@dair_ai: Great paper demystifying agent skills.
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A paper demystifies agent skills by analyzing 8,135 normalized trials, challenging the assumption that skills primarily inject knowledge into models.
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Great paper demystifying agent skills.
elvis (@omarsar0): Interesting paper demystifying agent skills.
If you maintain skills for your agent, this one is worth your time.
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Skills are usually assumed to inject knowledge the model lacks. However, this paper finds something interesting.
Across 8,135 normalized trial
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