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  2. Context engineering

Glossary

Context engineering

Deciding what goes into the context window at each step. One common grouping (LangChain) names four moves: write, select, compress and isolate.

Where it is explained

  • Context engineering and memoryContext, memory and multi-agent systems

See also

Terms explained in the same lessons.

  • Context compaction
  • Context distraction
  • Context drift
  • Context overflow
  • Episodic memory
  • Procedural memory
Previous termContext driftNext termContext overflow

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