diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index e7dde32..eb4b5d6 100755
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ function fallbackBranchName(text: string): string {
     .replace(/[^a-z0-9\s-]/g, "")
     .trim()
     .split(/\s+/)
-    .slice(0, 5)
+    .slice(0, 2)
     .join("-")
 }
 
@@ -99,8 +99,9 @@ async function branchFromPrompt(text: string): Promise<string> {
       },
       body: JSON.stringify({
         model: "claude-haiku-4-5-20251001",
-        max_tokens: 30,
-        messages: [{ role: "user", content: `Generate a short git branch name (2-4 lowercase words, hyphen-separated, no slashes) for this task:\n\n${text}\n\nOutput ONLY the branch name, nothing else.` }],
+        max_tokens: 15,
+        temperature: 0,
+        messages: [{ role: "user", content: `Generate a 2-word git branch name (lowercase, hyphen-separated) for this task:\n\n${text}\n\nOutput ONLY the branch name, nothing else.` }],
       }),
     })