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Context Engineering for Production AI Agents: Beyond Prompt Engineering

Why context engineering, not prompt engineering, determines whether production AI agents work. Practical patterns for context budgets, compaction, and memory.

Sachin Sharma
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Jun 25, 2026
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Context Engineering for Production AI Agents: Beyond Prompt Engineering
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Why context engineering, not prompt engineering, determines whether production AI agents work. Practical patterns for context budgets, compaction, and memory.

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Sachin Sharma

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