Inventory Blindness: Why AI Agents Forget the Skills They Already Have

TechPreacher · x · 2026-08-26

The article introduces 'Inventory Blindness,' suggesting that agents' issues often stem from an inability to locate existing skills within a limited context window (a 'stocked warehouse with the lights off'). Preloading all tools causes linearly scaling token costs and degrades reasoning. The solution lies in reliable capability discovery without burning the context window.

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