Context Engineering

Context engineering is the discipline of curating and maintaining the optimal set of tokens during LLM inference. Unlike prompt engineering (crafting individual prompts), context engineering focuses on what information enters the context window and when.

Table of Contents

• Core Principles
• Context Management Strategies
• System Prompt Design
• Tool Design for Context Efficiency
• Long-Horizon Task Patterns
• Implementation Patterns
• Best Practices
• References

Core Principles

Context as a Finite Resource