Context selection: more context isn't better results
goyalshaliniuk · x · 2026-09-09
Part 1 of the context engineering series: more context doesn't mean better results. Give the model only information relevant to the current task—filter irrelevant documents, remove unnecessary tool outputs, and retrieve only what's useful.
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