Context Length
Domain: Configuration
Motivation
The maximum number of tokens the model can process. Configured per-model in config.yaml.
Concrete Example
model.context_length: 200000. The model handles up to 200K tokens. If conversation exceeds this, compression triggers. Different models have different limits.
Analogy
A backpack capacity - it holds 20L. If you try to put in 25L, something must come out. Context length is the backpack capacity for the model.