---
title: "Knowledge: context"
summary: "Knowledge Base entries tagged “context”."
published: 2026-11-09
updated: 2026-11-09
language: en
tags: ["context"]
canonical: https://joaodavidsilva.com/knowledge/tags/context/
---

# Knowledge tagged “context”

- [Clearing](https://joaodavidsilva.com/knowledge/clearing.md): Ending the current session and starting a fresh one with an empty context window.
- [Compaction](https://joaodavidsilva.com/knowledge/compaction.md): A handoff done in-memory: the session's history is summarised and the summary seeds a fresh session.
- [Context](https://joaodavidsilva.com/knowledge/context.md): The task-relevant information the agent has access to right now, as distinct from the context window and the session.
- [Context window](https://joaodavidsilva.com/knowledge/context-window.md): Everything the model sees on each model provider request: finite, model-specific, and the only surface through which it perceives anything.
- [Session](https://joaodavidsilva.com/knowledge/session.md): One bounded run of interaction with an agent; the session is what fills the context window.
- [Smart zone](https://joaodavidsilva.com/knowledge/smart-zone.md): The early, sharp part of a session, before growing context drifts the agent into a sloppier "dumb zone".