Feb 28, 2026 — 15 min — Platform & AI
Context Engineering Keeps Long Context Useful
A practical synthesis of Drew Breunig, Simon Willison, and Anthropic on how long contexts fail, how to fix them, and why multi-agent systems need context discipline.
2 entries tagged "tool use" — 1 post, 1 link.
This is one of the foundational agent explainers: planning, memory, tool use, reflection, and the early patterns that still show up in current products. It belongs in the stream because the best agent discussions need a shared vocabulary.
The piece is also a useful time capsule. Some implementation details have moved quickly, but the core system questions have not gone away.