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by ssgodderidge 35 days ago
I was using the term as you used in your comment. I believe the official term is "Activation" however:

> Activation: When a task matches a skill’s description, the agent reads the full SKILL.md instructions into context.[1]

> Full instructions load only when a task calls for them, so agents can keep many skills on hand with only a small context footprint.

[1]: https://agentskills.io/home#how-do-agent-skills-work

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Ah, I misunderstood this, thanks for the link. You are correct. I was assuming this system worked like CLAUDE.md in that it was deterministically added to the context without the LLM choosing to add it. My mistake.