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Choose context, do not dump it

8 min readContext Engineering

More context is not automatically better. Claude can be distracted by irrelevant material, stale assumptions and conflicting notes.

  • What does Claude need to complete the task?
  • What should Claude ignore?
  • Which source is authoritative if two inputs conflict?
  • What should Claude inspect instead of relying on my summary?
  • What needs verification after the draft is produced?

Messy context lab

I am going to paste a messy context dump. Convert it into a clean task package using: Context, Objective, Constraints, Examples, Output and Verification. Remove irrelevant material and list any assumptions. Dump: [paste]