Domain 2·13% of exam·27 concepts
Claude Models, Prompting & Context Engineering
Choose Claude models by trade-off, design system prompts and guardrails, apply prompt-engineering techniques, and manage context windows, tokens, and prompt reuse at scale.
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2.1
Select appropriate Claude models based on trade-offs
2.2
Design system prompts, templates, and guardrails
2.3
Apply prompt engineering techniques (zero-shot, few-shot, chain-of-thought)
2.4
Optimize context windows and manage token usage
- ccarp-2.4.1Context Window as Bounded Working Memory
- ccarp-2.4.2Distinguishing Context-Related Terms
- ccarp-2.4.3Context Strategy Spectrum: Monolithic to Progressive
- ccarp-2.4.4Layering Context Strategies in a Single System
- ccarp-2.4.5Extended Thinking as a Cost-Latency Tradeoff
- ccarp-2.4.6Diagnosing Silent Context Growth as a Cost Driver
2.5