Context Assembly
Without an assembly plan, teams concatenate strings until the API errors.
A bento box: compartments, not a blender.
Visual Workflows
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Overview
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This turn
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A bento box: compartments, not a blender.
Key Takeaways
- 1.Assembly is the ordered packing of sections into one window.
- 2.Typical order: system, tool schemas, retrieved facts, memory, recent turns, live user.
- 3.Never drop the live user turn to save tokens.
- 4.Each section should have a hard cap.
- 5.Without an assembly plan, teams concatenate strings until the API errors.
Real Example
Scenario
Assembly: pack only what this turn needs.
What you would do
In Context Engineering, apply Context Assembly to this scenario: Assembly: pack only what this turn needs. Identify the inputs, run the technique, validate the output, and note one thing you would monitor in production.
Commands
Commands to Remember
Assembly is the ordered packing of sections into one windowTypical order: system, tool schemas, retrieved facts, memory, recent turns, live userNever drop the live user turn to save tokensEach section should have a hard cap
Cheat Sheet
Quick recap
quick ref- •Assembly
- •Budget
- •Don't dump
Common Mistakes
- ✕Skipping evaluation for Context Assembly before production
- ✕No logging or tracing around context assembly steps
- ✕Ignoring cost and latency implications