SMRTR ProgrammingMar 23, 2026LogRocket

Context engineering for IDEs: Agents.md & agent skills

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Context engineering for IDEs involves using AGENTS.md files and agent skills to give coding agents better project context upfront. Experiments implementing RBAC functionality show AGENTS.md reduces token usage by 50% and eliminates costly repository exploration phases. Skills improve final code quality but increase costs due to delayed application of constraints.

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