context engineering
/ˈkɒntekst ˌendʒɪˈnɪərɪŋ/
curating everything a model sees — instructions, examples, retrieved facts — not just the final question
context engineering in a sentence
“Good context engineering fed the model the schema and two worked examples before asking for the query.”
Origin of context engineering
Latin contexere to weave together + ingenium skill, device
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