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Ask HN: What former "must-have" AI agent skills have you deprecated?

A Hacker News user reports pruning their AI agent skill library as large language models improve, removing multi-step workflows and web wrappers that base models now handle natively, which speeds up context and improves performance. The user asks the community what former go-to tools or skills they have recently deprecated.

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As LLMs get stronger, I'm pruning my agent skill library. I've removed multi-step workflows (like superpowers) and web wrappers (like Agent Browse) that base models now handle natively, which speeds up context and improves performance.

Are you doing similar cleanup? What former go-to tools or skills have you recently ditched?

Comments URL: [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49116411](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49116411)

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