Prompt engineering is dead, says a new Context Engineering 2.0 explainer
mdancho84 · x · 2026-07-24
The post declares “RIP Prompt Engineering” and introduces Context Engineering 2.0 as a better way to think about human-AI interaction.
- The underlying argument is that prompt writing is no longer the whole game.
- Instead, the emphasis shifts to how context is structured, preprocessed, and delivered to the model.
- The linked PDF is described as a 28-page explainer on that framing.
Related event: Context Engineering 2.0: Prompt Engineering Out, Context Collaboration In(5 posts)→
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