--- title: Context Engineering: Going Beyond Prompt Engineering and RAG description: Context engineering is a comprehensive approach to LLM development that goes beyond simple prompt crafting. It involves designing dynamic systems that manage... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/context-engineering-going-beyond-prompt-engineering-and-rag-0y6tbg0uj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Context Engineering: Going Beyond Prompt Engineering and RAG | daily.dev og:description: Context engineering is a comprehensive approach to LLM development that goes beyond simple prompt crafting. It involves designing dynamic systems that manage... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/context-engineering-going-beyond-prompt-engineering-and-rag-0y6tbg0uj og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0y6tBG0Uj.png og:image:alt: Context Engineering: Going Beyond Prompt Engineering and RAG og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Context Engineering: Going Beyond Prompt Engineering and RAG **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 7 min read · 25 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Context engineering is a comprehensive approach to LLM development that goes beyond simple prompt crafting. It involves designing dynamic systems that manage everything an LLM sees before generating responses - including system instructions, conversation history, retrieved documents, tool outputs, and guardrails. Unlike prompt engineering which focuses on crafting individual queries, context engineering treats the entire context window as a curated information environment. It encompasses RAG as one component while addressing broader challenges like token budget management, information positioning, and maintaining consistency across varied inputs. This systematic approach transforms LLMs from basic chatbots into autonomous agents capable of complex reasoning and decision-making. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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