Before/after: one skill file still changes agent behavior dramatically
audrow · x · 2026-09-06
The author shares a before/after comparison of agent output with and without a skill, remarking how much prompt engineering still helps; he adds that skills sometimes change behavior and that he's preferring the pstack stack lately.
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