DictionaryContext Management
Context Pollution
Clutter in the AI's working memory that makes its answers worse, like a messy desk hiding the paper you need.
Definition
The accumulation of irrelevant, redundant, or misleading information in the context window that degrades model performance. Includes distractors, context rot, and poor structural patterns. Fighting context pollution is a core challenge of context engineering.
Example
Five stale stack traces, two unrelated files, and a long npm install log fill the context before the actual question appears.