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Stop overloading your skills

calendar_today June 18, 2026 person Waldek Mastykarz domain microsoft

Advises against packing excessive documentation into AI agent skills, since models have already ingested most common patterns from public sources and repeating that wastes context window tokens. Recommends a measurement-first approach: measure what the model handles correctly, then build lightweight skills addressing only the remaining 10% of functionality that actually needs support.

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