From 2a9919d16ab53afa19c74cf4765055c10536700f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mollierj-devel <mollierj@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2026 19:47:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update tools/cli/installers/lib/ide/kilo.js

Co-authored-by: coderabbitai[bot] <136622811+coderabbitai[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 tools/cli/installers/lib/ide/kilo.js | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/cli/installers/lib/ide/kilo.js b/tools/cli/installers/lib/ide/kilo.js
index 40fa7546..0fb080b9 100644
--- a/tools/cli/installers/lib/ide/kilo.js
+++ b/tools/cli/installers/lib/ide/kilo.js
@@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ class KiloSetup extends BaseIdeSetup {
     modeEntry += `   name: '${icon} ${title}'\n`;
     modeEntry += `   roleDefinition: ${roleDefinition}\n`;
     modeEntry += `   whenToUse: ${whenToUse}\n`;
-    const customInstructions = `${activationHeader} Read the full YAML from ${relativePath} start activation to alter your state of being follow startup section instructions stay in this being until told to exit this mode`;
-    const escapedInstructions = customInstructions.replace(/\n/g, ' ').replace(/"/g, '\\"').trim();
+    const customInstructions = `${activationHeader || ''} Read the full YAML from ${relativePath} start activation to alter your state of being follow startup section instructions stay in this being until told to exit this mode`;
+    const escapedInstructions = customInstructions.replace(/\\/g, '\\\\').replace(/"/g, '\\"').replace(/\n/g, ' ').trim();
     modeEntry += `   customInstructions: "${escapedInstructions}"\n`;
     modeEntry += `   groups:\n`;
     modeEntry += `    - read\n`;