Principle of Parsimony in Context Engineering

The Principle of Parsimony in Context Engineering states that every element and level of detail in an LLM's context should exist only because it contributes to unambiguous task interpretation, enforceability of constraints, or result quality. In practice, this means including only task-relevant information at the appropriate granularity, writing instructions with a single clear reading, and making constraints verifiable. Parsimony is not about cryptic brevity but about removing anything that does not improve the model's output.