# Context engineering: what it is and how it works
> Context engineering designs what information, instructions and resources an AI system receives at each moment.
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# Context engineering

Context engineering designs what information, instructions and resources an AI system receives at each moment

What it means, how it is used and where it comes up, with its related concepts.

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## What it is and how it works

It includes the selection, organisation, updating and limits of the available context. It is relevant to agents and assistants that combine documents, history and tools. Adding more information can make the response worse if it introduces noise, contradictions or irrelevant material.

Topics

[Artificial intelligence](https://www.zorraquino.com/en/dictionary/category/inteligencia-artificial)

## Related concepts

- [Tool use in AI](https://www.zorraquino.com/en/dictionary/ai-tool-use)
- [AI agent](https://www.zorraquino.com/en/dictionary/ai-agent)
- [AI hallucination](https://www.zorraquino.com/en/dictionary/ai-hallucination)