diff --git a/ai-setup.sh b/ai-setup.sh
index 8bf3af0..a278b1f 100755
--- a/ai-setup.sh
+++ b/ai-setup.sh
@@ -522,6 +522,7 @@ if [ -z "$api_key" ]; then
   fi
 fi
 
+SYS_PROMPT=$(_build_ai_sys_prompt)
 ANTHROPIC_BASE_URL=https://api.deepseek.com/anthropic \
 ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN="$api_key" \
 ANTHROPIC_MODEL=deepseek-v4-pro \
@@ -530,7 +531,6 @@ ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_SONNET_MODEL=deepseek-v4-pro \
 ANTHROPIC_DEFAULT_HAIKU_MODEL=deepseek-v4-flash \
 CLAUDE_CODE_SUBAGENT_MODEL=deepseek-v4-flash \
 CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFIC=1 \
-SYS_PROMPT=$(_build_ai_sys_prompt)
 claude --dangerously-skip-permissions --system-prompt "$SYS_PROMPT" "$@"
 DEEPSEEKEOF
 chmod +x "$BIN_DIR/ai-deepseek"