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# Context Pack: Context Is King

## Gist

Define the result, then provide the context and working structure that let a model act on it.

## Verbatim excerpts

> Write those conditions before the work starts. Someone else should be able to use them to judge the result without having to borrow your brain.

> Start with what would change the answer. Give it that. Then add what it needs to act on it.

## Working rules

- Define what exists, what evidence counts, and what would cause rejection.
- Keep decisions and current files available beyond the chat.
- Supply relevant references and constraints; more text alone is not more useful.
- The library supports exploration. The course provides ordered practice.

## Use and boundaries

Use this pack to understand the essay and apply its reasoning to a project. Read the full essay for its examples. Examples introduced as hypothetical are not claims about Ari's personal history. This pack contains no private teaching transcript.

## Links

- Essay: /documents/outcomes-and-systems/context-is-king
- Ordered practice: /courses/define-outcomes-build-products
- Related: /documents/outcomes-and-systems/define-done-as-thinking
- Related: /documents/outcomes-and-systems/hold-the-system

## Source

content/posts/outcomes-and-systems/context-is-king.mdx