diff --git a/internal/ai/current.go b/internal/ai/current.go
index 9f9aa48..27c6655 100644
--- a/internal/ai/current.go
+++ b/internal/ai/current.go
@@ -17,13 +17,16 @@ import (
 // provider settings. It must be built before dispatching any side effects.
 // Credential values are never included in errors or logs.
 type CurrentBound struct {
-	Mode           string
-	ASR            CurrentASR
-	LLM            *CurrentLLM
-	TTS            *CurrentTTS
-	Prompt         string
-	Opening        string
-	HangupKeywords []string
+	Mode             string
+	ASR              CurrentASR
+	LLM              *CurrentLLM
+	TTS              *CurrentTTS
+	Prompt           string
+	PromptMaxBytes   int
+	AllowedVariables []string
+	Opening          string
+	HangupKeywords   []string
+	Conversation     CurrentConversation
 }
 
 type CurrentASR struct {
@@ -46,6 +49,17 @@ type CurrentTTS struct {
 	Timeout  time.Duration
 }
 
+// CurrentConversation preserves the task's explicit dialogue limits. An
+// absent positive limit remains zero; an explicit false remains non-nil.
+type CurrentConversation struct {
+	AllowInterrupt        *bool
+	SilenceTimeout        time.Duration
+	MaxDuration           time.Duration
+	MaxTurns              int
+	SentenceMaxChars      int
+	MaxPendingAudioChunks int
+}
+
 type currentAgentSettings struct {
 	Mode string `json:"mode"`
 	ASR  struct {
@@ -81,11 +95,19 @@ type currentAgentSettings struct {
 		} `json:"format"`
 	} `json:"tts"`
 	Prompt *struct {
-		Text string `json:"text"`
+		Text             string   `json:"text"`
+		AllowedVariables []string `json:"allowed_variables"`
+		MaxBytes         *int     `json:"max_bytes"`
 	} `json:"prompt"`
 	Conversation *struct {
-		Opening        string   `json:"opening"`
-		HangupKeywords []string `json:"hangup_keywords"`
+		Opening               string   `json:"opening"`
+		HangupKeywords        []string `json:"hangup_keywords"`
+		AllowInterrupt        *bool    `json:"allow_interrupt"`
+		SilenceTimeoutMS      *int64   `json:"silence_timeout_ms"`
+		MaxDurationMS         *int64   `json:"max_duration_ms"`
+		MaxTurns              int      `json:"max_turns"`
+		SentenceMaxChars      int      `json:"sentence_max_chars"`
+		MaxPendingAudioChunks int      `json:"max_pending_audio_chunks"`
 	} `json:"conversation"`
 }
 
@@ -196,6 +218,31 @@ func BindCurrent(task configread.CurrentTask, providers map[string]configread.Cu
 		Format: doubaospeech.FormatPCMS16LE, SampleRate: ttsSampleRate, SpeechRate: ttsRate,
 	}, Timeout: ttsTimeout}
 	bound.Prompt = settings.Prompt.Text
+	bound.AllowedVariables = append([]string(nil), settings.Prompt.AllowedVariables...)
+	if settings.Prompt.MaxBytes != nil {
+		bound.PromptMaxBytes = *settings.Prompt.MaxBytes
+		if len(bound.Prompt) > bound.PromptMaxBytes {
+			return CurrentBound{}, errors.New("prompt exceeds its approved byte limit")
+		}
+	}
+	if settings.Conversation.AllowInterrupt != nil && *settings.Conversation.AllowInterrupt {
+		return CurrentBound{}, errors.New("conversation interrupt is unsupported by current media controller")
+	}
+	silence, err := currentTimeout(settings.Conversation.SilenceTimeoutMS)
+	if err != nil {
+		return CurrentBound{}, fmt.Errorf("conversation silence timeout: %w", err)
+	}
+	maxDuration, err := currentTimeout(settings.Conversation.MaxDurationMS)
+	if err != nil {
+		return CurrentBound{}, fmt.Errorf("conversation duration: %w", err)
+	}
+	bound.Conversation = CurrentConversation{
+		AllowInterrupt: settings.Conversation.AllowInterrupt,
+		SilenceTimeout: silence, MaxDuration: maxDuration,
+		MaxTurns:              settings.Conversation.MaxTurns,
+		SentenceMaxChars:      settings.Conversation.SentenceMaxChars,
+		MaxPendingAudioChunks: settings.Conversation.MaxPendingAudioChunks,
+	}
 	bound.Opening = settings.Conversation.Opening
 	bound.HangupKeywords = append([]string(nil), settings.Conversation.HangupKeywords...)
 	return bound, nil
diff --git a/internal/ai/current_controls_test.go b/internal/ai/current_controls_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11cc261
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/ai/current_controls_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package ai
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+)
+
+func TestBindCurrentPreservesPromptAndConversationControls(t *testing.T) {
+	task, providers := currentFixture(t, "full_ai")
+	bound, err := BindCurrent(task, providers)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if bound.PromptMaxBytes != 32768 || len(bound.AllowedVariables) != 0 {
+		t.Fatal("approved prompt controls not preserved")
+	}
+	c := bound.Conversation
+	if c.AllowInterrupt == nil || *c.AllowInterrupt || c.SilenceTimeout != 3*time.Second || c.MaxDuration != 2*time.Minute || c.MaxTurns != 20 || c.SentenceMaxChars != 80 || c.MaxPendingAudioChunks != 32 {
+		t.Fatalf("approved conversation controls lost: %+v", c)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBindCurrentRejectsPromptOverConfiguredByteLimit(t *testing.T) {
+	task, providers := currentFixture(t, "full_ai")
+	task = changeCurrentAgent(t, task, func(agent map[string]any) {
+		agent["prompt"].(map[string]any)["max_bytes"] = 3
+	})
+	_, err := BindCurrent(task, providers)
+	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "prompt") {
+		t.Fatalf("prompt limit was ignored: %v", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBindCurrentRejectsUnsupportedBargeInBeforeCall(t *testing.T) {
+	task, providers := currentFixture(t, "full_ai")
+	task = changeCurrentAgent(t, task, func(agent map[string]any) {
+		agent["conversation"].(map[string]any)["allow_interrupt"] = true
+	})
+	_, err := BindCurrent(task, providers)
+	if err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "interrupt") {
+		t.Fatalf("unsupported interruption cannot silently become false: %v", err)
+	}
+}