AI glossary / Using AI
Context engineering
Carefully choosing what information, files and instructions to give an AI so it has what it needs and nothing that distracts it.
More words in Using AI
- Context rotWhen a conversation gets so long and cluttered that the AI's answers get worse. Starting a fresh chat usually fixes it.
- Context windowHow much the AI can keep in mind at once, including your conversation and any documents you share. Go past it and it starts forgetting the earliest parts.
- Custom instructionsStanding preferences you give an AI once, such as your job or preferred tone, so you don't repeat yourself every chat.
- Deep researchA mode where an assistant spends several minutes searching and reading many sources, then writes you a report with references.
- Few-shot promptingGiving the AI a few examples of what you want before asking for your own.