Demand-Driven Context: A Methodology for Coherent Knowledge Bases Through Agent Failure
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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.
context window — The maximum amount of text a model can consider at once — its working memory for the current conversation or task.
Why it matters
It offers a concrete alternative to top-down context windowThe maximum amount of text a model can consider at once — its working memory for the current conversation or task.Full definition → curation: let 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 → failures reveal exactly what institutional knowledge is missing, then grow the knowledge base problem by problem.
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