Preprint
Jul 2026
An Empirical Study of Downstream Adaptation for Agent Skills
A reuse paradox is revealed: although skills are intended to be easily imported and reused, developers spend a lot of effort rewriting what the skills do, fixing skill discoverability, and translating them for different tools and languages, indicating a need for better abstractions, standardized interfaces, and automated support for skill adaptation.
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