CONTEXT ENGINEERING

Codebase knowledge graphs for Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor are trending. Why the useful version is a map that guides agent planning, editing, and review.

Agent memory benchmarks are not enough. Coding-agent memory has to prove recall, freshness, deletion and rollback under real development pressure.

The agent context reduction pattern: keep intermediate state in code, files and execution environments, and return compact summaries and receipts to the model.

Context engineering is designing the persistent context around every AI interaction: CLAUDE.md files, system prompts, skill libraries and memory systems.