u/jairtrejo
Where the Goats Are, a slow, contemplative game where you play as Tikvah, a stubborn old woman who stayed on her farm as neighbors and family moved away.
The main loop of the game is about making goat cheese and selling it to get food and supplies for your goats, but you never quite manage to get it working and are always on the edge of collapse.
Agent Skills are an exciting feature, but I think the conversation around them gets a bit too mystical.
After implementing the standard myself, I realized their true power isn't in some complex technical breakthrough. It's that they are a perfect example of progressive disclosure.
They allow us to replace complex sub-agent orchestration with something much more manageable: a file system.
All you need is three tools:
- Skill(name) to read a SKILL.md
- Read(path) to progressively read more files
- Run(path) to execute scripts without having to read them
If you are building agents, I'd argue you should look at Skills as a very cheap tool to give your agent flexibility. It’s a lightweight way to organize prompts that might replace the complex orchestration you thought you needed.
I wrote up the full implementation (compatible with Anthropic's public skills) here:
I put together this build to replace my 10yo Lenovo Ideacentre Y900
| Type | Item | Price |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | $479.00 @ Abt | |
| CPU Cooler | $34.90 @ Amazon | |
| Motherboard | $195.18 @ Abt | |
| Memory | $107.99 @ Newegg | |
| Storage | $269.99 @ Abt | |
| Video Card | $779.99 @ Amazon | |
| Case | $119.99 @ Amazon | |
| Power Supply | $144.99 @ Amazon | |
| Operating System | $147.99 @ Amazon | |
| Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts | ||
| Total | $2280.02 | |
| Generated by 2025-09-03 14:07 EDT-0400 |
Does it look reasonable to you? I primarily will use it for gaming at 1440p, productivity stuff and will be using Blender recreationally. The goal is for it to last me another 10 years, maybe switching the processor in a few years when the socket gets discontinued.
