
6/23/2026 · Maya Shin
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This post introduces and explains the concept of context distillation in AI, detailing its importance for LLM efficiency, how it works, the problems it solves, its limitations, and common techniques. It also differentiates context distillation from model distillation and LLM fine-tuning, and outlines how Meilisearch can be used to support LLM context workflows by acting as a precision layer for retrieving relevant information from knowledge bases.