> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://handbook.sutro.sh/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Context

> What your model needs to know to get it right.

Like humans, models need the [right information](/patterns/context/expert-annotation/why-expert-annotations-matter) to get a job done. Also like humans - confusing, ambiguous, or absent instructions and/or evidence prevent a human from a getting task done well.

A significant part of the job of an AI engineer is to ensure a model has the context it needs, which can be gathered and provided in a variety of ways. We'll discuss a few of these options and the pragmatic tradeoffs between them.