Context Engineering for Coding Agents

Notes from my Thoughtworks colleagues on AI-assisted software delivery

Context Engineering for Coding Agents Context Engineering for Coding Agents Birgitta Böckeler Birgitta is a Distinguished Engineer and AI-assisted delivery expert at Thoughtworks. She has over 20 years of experience as a software developer, architect and technical leader. This article is part of “Exploring Gen AI” . A series capturing Thoughtworks technologists' explorations of using gen ai technology for software development. 05 February 2026 The number of options we have to configure and enrich a coding agent’s context has exploded over the past few months. Claude Code is leading the charge

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