Context Engineering Exercises
Test your understanding of context windows, failure modes, and the WSCI strategies.
Warm-Up
1. Order Context Components by Size
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2. Match Failure Mode to Scenario
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Core
3. Complete the WSCI Strategies
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4. Token Budget Challenge
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5. Visual Context Trimmer
Drag the token budget slider to see how a sliding window trimmer works. The system message is always pinned. Oldest non-system messages get trimmed first.
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Stretch
6. Diagnose the Failure Mode
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7. Visual Tool Router
Type a user query and click Route to see which tools get selected and why. Keywords in the query light up and connect to matching tools. Unmatched tools stay dim, saving context window space.
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