{"product_id":"context-engineering-for-llms-applications-carter-zhang-9798265876911","title":"Context Engineering for LLMs Applications: Designing prompts, memory, retrieval and context pipelines for reliable, cost-effective LLM applications","description":"Context Engineering for LLMs is the operational handbook for anyone who wants LLMs to behave predictably, efficiently, and responsibly in production. The book reframes prompt engineering as a systems discipline context pipelines that include chunking, compression, vectorization, retrieval orchestration, and memory layers. You'll learn token-economics for large context windows, practical prompt architectures, system and user message patterns, and templates for common tasks.\u003cbr\u003eThe middle sections cover embedding strategies, vector-store patterns, and RAG designs that ensure relevance, freshness, and cost control. Memory system chapters describe how to design short-term and long-term memory, when to use episodic memory, and how to index and expire context. Security and reliability are core themes: learn prompt injection defenses, context validation, and audit trails. The book closes with evaluation, A\/B testing, CI pipelines for prompt changes, and operational patterns for continuous improvement.\u003cbr\u003eWhat's inside: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePractical prompt templates and system-message strategies for structured outputs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eToken cost modeling and context-window optimization techniques.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChunking, semantic compression, and fragment re-assembly recipes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEmbedding strategies, batching, and hybrid index maintenance.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMemory architectures: ephemeral, episodic, and persistent memory designs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRAG workflows and retrieval orchestration best practices.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrompt-injection defenses, content filtering, and context validation checks.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvaluation frameworks, metrics, and test suites for context quality.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCI\/CD for prompts and context pipelines, plus A\/B testing patterns.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOperational playbooks for latency, scaling, and cost tradeoffs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eWho this book is for: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrompt engineers, ML engineers, SREs, and product teams shipping LLM features.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTeams that require predictable, auditable, and cost-effective LLM behavior.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carter Zhang\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798265876911\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 212\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.45d","brand":"Carter Zhang","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48997139316991,"sku":"9798265876911","price":19.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/context-engineering-for-llms-applications-carter-zhang-9798265876911","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}