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Context Engineering for Agents: The 6 Types of Context
The CPU/RAM mental model for context engineering, the 4 fundamental stages (Write, Read, Compress, Isolate), and the 6 types of context every production agent needs (Instructions, Examples, Knowledge, Memory, Tools, Tool Results).
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🎓 Learning objectives
- •Explain why context engineering has replaced prompt engineering as the core bottleneck skill
- •Apply the 'LLM is a CPU, context window is RAM' mental model to agent design
- •Distinguish the 4 fundamental context-engineering stages: Write, Read, Compress, Isolate
- •Name and describe all 6 types of context a production agent needs
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