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Rahul Agarwal

Founder | Agentic AI...ย โ€ขย 2m

What exactly is Context Engineering in AI? A quick 2-minute simple breakdown for you. ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜, ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด? โ€ข ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด = crafting a single clever input to guide the model. โ€ข ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด = designing the entire environment of information (memory, docs, tools, prompts) so the model always has the right context to work with. These are the steps: 1. ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—น (๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด) โ€ข Ask yourself: ๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ? (e.g., a short email, a JSON object, a lesson plan). 2. ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ / ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜ (๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜-๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ) โ€ข These are the modelโ€™s rules and persona. Think of it as: โ€œYou are X, follow Y style and constraints.โ€ 3. ๐—จ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜ (๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜-๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ)โ€ข This is the immediate request or question from the user. It tells the model the task. 4. ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€ (๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜-๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ)โ€ข External helpers the model can call (search, calculator, calendar, API). 5. ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜ (๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ)โ€ข A requested format for the result so itโ€™s machine-friendly (JSON, CSV, bullet list). 6. ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด-๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† (๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜-๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ)โ€ข Stable facts about the user, company, style preferences, or past interactions you want the model to remember over many sessions. 7. ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ (๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐˜-๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ)โ€ข Documents or snippets pulled in just for this query (knowledge base, product docs, previous chat lines). 8. ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ (๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜-๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†) (๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ)โ€ข Whatโ€™s happening ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ in the conversation โ€” recent messages, variables, or temporary flags. ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ (๐—ณ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜„) 1. System prompt sets the rules first (how the model should behave). 2. Long-term memory and retrieved context provide background facts the model should use. 3. State supplies immediate conversation history and live variables. 4. User prompt gives the specific task. 5. The model can call Tools if it needs real-time info or actions. 6. The model returns the answer, ideally in the Structured Output format you asked for. โœ… Repost for others who want to understand Context Engineering.

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