> "Context engineering is about giving your LLM the right inputs so it can generate useful outputs."

No.

If we're going to elevate and reimagine new disciplines every year (RIP prompt engineering), let's at least be thoughtful about it.

Context Engineering is not just "enhanced prompt engineering".

It is creating the context in which an agent operates such that its outcomes are realized.

Yes, this is partly about the input that an agent receives, but increasingly is more about creating a context-rich environment that an agent can effectively determine relevant context within.

That is a much more valuable and difficult problem space than "Shove the square context in the square hole"

Agreed.

Context engineering is "just" prompt engineering for LLMs with tool use: it extends the concerns of prompt engineering with the concern of setting up an environment in which tools can be used, and how the LLM can most effectively interact with the environment.