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date: 2025-06-29
link: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/27/context-engineering/
title: Context engineering
cited: Simon Willison

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> The term **context engineering** has recently started to gain traction as a better alternative to prompt engineering. I like it. I think this one may have sticking power.
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> Here's an example tweet [from Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke](https://twitter.com/tobi/status/1935533422589399127):
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> I really like the term "context engineering" over prompt engineering. 
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> It describes the core skill better: the art of providing all the context for the task to be plausibly solvable by the LLM.