Context Management for AI Coding Agents
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Context Management for AI Coding Agents — Best Practices (as of 06 Aug 2026)
How coding agents actually fill, compact, and isolate their fixed context windows — the framework-agnostic mechanics plus Claude Code, OpenAI Codex CLI, and Google Gemini CLI specifics, including the caching and cost traps that quietly drain a budget.