diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-fix-issue.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-fix-issue.yml
index 9e46ff1a0296..d05deb3f9568 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/auto-fix-issue.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-fix-issue.yml
@@ -100,5 +100,20 @@ jobs:
             5. Test the fix
             6. Checkout a new branch and commit the fix
             7. Create a pull request for the fix
+
+            Be economic with your turns:
+            - Your budget is measured in *agent turns* (assistant messages), not individual tool calls. A single turn can contain many parallel tool calls and counts as one turn — so batching is free.
+            - Plan before acting. Prefer targeted commands over broad ones: read specific line ranges instead of whole files, grep for the exact symbol instead of listing directories.
+            - In each turn, issue all independent tool calls in parallel rather than spreading them across multiple turns.
+            - Do NOT re-read a file you just edited to "verify" — the edit either succeeded or errored.
+            - Do NOT run the full test suite to verify a small fix; run only the directly relevant test file.
+            - Do NOT re-run linters/formatters/builds repeatedly. Run each at most once unless the code changed since.
+            - If a search returned what you need, stop searching. Do not look for confirmation.
+
+            Turn budget:
+            - You have a hard limit of 80 agent turns for this entire task. One turn = one assistant message, regardless of how many tool calls it contains. Stay well under the limit.
+            - If you have used roughly 50 turns and do not yet have a small, verified fix with a clear path to opening a PR, STOP. Do not keep exploring, re-reading files, or retrying tests.
+            - On stop: post a comment on the issue summarizing the root cause (if known), what you tried, and why you aborted, then exit. Do not open a PR.
+            - Re-running the same failing command, re-reading the same files, or going in circles is a signal to stop early — do not wait for the budget to run out.
           claude_args: |
-            --max-turns 50
+            --max-turns 80