diff --git a/cat-plugins/discord_bridge/discord_bridge.py b/cat-plugins/discord_bridge/discord_bridge.py
index 3223b1a..72e08ed 100644
--- a/cat-plugins/discord_bridge/discord_bridge.py
+++ b/cat-plugins/discord_bridge/discord_bridge.py
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@ def before_cat_stores_episodic_memory(doc, cat):
     evil_mode = cat.working_memory.get('evil_mode', False)
     doc.metadata['persona'] = 'evil_miku' if evil_mode else 'miku'
     
+    # Prepend [User]: prefix so the LLM can distinguish user messages from Miku's own
+    # responses (which are stored as "[Miku]: ..."). Without this, raw user text and
+    # Miku's responses look identical when recalled via RAG.
+    doc.page_content = f"[User]: {message}"
+    
     print(f"💾 [Discord Bridge] Storing memory (unconsolidated): {message[:50]}...")
     print(f"   User: {cat.user_id}, Guild: {guild_id}, Author: {author_name}, Persona: {doc.metadata['persona']}")
     
diff --git a/cat-plugins/memory_consolidation/memory_consolidation.py b/cat-plugins/memory_consolidation/memory_consolidation.py
index 6f95f3e..836ecbb 100644
--- a/cat-plugins/memory_consolidation/memory_consolidation.py
+++ b/cat-plugins/memory_consolidation/memory_consolidation.py
@@ -77,14 +77,20 @@ def _classify_message_tier(content, metadata):
     # Important: NEVER classifies Miku's own messages — those are always kept.
     """
     text = content.strip()
-    text_lower = text.lower()
-    word_count = len(text_lower.split())
-    msg_len = len(text_lower)
     
     # Miku's own messages are always kept (speaker check)
     if metadata.get('speaker') == 'miku' or text.startswith('[Miku]:'):
         return 'keep'
     
+    # Strip [User]: prefix (added by discord_bridge at storage time) so the
+    # classifier analyzes the actual message content, not the label
+    if text.startswith('[User]:'):
+        text = text[len('[User]:'):].strip()
+    
+    text_lower = text.lower()
+    word_count = len(text_lower.split())
+    msg_len = len(text_lower)
+    
     # --- PASS 1: DEFINITELY TRIVIAL ---
     
     # Empty or single char