Context includes the current prompt and may include system instructions, earlier messages, uploaded material, retrieved passages, tool results, metadata, or state supplied to the model.
It helps determine which meaning, facts, examples, and constraints are relevant. Products have finite context and may select, truncate, summarize, or order information differently.
Example
The word “bank”
A sentence about a river changes the likely meaning from a financial institution to the edge of water.
Important limit
Available does not mean used correctly
Relevant material can be missed, misread, outdated, contradicted, or pushed out; sensitive context also creates exposure risk.
Interactive model
Separate before deciding
Selected layerContext
Information supplied for this run or task.
Read the complete text alternative
ContextInformation supplied for this run or task.
TrainingEarlier process that adjusted model parameters.
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