Analyzer agents trimmed his agent skill files by a fifth and found bugs doing it

Analyzer agents audited and trimmed skill files, cutting about 18 percent then about 600 more lines, and extracting bash into scripts turned up bugs.

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Analyzer agents audit and trim the skill files
Cutting about 18 percent, then about 600 more lines
Extracting scripts from the text turns up bugs

Why it’s worth knowing

Agents editing the instructions for agents is the loop closing.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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