# An Empirical Study of Agent Skills' Downstream Utility

**Published:** October 8, 2026
**Author:** Yu Cheng, Dehai Zhao, Zhongxin Liu, Qing Huang, Zhenchang Xing, Xiaoxue Ren
**Source:** arXiv — cs.AI
**Language:** en-US
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Agent Skills package procedural guidance and resources for reuse, but a relevant Skill does not necessarily improve task performance. Existing studies characterize Skill content and evaluate downstream performance, yet provide limited explanations of how utility depends on…

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