Kalamos
Context Management in Amp
Archived Β· written in November 2025 for an earlier model era.
The context window is the entire input a large language model receives when generating output. It contains your messages, the model's replies, tool calls, and thinking blocks.
Each turn, the new message is added and the whole window is sent again. The model reads all of it, not just the last line.
Models have gotten more forgiving. It is still on you to know what you want and say it clearly.