diff --git a/crates/assistant/src/assistant_panel.rs b/crates/assistant/src/assistant_panel.rs
index b69c12a2a3..62e2f61111 100644
--- a/crates/assistant/src/assistant_panel.rs
+++ b/crates/assistant/src/assistant_panel.rs
@@ -578,10 +578,7 @@ impl AssistantPanel {
 
         let codegen_kind = codegen.read(cx).kind().clone();
         let user_prompt = user_prompt.to_string();
-        let prompt = cx.background().spawn(async move {
-            let language_name = language_name.as_deref();
-            generate_content_prompt(user_prompt, language_name, &buffer, range, codegen_kind)
-        });
+
         let mut messages = Vec::new();
         let mut model = settings::get::<AssistantSettings>(cx)
             .default_open_ai_model
@@ -597,6 +594,11 @@ impl AssistantPanel {
             model = conversation.model.clone();
         }
 
+        let prompt = cx.background().spawn(async move {
+            let language_name = language_name.as_deref();
+            generate_content_prompt(user_prompt, language_name, &buffer, range, codegen_kind)
+        });
+
         cx.spawn(|_, mut cx| async move {
             let prompt = prompt.await;
 
diff --git a/crates/assistant/src/prompts.rs b/crates/assistant/src/prompts.rs
index bf041dff52..7aca365776 100644
--- a/crates/assistant/src/prompts.rs
+++ b/crates/assistant/src/prompts.rs
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ pub fn generate_content_prompt(
     range: Range<impl ToOffset>,
     kind: CodegenKind,
 ) -> String {
+    let range = range.to_offset(buffer);
     let mut prompt = String::new();
 
     // General Preamble
@@ -130,17 +131,29 @@ pub fn generate_content_prompt(
         writeln!(prompt, "You're an expert engineer.\n").unwrap();
     }
 
-    let outline = summarize(buffer, range);
+    let mut content = String::new();
+    content.extend(buffer.text_for_range(0..range.start));
+    if range.start == range.end {
+        content.push_str("<|START|>");
+    } else {
+        content.push_str("<|START|");
+    }
+    content.extend(buffer.text_for_range(range.clone()));
+    if range.start != range.end {
+        content.push_str("|END|>");
+    }
+    content.extend(buffer.text_for_range(range.end..buffer.len()));
+
     writeln!(
         prompt,
-        "The file you are currently working on has the following outline:"
+        "The file you are currently working on has the following content:"
     )
     .unwrap();
     if let Some(language_name) = language_name {
         let language_name = language_name.to_lowercase();
-        writeln!(prompt, "```{language_name}\n{outline}\n```").unwrap();
+        writeln!(prompt, "```{language_name}\n{content}\n```").unwrap();
     } else {
-        writeln!(prompt, "```\n{outline}\n```").unwrap();
+        writeln!(prompt, "```\n{content}\n```").unwrap();
     }
 
     match kind {