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Agent Skills in 100 lines of Python

https://www.jairtrejo.com/blog/2026/01/agent-skills
1•jairtrejo•1h ago

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jairtrejo•1h ago
OP here. I wrote this because I feel the term "Agent Skills" is getting a bit mystical, when in reality it's just a nice pattern for progressive disclosure.

I implemented the Anthropic skill standard using claudette (thanks @jeremyphoward) to see how minimal I could make it. Turns out you only need about 100 lines of Python to support the full spec.

The code implements the three basic tools (skill, read, run) without any complex orchestration framework. Let me know what you think!

All Gas Town, No Brakes Town

https://www.todayintabs.com/p/all-gas-town-no-brakes-town
1•pavel_lishin•30s ago•0 comments

Microsoft is closing its employee library and cutting back on subscriptions

https://www.theverge.com/tech/862531/microsoft-library-closure-transition-changes-notepad
1•pavel_lishin•34s ago•0 comments

What Netflix and Spotify Know About Metadata That You Don't

https://www.sweep.io/blog/what-netflix-and-spotify-know-about-metadata-that-you-don-t/
1•gaudioioio•51s ago•0 comments

Opus 4.5 Codes, Gemini 3 Writes, Nano Banana Pro Generates Images, and I Sit

https://theautomatedoperator.substack.com/p/opus-45-codes-gemini-3-writes-the
1•idopmstuff•3m ago•0 comments

Please Let Me Read – The Web Was Once Good:(

https://github.com/subranag/declutter
1•subbu_devhub•3m ago•1 comments

I Was Thinking in Databases. I Should Have Been Thinking in Networks

https://jilles.me/thinking-in-networks-cloudflare-storage/
1•enz•3m ago•0 comments

A Marketplace for AI-Generated Adult Content and Deepfakes[pdf]

https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.09117
2•kelseyfrog•6m ago•0 comments

A security-oriented Go compiler

https://github.com/kevin-valerio/cybergo
1•conslit•7m ago•1 comments

Italy's privacy watchdog, scourge of US big tech, hit by corruption probe

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/italys-privacy-watchdog-scourge-u...
3•giuliomagnifico•9m ago•0 comments

A minimal execution-time control gate for agentic systems (open source)

https://github.com/Rick-Kirby/execution-control-layer/releases/tag/v1.2.0
1•RickKirby•11m ago•1 comments

Our Engineering Team Uses AI

https://metalbear.com/blog/engineering-ai-use/
2•aviramha•12m ago•0 comments

What is the name of this book? [pdf]

https://cs.bme.hu/~szeredi/ait/Smullyan-What-is-the-Name-of-This-Book.pdf
1•ibobev•12m ago•0 comments

GitHub Copilot subscriptions are now officially usable with OpenCode

https://twitter.com/github/status/2011822451613712646
1•MillionOClock•13m ago•1 comments

Show HN: Background Remover

https://flash.codegres.com/
1•Codegres•14m ago•0 comments

Supply Chain Vuln Compromised Core AWS GitHub Repos & Threatened the AWS Console

https://www.wiz.io/blog/wiz-research-codebreach-vulnerability-aws-codebuild
4•uvuv•15m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Skills become the natural language semantic layer?

https://motherduck.com/blog/who-needs-a-semantic-layer-anyway/
2•thamizhan2611•15m ago•1 comments

Events and timestamps: When did something happen?

https://www.heise.de/en/blog/Events-and-timestamps-When-did-something-really-happen-11139811.html
2•goloroden•15m ago•0 comments

A 0-click exploit chain for the Pixel 9 Part 1: Decoding Dolby

https://projectzero.google/2026/01/pixel-0-click-part-1.html
5•el_duderino•17m ago•0 comments

Make More Cheap Garbage

https://ninjasandrobots.com/make-more-cheap-garbage
1•nate•19m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Keypost – Policy enforcement for MCP pipelines

https://keypost.ai
3•kxb4032•19m ago•1 comments

Mechanical impacts of climbing on cliff vegetation

https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pan3.70207
2•PaulHoule•20m ago•0 comments

Top Sports Streaming and Fan Engagement Trends to Watch in 2026

https://www.red5.net/blog/sports-broadcasting-and-fan-engagement-trends-2026/
1•mondainx•20m ago•0 comments

Eloquent JavaScript

https://eloquentjavascript.net/
1•ibobev•20m ago•0 comments

A "super secret project" became the standard: Cross-team mentorship at scale

https://blog.talentlms.io/posts/super-secret-project-that-probably-wont-happen/
1•yrizos•21m ago•0 comments

OpenAI leak claims the ChatGPT maker is developing an earbud-style wearable

https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/openai/big-openai-leak-claims-the-chatgpt-maker...
4•obayesshelton•21m ago•2 comments

Mathematical Puzzles, Second Edition

https://math.dartmouth.edu/news-resources/electronic/puzzlebook/
1•ibobev•21m ago•0 comments

Integer programming easily encloses horse

https://dynomight.substack.com/p/horse
1•crescit_eundo•22m ago•0 comments

World is moving fast how yo uare evolving

1•vedant_mandu•22m ago•1 comments

Notes on Skill.md vs. MCP

https://taoofmac.com/space/notes/2026/01/14/0830
1•rcarmo•23m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Why did forum culture die?

4•nthypes•24m ago•2 comments