Context Files for Coding Agents: What Goes in Root, What Goes Deep
This story is from 2026-09-08. It is preserved in the archive; the latest stories are on the live feed.
Originally published on AI Tech Connect . The short version One file at the root does not scale. Everything in it is paid for on every request, whether or not it is relevant to the file being edited. Placement is the decision, not prose quality. A rule in the wrong layer is either diluted or missin…
Read the full story at DEV Community — Machine Learning ↗
Timeline · 1 report
- 2026-09-08 13:32 · DEV Community — Machine Learning
Context Files for Coding Agents: What Goes in Root, What Goes Deep