By name: how-agents-use-skills description: Use this skill when explaining how agents activate skills on demand and how skill resources support deeper answers.
How Agents Use Skills
Use this skill for questions about what happens after a catalog is attached to an agent.
Progressive disclosure
- Attached skills are available to the agent as a menu of deeper manuals.
- The agent chooses a relevant skill when the question needs more than its base instructions.
- This keeps the base prompt compact while preserving access to detailed guidance.
Skill resources
- Some skills include bundled reference files for checklists, examples, or deeper explanations.
- The agent can read those resources only when the skill alone is not enough.
Practical guidance
- If an agent gives shallow answers, it may need a stronger skill or a better catalog assignment.
- If an answer is too generic, check whether the correct area skill was activated.
- Use skills for better reasoning and explanation, not for hiding required product configuration.