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  "title": "SKILL.md Acts as a Behavior Loader, Not a Better Prompt",
  "description": "Skills package procedures, tools, and progressive context so an agent can load behavior only when the task requires it.",
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  "why_it_matters": "This dated record adds public evidence to the skills become portable capability layer, company memory needs write loops analysis and keeps the claim auditable as the underlying products and practices change.",
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    "skills",
    "context-engineering",
    "agent-harness"
  ],
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    "company-memory-needs-write-loops"
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    "https://internals.laxmena.com/p/what-youre-actually-writing-when",
    "https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/agent-skills/overview",
    "https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agents-and-tools/agent-skills/best-practices"
  ],
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    "markdown": "https://newruntime.com/signals/skill-md-acts-as-a-behavior-loader-not-a-better-prompt.md",
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}