Why do frameworks like Claude Code or Codex have the concept of “skills” instead of just using well-organized Markdown docs?
Couldn’t I just have an AGENTS.md that points to folders of .md files and tells the agent when to read them? That feels functionally equivalent to me.
What am I missing? Is there a real architectural benefit, or is it mostly a standardization/convenience thing?
I doubt we’d create so much hype about skills if they’d just be a md file that’s in a skills folder. So I feel I’m missing something.
infotainment•53m ago
"Well-organized markdown docs" are exactly what skills are.
More specifically, they are well-organized markdown docs that explain how to do some particular thing.
getstowly•34m ago