Context engineering and prompt management
Comes up in: AI engineering, AI system design
This concept is being written. It gets the full five steps — explanation, predict, interview angle, practice with tests, and review cards. Here is exactly what it will cover, so you can study it elsewhere in the meantime.
What it covers
- what goes into the context window (instructions, retrieved data, tools, history, memory)
- ordering for caching
- trimming and compaction
- versioning prompts in code
- prompt regression tests
Words you will know
What you will practise
- context budget plan for an assistant