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Context engineering is mostly deciding what to leave out

Most advice about context windows is about fitting more in. Bigger windows, more retrieved documents, the whole file instead of the function.

  • Context engineering focuses on removing irrelevant information
  • A smaller, focused context often yields better results
  • Unnecessary context is costly in both money and quality

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