Context Engineering for Multi-Agent Systems

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Assembling the Context Engine

In the previous chapters, we learned how to engineer context and build agentic systems from the ground up. But as those systems grow to have more agents, more responsibilities, more moving parts, they becomeidx_9aa55332 increasingly difficult to manage. That’s where the Context Engine comes in.

Think of the Context Engine as not just another piece of software but a structured orchestration layer, a thinking workflow designed to turn a vague idea, like a simple user request, into a fully formed, context-aware output. Think of it as the conductor of your agent orchestra. It doesn’t perform the tasks itself; instead, it coordinates, directs, and connects each specialist so they work in perfect sync.

In this chapter, ...