It's not about giving hints to agents because they wouldn't find it out otherwise. It's about saving the work of them having to find out. Good skills files save tokens.
It's not about giving hints to agents because they wouldn't find it out otherwise. It's about saving the work of them having to find out. Good skills files save tokens.
How do you actually measure the token savings? Do you compare the same task with and without the skill, or is it more of a noticeable difference over time?
Having too many skills files increase tokens even when they don't get fully read. It's a fine line.
That's why you need to curate and adapt the skills for your specific project. That is, don't blindly accumulate skills downloaded from the web