Phase 6

Context Engineering

How an agent builds the next model call: assemble, select, compress, isolate, route, and budget context from instructions, memory, retrieval, tools, and state — not just a static prompt.

15 modules

Estimated read time is shown per module based on lesson length.

Modules

1.Context vs Prompt Engineering~2 min read

2.Context Assembly~2 min read

3.Context Selection~2 min read

4.Context Compression~2 min read

5.Context Compaction~2 min read

6.Context Isolation~2 min read

7.Context Routing~2 min read

8.Context Windows~2 min read

9.Context Budgeting~2 min read

10.Tool Result Management~2 min read

11.Memory → Context Pipeline~2 min read

12.Long-Running Context~2 min read

13.Context Pollution~2 min read

14.Context Freshness~2 min read

15.Context Prioritization~2 min read

Phase 6 Glossary

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