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Context Degradation Patterns

by muratcankoylan•Context Engineering

Understanding and mitigating context degradation, including lost-in-the-middle phenomenon and attention curve analysis

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$ mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/context-engineering && curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/muratcankoylan/Agent-Skills-for-Context-Engineering/main/skills/context-degradation/SKILL.md > ~/.claude/skills/context-engineering/degradation-SKILL.md

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  • Context Fundamentals

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Published
2026/01/10
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Context Degradation Patterns

Understanding how context quality degrades and strategies to mitigate it.

Degradation Patterns

Lost-in-the-Middle

Information placed in the middle of long contexts receives significantly less attention than information at the beginning or end.

U-Shaped Attention

Models exhibit U-shaped attention curves - strong attention at start and end, weak in the middle.

Attention Scarcity

As context grows, each token receives a smaller share of the attention budget.

Mitigation Strategies

  • Strategic information placement
  • Context summarization
  • Progressive disclosure
  • Priority-based ordering