Skills are manuals for agents: they only fill what the model doesn't know
dotey · x · 2026-09-08
dotey argues Skills are essentially instruction manuals for agents, and only need to cover what the model doesn't already know. Execution is done by tools (scripts, CLIs, apps) that the model calls directly — Skills exist to bridge the gap between a model's knowledge and efficient tool use or specific workflows.
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