Glossary · term

Intent engineering

Intent engineering is an approach to designing interactions with agents in which the user does not dictate every step, but instead defines the target state, the success metric, the safety boundaries, and the budget, while the model takes over operational context management. It originates from the HCI design community (2025–2026).

Products2025–V 2026Wave 2 · 2024Maturity: 1/5

Maturity rationale

Intent engineering — neologism 2025-26

References

Karpathy: Idea file (intent engineering precursor)(x)

Author: Andrej Karpathy

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