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Articles tagged “context-window

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Tool schema definitions flowing into an agent context window, showing token consumption by category
Tools & MCP·13 min read

Your MCP tool descriptions are failing your agent

97% of real-world MCP tool descriptions contain quality problems that hurt agent accuracy and inflate token costs. Here's what the research found and how to fix it.

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Developer examining a conversation trace where agent response quality declines across turns
Learning AI·16 min read

Context engineering: why your agent gets dumber mid-conversation

82% of AI teams say prompt engineering alone no longer works for production. Context engineering decides what your agent sees, when, and what gets removed as conversations grow.

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A CX engineer reviewing latency dashboards on a laptop in a warm, naturally lit office
Knowledge & Memory·8 min read

Your Agent's Context Window Is RAM, Not Storage

Most agent failures trace back to one mistake: treating the context window like a database. Here's the RAM model that fixes attention dilution, latency spikes, and ballooning costs.

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AI-generated illustration for long context vs rag cx agents -- Soul (2020) style, Terra Cotta palette
Technical Guide·17 min read

1M-Token Context or RAG? How to Pick for Your CX Agent

Gemini's 1M-token window is real but not free. A practical decision framework for choosing between long-context and RAG for customer experience agents, with cost numbers, code, and the hybrid pattern most production teams land on.

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AI-generated illustration for mcp progressive tool discovery -- Her (2013) style, Terra Cotta palette
Tools & MCP·13 min read

Stop Loading All Your MCP Tools at Once

Loading 50 MCP tools burns 72K tokens before your agent says a word. Progressive tool discovery fixes that: smaller context, sharper decisions, real code patterns.

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A massive warehouse of filing cabinets stretching into fog, with one person sitting at a clean desk with three folders under warm lamplight
Agent Architecture·14 min read read

Your MCP server is a monolith. Here's how to fix it

MCP servers dump every tool into the context window, burning tokens before your agent reasons. Four patterns to fix it: decompose, filter, gateway, facade.

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Visualization of an AI agent context window filling up with system prompts, tool definitions, and conversation history
Learning AI·20 min read read

Your AI Agent's Context Window Is Already Half Full

System prompts, tool schemas, MCP descriptions, memory injection, conversation history. They all eat tokens before the user says a word. Learn where your context budget goes and how to manage it.

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