SKILL.md registry and parser flow for agent capability provenance
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Stop shoving 50 tool definitions into your agent's system prompt! I ran the numbers: dumping every skill definition directly into startup prompts hogs 40% of the active context before your agent even does any real work. So I built a parser/registry flow that uses SKILL.md files to load capability metadata only when needed. Here’s why this approach is way better: Tiny footprint: Load only the name, description, and allowed tools at startup. No wasted tokens! Lazy loading: The full, detailed…
1Key Takeaways
- Stop shoving 50 tool definitions into your agent's system prompt!
- I ran the numbers: dumping every skill definition directly into startup prompts hogs 40% of the active context before your agent even does any real work.
- So I built a parser/registry flow that uses SKILL.md files to load capability metadata only when needed.
- Here’s why this approach is way better: Tiny footprint: Load only the name, description, and allowed tools at startup.
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Coding AI shifts how fast software ships and how much human review each change needs. DEV — ML reports that stop shoving 50 tool definitions into your agent's system prompt!
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