{"slug": "microsoft-s-skillopt-boosts-gpt-5-5-by-using-nothing-but-a-trained-markdown-file", "title": "Microsoft's SkillOpt boosts GPT-5.5 by using nothing but a trained Markdown file", "summary": "Microsoft and three Chinese universities developed SkillOpt, a method that optimizes instruction documents for AI agents using principles from traditional model training. A simple Markdown file boosted GPT-5.5 by about 23 points on procedural tasks, and the same file transferred across models and agent environments like Codex and Claude Code.", "body_md": "Microsoft and three Chinese universities have developed SkillOpt, a method that optimizes instruction documents for AI agents using principles from traditional model training. A simple Markdown file is enough to boost GPT-5.5 by about 23 points on procedural tasks, and the same file transfers across models and agent environments like Codex and Claude Code.\n\nThe article [Microsoft's SkillOpt boosts GPT-5.5 by using nothing but a trained Markdown file](https://the-decoder.com/microsofts-skillopt-boosts-gpt-5-5-by-using-nothing-but-a-trained-markdown-file/) appeared first on [The Decoder](https://the-decoder.com).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-s-skillopt-boosts-gpt-5-5-by-using-nothing-but-a-trained-markdown-file", "canonical_source": "https://the-decoder.com/microsofts-skillopt-boosts-gpt-5-5-by-using-nothing-but-a-trained-markdown-file/", "published_at": "2026-06-13 12:20:39+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-13 12:23:54.509736+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["artificial-intelligence", "machine-learning", "large-language-models", "ai-agents", "ai-research"], "entities": ["Microsoft", "GPT-5.5", "Codex", "Claude Code", "SkillOpt"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-s-skillopt-boosts-gpt-5-5-by-using-nothing-but-a-trained-markdown-file", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-s-skillopt-boosts-gpt-5-5-by-using-nothing-but-a-trained-markdown-file.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-s-skillopt-boosts-gpt-5-5-by-using-nothing-but-a-trained-markdown-file.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/microsoft-s-skillopt-boosts-gpt-5-5-by-using-nothing-but-a-trained-markdown-file.jsonld"}}