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The thinking behind the context layer

Longer papers from the IMI team on the architecture, and why contextual understanding is its own responsibility.

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Architecture

The context window and the context layer

A context window is assembled for one inference. A context layer maintains contextual understanding independently of any inference. Why that distinction matters for agentic AI.

October 2026 · 13 min read