--- title: If context is the new code, what is its software... description: An argument that as AI coding agents increasingly rely on curated context (prompts, memory, retrieved documents, instructions) rather than just code, teams... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/if-context-is-the-new-code-what-is-its-software-development-lifecycle--2tsnlp87s twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: If context is the new code, what is its software development lifecycle? | daily.dev og:description: An argument that as AI coding agents increasingly rely on curated context (prompts, memory, retrieved documents, instructions) rather than just code, teams... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/if-context-is-the-new-code-what-is-its-software-development-lifecycle--2tsnlp87s og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/2TsnlP87S.png og:image:alt: If context is the new code, what is its software development lifecycle? 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. # If context is the new code, what is its software development lifecycle? **[Antonija Bilić Arar](https://daily.dev/sources/ufvojapqsnbhu2ytg8ses)** · [@tonkkatonka](https://daily.dev/tonkkatonka) · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary An argument that as AI coding agents increasingly rely on curated context (prompts, memory, retrieved documents, instructions) rather than just code, teams need a formal lifecycle to manage that context—covering how it is created, versioned, tested, reviewed, and retired, similar to how source code is managed today. It explores what practices like context versioning, testing context quality, and governance might look like as organizations scale agentic workflows. ## Content [https://thenewstack.io/agent-context-development-lifecycle/](https://thenewstack.io/agent-context-development-lifecycle/) ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Your agent context needs a development lifecycle](https://daily.dev/posts/your-agent-context-needs-a-development-lifecycle-vacgztkaf) · The New Stack · 0 upvotes · 1 comments --- Tags: [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm), [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#context-engineering](https://daily.dev/tags/context-engineering) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/if-context-is-the-new-code-what-is-its-software-development-lifecycle--2tsnlp87s) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https://daily.dev/posts/if-context-is-the-new-code-what-is-its-software-development-lifecycle--2tsnlp87s","headline":"If context is the new code, what is its software development lifecycle?","text":"An argument that as AI coding agents increasingly rely on curated context (prompts, memory, retrieved documents, instructions) rather than just code, teams need a formal lifecycle to manage that context—covering how it is created, versioned, tested, reviewed, and retired, similar to how source code is managed today. 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