Your agents lack context: Here's how to fix "You're absolutely right!" — Brandon Waselnuk, Unblocked
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Terms in this piece · Glossary
context window — The maximum amount of text a model can consider at once — its working memory for the current conversation or task.
AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
token — The chunk of text a model reads and writes in — roughly three-quarters of a word — and the unit AI usage is billed in.
MCP — The Model Context Protocol — an open standard that lets any AI assistant plug into any tool or data source without custom integration code.
Why it matters
A context windowThe maximum amount of text a model can consider at once — its working memory for the current conversation or task.Full definition → engine cut a coding AI agentAn AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.Full definition →'s tokenThe chunk of text a model reads and writes in — roughly three-quarters of a word — and the unit AI usage is billed in.Full definition → use from 21M to 10.8M and finished two hours sooner on the identical prompt, arguing that curated markdown docs rot and agents often satisfice on the first plausible MCPThe Model Context Protocol — an open standard that lets any AI assistant plug into any tool or data source without custom integration code.Full definition → answer.
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