The Only Context Rule Your AI Agents Actually Need
Refresh Often. Keep It Minimal. Don’t Learn From It.
We keep making the same mistake with AI agents: we stuff them with more context, longer memory, bigger windows… and then act surprised when they get slower, weirder, and wildly expensive.
Refresh your context often. Keep it minimal to do the job. Don’t try to learn from it.
Everything else is secondary.
Implementing this is simple, but it is not automatic. Like any good software architecture, it requires discipline, judgment, and a bit of common sense.
It isn't about complex code; it's about shifting your mindset from “hoarding data” to “managing state.”
Why This Rule Actually Works
1. Refresh often
Agents have no real sense of time. Old data and new emergencies carry equal weight.
Think of an AI agent like a human who hasn’t slept in three days. More data doesn’t make them smarter — it just makes them messier....
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