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title: "Equipping agents for the real world with Agent Skills"
section: "raw"
type: "source"
created: "2026-08-27"
updated: "2026-08-27"
canonical: "https://pyweb.dev/wiki/raw/articles/anthropic-agent-skills-2025"
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# Equipping agents for the real world with Agent Skills

**Authors:** Barry Zhang, Keith Lazuka, Mahesh Murag (Anthropic)
**Date:** 2025-10-16
**URL:** https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/equipping-agents-for-the-real-world-with-agent-skills

## Abstract / Summary
Anthropic engineering introduction to Agent Skills standard. Folders containing SKILL.md with YAML frontmatter. Uses progressive disclosure: Level 1 (name/description pre-loaded in system prompt), Level 2 (SKILL.md loaded on demand), Level 3 (bundled supporting files/scripts). Demonstrates code execution within skills and highlights starting from evaluation.

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## Agent Navigation

### Machine endpoints
- Knowledge graph: https://pyweb.dev/api/graph.json
- Graph analysis: https://pyweb.dev/api/graph-analysis.json
- Context index: https://pyweb.dev/llms.txt