A Gentle Introduction to Context Engineering in LLMs – KDnuggets

August 26, 2025

Illustration with a colorful abstract background showing a white paper clipped to a board, displaying the text “A Gentle Introduction to Context Engineering in LLMs” and a tweet from Andrej Karpathy saying, “+1 for 'context engineering' over 'prompt engineering.'”

If I received a request that said, ‘Hey Kanwal, can you write an article about how LLMs work?’, that’s an instruction. I would write what I find suitable and would probably aim it at an audience with a medium level of expertise. Now, if my audience were beginners, they would hardly understand what’s happening. If they were experts, they might consider it too basic or out of context. I also need a set of instructions like audience expertise, article length, theoretical or practical focus, and writing style to write a piece that resonates with them.

Source: A Gentle Introduction to Context Engineering in LLMs – KDnuggets

We’ve seen context engineering turn up a few times in recent Elsewheres. This looks like an excellent addition to those other recent pieces.