The piece that separates "workflow" from "agent" and argues most problems only need the former. Start here before building anything autonomous — it will talk you out of complexity you do not need.

Anthropic Engineering · anthropic.com · checked 2026-08-02

Treats the context window as a finite budget to be managed rather than a box to fill. The clearest statement of why context engineering, not prompt phrasing, is the skill that transfers.

Anthropic Engineering · anthropic.com · checked 2026-08-02