# Context Engineering

> Provide goose with the knowledge, preferences, and workflows it needs to work effectively

- 网址：https://funcoding.ai/agents/goose/guides/context-engineering/
- 来源：goose 官方文档原文（英文），Apache-2.0 许可，同步于 2026-10-11
- 官方原文：https://goose-docs.ai/docs/guides/context-engineering

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<h1 class={styles.pageTitle}>Context Engineering</h1>
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  Context engineering is about building background knowledge, preferences, and workflows that help goose work more effectively. Instead of repeating instructions, you define them once and teach goose how you work.
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  <h2 class={styles.categoryTitle}>📚 Documentation & Guides</h2>
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- [Using goosehints](https://funcoding.ai/agents/goose/guides/context-engineering/using-goosehints/)：Use AGENTS.md, .goosehints, and other files to provide project context, preferences, and instructions that goose loads automatically.
- [Using Skills](https://funcoding.ai/agents/goose/guides/context-engineering/using-skills/)：Create reusable instruction sets containing workflows, scripts, and other resources that goose can load on demand.
- [Custom Agents](https://funcoding.ai/agents/goose/guides/context-engineering/custom-agents/)：Create, edit, import, and export specialized goose agents with reusable prompts and optional metadata.
- [Plugins](https://funcoding.ai/agents/goose/guides/context-engineering/plugins/)：Install, update, and manage packages that extend goose with skills, hooks, and other reusable components.
- [Hooks](https://funcoding.ai/agents/goose/guides/context-engineering/hooks/)：Run scripts when goose starts sessions, submits prompts, calls tools, edits files, or executes shell commands.
- [Custom Slash Commands](https://funcoding.ai/agents/goose/guides/context-engineering/slash-commands/)：Create custom shortcuts to quickly run reusable instructions in any chat session with simple slash commands.
- [Prompt Templates](https://funcoding.ai/agents/goose/guides/context-engineering/prompt-templates/)：Customize the built-in prompts that define how goose responds, plans, compacts context, and creates recipes.
- [Subagents](https://funcoding.ai/agents/goose/guides/context-engineering/subagents/)：Delegate focused tasks to isolated goose instances that can run sequentially or in parallel.
- [Persistent Instructions](https://funcoding.ai/agents/goose/guides/context-engineering/using-persistent-instructions/)：Inject critical reminders into goose's working memory every turn. Ideal for security guardrails and behavioral rules that must never be forgotten.
- [Memory Extension](https://funcoding.ai/agents/goose/mcp/memory-mcp/)：Teach goose persistent knowledge it can recall across sessions. Save commands, code snippets, and preferences for consistent assistance.
- [Research → Plan → Implement Pattern](https://funcoding.ai/agents/goose/tutorials/rpi/)：See how slash commands make it easy to integrate instructions into interactive RPI workflows.
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  <h2 class={styles.categoryTitle}>📝 Featured Blog Posts</h2>
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- [What's in my .goosehints file](https://goose-docs.ai/blog/2025/06/05/whats-in-my-goosehints-file)：A deep dive into .goosehints vs Memory Extension, and how to optimize your goose configuration for better performance.
- [Stop Your AI Agent From Making Unwanted Changes](https://goose-docs.ai/blog/2025/12/10/stop-ai-agent-unwanted-changes)：Teach your AI agent how to commit early and often so you can control changes and roll back safely.
- [The AI Skeptic's Guide to Context Windows](https://goose-docs.ai/blog/2025/08/18/understanding-context-windows)：Why do AI agents forget? Learn how context windows, tokens, and goose help you manage memory and long conversations.
- [Hooks: run your own scripts on every goose event](https://goose-docs.ai/blog/2026/05/14/goose-hooks)：Learn how lifecycle hooks let you react to session, prompt, tool, file, and shell events with your own scripts.
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