Chapter 3: Context Engineering

Context engineering is the invisible pillar of Claude Code's capabilities. The quality of the model's decisions depends entirely on what context it sees.

本篇目录

• Why Is Context Engineering So Important?
• 3.1 Context Construction Overview
• 3.2 System Prompt Construction
• 3.3 Message History Management
• 3.4 Five-Level Compression Pipeline
• 3.5 Token Budget Management
• 3.6 Prefix Caching Strategy