> simpler alternative to Skills
this concerns me. Skills are already just about the simplest possible thing; they're just prompts, in a directory!
> simpler alternative to Skills
this concerns me. Skills are already just about the simplest possible thing; they're just prompts, in a directory!
Skills are notably more complex than that. They require metadata (which the model is given and uses to determine whether or not to load the main file), are intended to be loaded via a tool call, contain extra resources (also loaded by tool calls), etc. In contrast, with this system the harness doesn't need a tool to load the stored prompts, the prompts don't need to include metadata to allow for runtime discovery, etc.
Exactly, this was my thought process when deciding if we should have Skills or not.
In the end, I think that this prompt-only design, with the integrated tools that come with zerostack, is more than enough.
So are these lol