Ask HN: How do you evaluate the skills your AI agents use?
Do you systematically evaluate agent skills, either before or while using them? If so, what tools or methods do you use? Or do you mostly rely on reading the SKILL.md and trying things out?
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2026-11-09 14:30:25.673Z
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Source account: Do you systematically evaluate agent skills, either before or while using them? If so, what tools or methods do you use? Or do you mostly rely on reading the SKILL.md and trying things out?
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Recorded author: enesalatas. Source votes: 1 votes (Nov 9, 2026 UTC; cumulative since publication) Recent records to compare: “Ask HN: Is it normal to not write code for a years as software engineer?” (Hacker News, Nov 9, 2026); “Idea: physics/bounds admissibility checks for agentic tool-call arguments (agents module)” (GitHub Issues, Nov 8, 2026). Shared themes are navigation hints; they have not been verified as the same need or independent corroboration.
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