Agent performance tanked after one team loaded 600+ skills at startup

dbreunig · x · 2026-07-27

A team debugging poor agent performance found the culprit was startup bloat: they were loading 600+ skills at once, including every skill shared in their internal repos.

The post is short, but the implication is practical: an overloaded skill set can hurt agent behavior and startup performance, so skill selection and loading strategy matter in real systems.

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