AI-Native Orgs Run on Skills: Governance like Microservices
AI Engineer · youtube · 2026-08-29
Imad Touil (QuantumBlack) argues that Skills are where an organization's know-how actually lives in agentic workflows. Without governance, they become technical debt—duplication of effort, quality decay with model updates, and security risks from unvetted public skills.
The Problem
- Hooks, sub-agents, and MCP servers don't capture the core business logic; Skills do.
- Ungoverned skills lead to: repeated builds by different teams, unclear ownership, and lack of composability.
The Solution: Microservice-style Governance
Imad proposes borrowing from the microservices era to manage skills:
- Catalog & Metadata: Searchable registry with details.
- Dependencies & Versioning: Harnesses pull specific releases.
- Access Control: Managing who can use what.
- Ownership: Named humans responsible for Architecture, Infrastructure, and Security domains.
He emphasizes that governance stops where technology ends—it requires deliberate human process.
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