Agent Skills Require Engineering-Driven Evaluation
bibryam · x · 2026-07-16
This perspective argues that **agent skills** are evolving from simple "prompts" into something more like "software modules," thus requiring evaluation and governance methods akin to software engineering. Practices listed include: - Clearly defining the definition of done - Trigger testing and negative example controls - Deterministic checks - Structured rubric scoring - CI regression checks - Permission testing based on the principle of least privilege The author also links to an OpenAI guide on evaluating Codex skills, emphasizing that the more engineered an agent's capabilities become, the more systematic testing it requires, rather than relying on subjective impressions.
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