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Context engineering for coding agents — AI Engineer World’s Fair
A reusable framework for deciding what belongs in an agent’s context window and what to leave out.
AI EngineerDex HorthyAI Engineer World’s Fair 2026Jun 28, 20269 min
Source Summary
Introduces a "context budget": rank material by decision-relevance, evict anything that does not change the next action. Includes a worked example on a real repo.
Practical Implication
Practical, tool-agnostic, testable. Apply the budget per session instead of dumping everything into the window.
Agent-Ready Context
Treat context as a budget, not a dump. Rank material by decision-relevance; evict anything that does not change the next action. Works across Cursor, Claude Code, Codex.
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Context EngineeringEvalsWorkflow AutomationCursorClaude CodeCodexPrepare Coding SessionWrite Research Brief
Uncertainty
Framework is presenter’s own; not yet independently benchmarked.
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