Context engineering > prompt engineering: isolate task contexts to keep agent workflows focused
goyalshaliniuk · x · 2026-09-09
The author's bigger lesson: prompt engineering tells the AI what to do, context engineering decides what information it gets to work with — better context means better reasoning and results. The context isolation tip: different tasks shouldn't compete for the same context; separate memories, isolate tool outputs, use task-specific contexts, and keep multi-agent communication clean. Also announces pre-order of the book "System Design and Behavioral Intelligence."
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