Agent skills are everywhere — but they're just markdown files installed via npx
kylegawley · x · 2026-11-14
A one-line deflation of the hype: "agent skills" are everywhere, but they're just a markdown file — you're installing a markdown file with npx. A pointed observation about the agent ecosystem packaging a trivially simple format as a major concept.
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