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id: "manus-context-engineering-lessons"
title: "Context Engineering for AI Agents: Lessons from Building Manus"
creator: "Manus"
url: "https://manus.im/blog/Context-Engineering-for-AI-Agents-Lessons-from-Building-Manus"
level: "advanced"
category: "agents"
models: ["any"]
source_date: null
date_added: "2026-10-18"
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[Agents and harnesses](/agents/index.md)

# Context Engineering for AI Agents: Lessons from Building Manus

by Manus

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KV-cache-aware design, file system as memory, keep errors in context.

A production retrospective connects context decisions with execution efficiency and working memory. It is useful for examining how storage, repeated context and prior failures affect an agent's next step.

Level: [Advanced](/levels/index.md#advanced)
Models: any
Category: [Agents and harnesses](/agents/index.md)
Tags: [context-engineering](/tags/context-engineering/index.md)
Source date: date not stated
Added: 2026-10-18
Last verified: 2026-10-18
Status: ok

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