What is contextual knowledge?

Contextual knowledge is what the agent can read right now, as opposed to what it half-remembers from training.

Navid Moazzezby Navid MoazzezUpdated Sept. 12, 20261 min read
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Anything it reads this session is contextual. Anything it recalls is not, and cannot be trusted for anything recent.

The practical rule: if it matters and it is current, put it in front of the thing rather than asking what it knows.