The paper actually says: "We find that all context files consistently increase the number of steps required to complete tasks. LLM-generated context files have a marginal negative effect on task success rates, while developer-written ones provide a marginal performance gain."

"Overall, our results suggest that context files have only marginal effect on agent behavior, and are likely only desirable when manually written."

I say Nes.

You are absolutely right, thank you for pushing back. Upon further examination, I've confirmed that the referenced paper says no.

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