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agent-architecture
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LLM Skills vs Tools: The Missing Layer in Agent Design
TLDR: A tool is a single callable capability (search, SQL, calculator). A skill is a reusable mini-workflow that coordinates multiple tool calls with policy, guardrails, retries, and output structure. If you model everything as "just tools," your age...
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LLM Skill Registries, Routing Policies, and Evaluation for Production Agents
TLDR: If tools are primitives and skills are reusable routines, then the skill registry + router + evaluator is your production control plane. This layer decides which skill runs, under what constraints, and how you detect regressions before users do...
•11 min read