Why Your AI Agents Don’t Work with Dex Horthy of HumanLayer | In-Context Cooking
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Features the originator of context engineeringDeciding what an agent sees at each step — the discipline that replaced prompt engineering once context windows got large enough to fill badly.Full definition → discussing why 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 → setups fail in practice, a practical lens for debugging unreliable coding agents.
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context engineering — Deciding what an agent sees at each step — the discipline that replaced prompt engineering once context windows got large enough to fill badly.
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.
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