LOOK UP WHEN NEEDED
User prompt
The request currently submitted by the user.
An everyday example
The customer's current order.
See how these concepts connect
Context is material actually available now. Memory and knowledge-base content must be retrieved. Training knowledge is not a personal file archive.
Where this term is useful
These are related contexts, not prerequisites.
Back in the project
When it comes up: When instructing AI, attaching material, or changing sessions.
What to do next: Provide goals, actual files, constraints, and checks; label unknowns.
Open the related method and stepsWhat can this analogy leave out?
Uploading, indexing, and actually reading material are different actions.
Everyday examples explain roles and relationships; actual behavior follows the tool, language, or platform.