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Glossary

What is Context window?

Verified 21 September 2026

Context is finite and priced per token, which makes retrieval a budgeting problem rather than a recall problem. Ten full page bodies can consume a window before the model has decided which page it wanted.

Returning metadata first and full text on request is the direct response: the agent reads titles, snippets and trust signals, decides, and fetches only what it selected.

Common questions

What is Context window?

The context window is the maximum amount of text a model can consider at once, and it is the budget every retrieval decision spends against.

How does Context window work in practice?

Returning metadata first and full text on request is the direct response: the agent reads titles, snippets and trust signals, decides, and fetches only what it selected.

See it working

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