = self.get_user_input(pm, question)
-                messages.extend([HumanMessage(content=task_description)])
+                user_input = self.get_user_input(pm, question)
+                messages.extend([HumanMessage(content=user_input)])
             else:
-                task_description = self.get_user_input(pm, agent_response_raw + '\n: ')
+                user_input = self.get_user_input(pm, agent_response_raw + '\n: ')
 
     def refine_test(self, pm):
         messages = [
diff --git a/src/options/generate/templates_system.py b/src/options/generate/templates_system.py
index d8f5493..06ed302 100644
--- a/src/options/generate/templates_system.py
+++ b/src/options/generate/templates_system.py
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ database access: <insert one of ✅, ❌ or n/a here>
 You must do either a or b.
 a)
 If the description is not sufficiently specified, then ask for the missing information.
-Your response must exactly match the following block code format:
+Your response must exactly match the following block code format (double asterisks for the file name and triple backticks for the file block):
 
 **prompt.txt**
 ```text
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ Your response must exactly match the following block code format:
 b)
 Otherwise you respond with the summarized description.
 The summarized description must contain all the information mentioned by the client.
-Your response must exactly match the following block code format:
+Your response must exactly match the following block code format (double asterisks for the file name and triple backticks for the file block):
 
 **task-final.txt**
 ```text
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ Your task is to describe verbally a unit test for that microservice.
 There are two cases:
 a) The unit test requires an example file as input.
 In this case you must ask the client to provide the example file as URL.
-Your response must exactly match the following block code format:
+Your response must exactly match the following block code format (double asterisks for the file name and triple backticks for the file block):
 
 **prompt.txt**
 ```text
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ Your response must exactly match the following block code format:
 If you did a, you must not do b.
 b) Any strings, ints, or bools can be used as input for the unit test.
 In this case you must describe the unit test verbally.
-Your response must exactly match the following block code format:
+Your response must exactly match the following block code format (double asterisks for the file name and triple backticks for the file block):
 
 **test-final.txt**
 ```text
diff --git a/src/options/generate/templates_user.py b/src/options/generate/templates_user.py
index 6e26760..4e29753 100644
--- a/src/options/generate/templates_user.py
+++ b/src/options/generate/templates_user.py
@@ -356,3 +356,24 @@ The playground (app.py) must always use the host on http://localhost:8080 and mu
 The playground (app.py) must not import the executor.
 '''
 )
+
+
+template_task_refinement = PromptTemplate.from_template(
+    '''
+**client response**
+```text
+{user_input}
+```
+Either ask for clarification like this:
+**prompt.txt**
+```text
+<prompt to the client here>
+```
+
+Or write the summarized description like this:
+**task-final.txt**
+```text
+<task here>
+```
+'''
+)