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Track 2

Prompt, Context & Token Discipline

Better prompts, cleaner context, lower token waste

Focus 1Verbalized Sampling Prompts for multi‑agent clarity
Focus 2TOON vs JSON: cut tokens, speed prompts
Focus 3CLAUDE.md & System vs User prompts

Track articles (19)

Curated ValidTec articles for this learning track.

  1. Make Your Testing Agents Communicate Like a Team: Verbalized Sampling Prompts
  2. How System vs. User Prompts Change the Game in AI-Powered Software Testing
  3. TOON vs JSON: Cut Tokens, Speed Up Prompts — with Verbalized Sampling, SLMs, and Google’s RAG API
  4. Context Engineering for Software Testing: A Practical Playbook (Automation → Manual → LLM/SLM → Copilots)
  5. CLAUDE.md Files — The Missing Manual (Intro, How-To, and Pro Tips)
  6. Top 6 AI Skills for 2026 That Will Boost Software Testing Engineer Effectiveness
  7. Prompting Is Now a Core Skill for Software Test Engineers (2026+)
  8. How Claude Cowork + Claude Code can 2–5× a Software Test Engineer’s effectiveness
  9. AI Tools Must Build the “Physics” Into the Product, Not Leave It to the User
  10. Creating Project Memory in Claude Code to Increase Productivity for Software Testing Engineers
  11. How Claude Code Project Memory and Skills Can 10x a Software Testing Engineer’s Productivity
  12. How AutoDream Makes Software Test Engineers More Effective Across Claude Chat, Cowork, and Code
  13. AutoDream vs Project Memory in Claude: Chat, Cowork, and Code
  14. How Understanding 10 LLM Engineering Concepts Helps Software Testing Engineers in the SDLC Workflow
  15. Patterns That Help Software Test Engineers Improve Daily Productivity by 5–10x
  16. Claude Code, Chat, and Cowork: How Loop Engineering Helps Software Testing Engineers Get Better Results
  17. Loop Engineering for Software Testing Engineers: Building AI Systems That Improve Through Repetition
  18. 7 Claude Code Prompts That Help Software Testing Engineers Work Like Experienced Engine
  19. Claude Code, Chat, and Cowork: How Loop Engineering Helps Software Testing Engineers Get Better Results

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