What is Code Context?
The surrounding files and snippets an AI coding tool uses to ground its answer, separate from your natural-language prompt.
files attached → helper reused
Code context for an AI tool is…
Write it in your own words in the app.
In real work
Attach the right code context so the agent stops inventing helpers that already exist.
In the illustration
The request card arrives; three file plates are hung on the pegboard, and the arm picks up the existing formatDate helper instead of forging a new one.
Give your coding agent the right code context: the file I am editing and the one it calls, then ask it why the test fails. Nothing more.
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