Two context-engineering practices: one root instructions file, keep it short
Al_Grigor · x · 2026-10-28
Alexey Grigor shares his two context-engineering practices for coding agents: maintain a single root instructions file (project, commands, task locations, conventions, prior decisions) so sessions don't start from zero, and keep that root file short. More detail in his Substack newsletter.
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