Context Management

Distractors

Information that looks relevant but is not, like a misleading road sign that sends the AI the wrong way.

Definition

Files or code snippets that are topically related to the query but do not contain the answer. These can cause the model to lose focus or hallucinate, degrading output quality. Effective context engineering actively filters distractors.

Example

Asked about parseDate in utils, the model also sees an old parseDate in a deprecated folder and edits the wrong one.