AI Glossary
Agent skills
Also called skills
What does “Agent skills” mean?
Agent skills: Packaged instructions, scripts and reference files that an agent loads only when a task calls for them, teaching it a specific procedure. Loading on demand keeps the agent's context small while giving it access to many specialized abilities.
What is an example of “Agent skills”?
A "quarterly report" skill might hold a company's formatting rules and a script for pulling the right figures.