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CONTEXT-ENGINEERING5 MIN READ

Incident Console: From Log Dump to Context-Aware Tool Result

Describe how token-efficient tool results protect the context window during incident response.

What changes when Wei's log tool returns a diagnostic packet instead of raw event exhaust? Before: raw event exhaust floods the agent context. After: the tool returns a compact packet for the next decision. Raw lines became grouped error signatures, so the model reasons over patterns instead of parsing noise. The response includes time bounds and affected service, which anchors the next step inside the incident scope. A drill-down handle replaces unnecessary bulk, preserving the option to retrieve more without carrying everything now. The tool result is safe to keep for later turns because it summarizes state instead of storing…

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