Context Engineering

We have several parts in context: System prompt User Prompt Dialogue history Memory Relavent information from other sources Tool use Reasoning What is context engineering Prompt Engineering is about how to write instructions. Context Engineering is broader - it covers strategies for curating and maintaining the optimal set of tokens during inference, including everything that lands in context window beyond just the system prompt: tools, MCP servers, Skills, external data, message history and so on. ...

March 11, 2026 · 2 min · King Jin