diff --git a/core/nextEdit/providers/MercuryCoderNextEditProvider.ts b/core/nextEdit/providers/MercuryCoderNextEditProvider.ts
index 49527c84e..533f4341c 100644
--- a/core/nextEdit/providers/MercuryCoderNextEditProvider.ts
+++ b/core/nextEdit/providers/MercuryCoderNextEditProvider.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { HelperVars } from "../../autocomplete/util/HelperVars.js";
 import { NEXT_EDIT_MODELS } from "../../llm/constants.js";
+import { getUriPathBasename } from "../../util/uri.js";
 import { MERCURY_SYSTEM_PROMPT, UNIQUE_TOKEN } from "../constants.js";
 import {
   currentFileContentBlock,
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ export class MercuryCoderProvider extends BaseNextEditModelProvider {
       editableRegionStartLine: context.editableRegionStartLine,
       editableRegionEndLine: context.editableRegionEndLine,
       editDiffHistory: context.diffContext,
-      currentFilePath: context.helper.filepath,
+      currentFilePath: getUriPathBasename(context.helper.filepath),
     };
   }
 
diff --git a/core/nextEdit/templating/NextEditPromptEngine.ts b/core/nextEdit/templating/NextEditPromptEngine.ts
index 0d02a2f27..f2ef8f041 100644
--- a/core/nextEdit/templating/NextEditPromptEngine.ts
+++ b/core/nextEdit/templating/NextEditPromptEngine.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export const NEXT_EDIT_MODEL_TEMPLATES: Record<
   NextEditTemplate
 > = {
   "mercury-coder": {
-    template: `${MERCURY_RECENTLY_VIEWED_CODE_SNIPPETS_OPEN}\n{{{recentlyViewedCodeSnippets}}}\n${MERCURY_RECENTLY_VIEWED_CODE_SNIPPETS_CLOSE}\n\n${MERCURY_CURRENT_FILE_CONTENT_OPEN}\n{{{currentFileContent}}}\n${MERCURY_CURRENT_FILE_CONTENT_CLOSE}\n\n${MERCURY_EDIT_DIFF_HISTORY_OPEN}\n{{{editDiffHistory}}}\n${MERCURY_EDIT_DIFF_HISTORY_CLOSE}\n`,
+    template: `${MERCURY_RECENTLY_VIEWED_CODE_SNIPPETS_OPEN}\n{{{recentlyViewedCodeSnippets}}}\n${MERCURY_RECENTLY_VIEWED_CODE_SNIPPETS_CLOSE}\n\n${MERCURY_CURRENT_FILE_CONTENT_OPEN}\ncurrent_file_path: {{{currentFilePath}}}\n{{{currentFileContent}}}\n${MERCURY_CURRENT_FILE_CONTENT_CLOSE}\n\n${MERCURY_EDIT_DIFF_HISTORY_OPEN}\n{{{editDiffHistory}}}\n${MERCURY_EDIT_DIFF_HISTORY_CLOSE}\n`,
   },
   instinct: {
     template: `${INSTINCT_USER_PROMPT_PREFIX}\n\n### Context:\n{{{contextSnippets}}}\n\n### User Edits:\n\n{{{editDiffHistory}}}\n\n### User Excerpt:\n{{{currentFilePath}}}\n\n{{{currentFileContent}}}\`\`\`\n### Response:`,
diff --git a/core/nextEdit/templating/NextEditPromptEngine.vitest.ts b/core/nextEdit/templating/NextEditPromptEngine.vitest.ts
index 7fd189ecc..184a86b96 100644
--- a/core/nextEdit/templating/NextEditPromptEngine.vitest.ts
+++ b/core/nextEdit/templating/NextEditPromptEngine.vitest.ts
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ describe("NextEditPromptEngine", () => {
       expect(template).toContain("{{{recentlyViewedCodeSnippets}}}");
       expect(template).toContain("{{{currentFileContent}}}");
       expect(template).toContain("{{{editDiffHistory}}}");
+      expect(template).toContain("{{{currentFilePath}}}");
     });
 
     it("instinct template should contain expected tokens", () => {
@@ -87,11 +88,13 @@ describe("NextEditPromptEngine", () => {
         recentlyViewedCodeSnippets: "snippet1",
         currentFileContent: "file content",
         editDiffHistory: "diff history",
+        currentFilePath: "file.py",
       });
 
       expect(result).toContain("snippet1");
       expect(result).toContain("file content");
       expect(result).toContain("diff history");
+      expect(result).toContain("current_file_path: file.py");
     });
   });