How AI agents capture knowledge through skills and memory, why humans still write some skills, and what self-improving means in code — based on the source of six open agent harnesses.

Self-improving AI agents sound like marketing — until you read the code. This is how agents capture knowledge as skills and memory, why a human still has to write some of it down, and what self-improving actually means once you strip away the hype: bookkeeping, an LLM review pass, and a human gate.

Tag: Skills

Tag: Skills

Skills and Memory: How AI Agents Actually Learn