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I don't understand why tool calling isn't the primitive. A "skill" could have easily just been a tool that an agent can build an execute in its own compute spac

• simonw 1y ago
  If you look through the example skills most of them are about calling existing tools, often Python via the terminal. Take a look at this one for working with PDFs for example: https://github.com/anthropics/skills/blob/main/document-skills/pdf/SKILL.md https://github.com/anthropics/skills/blob/main/document-skil... - it includes a quickstart guide to using the Python pypdf module, then expands on that with some useful scripts for common patterns.
• visarga 1y ago
  > A "skill" could have easily just been a tool The problem skills solve is initial mapping of available information. A tool might hide what information it contains until used, this approach puts a table of contents for docs in the context, so the model is aware and can navigate to desired information as needed.