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title: "Comment by Andrew on \"Agent Skills: Your system prompt is not a knowledge base\" | Hashnode"
description: "Your catalog still ships in context every turn, so fifteen skills with when-to-use lists rebuild a smaller 4000-token prompt. Names first, descriptions only whe"
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Comment [Agent Skills: Your system prompt is not a knowledge base](https://hashnode.com/posts/agent-skills-not-a-knowledge-base/6a884c3fa6bf986c0709f3c7)

[Andrew](https://hashnode.com/@rizzdev)

[Aug 21](https://hashnode.com/posts/agent-skills-not-a-knowledge-base/6a884c3fa6bf986c0709f3c7/comment/6a8884108f52f1f37b0b3257)

Your catalog still ships in context every turn, so fifteen skills with when-to-use lists rebuild a smaller 4000-token prompt. Names first, descriptions only when a name looks relevant, would cut that leftover load. Those descriptions are tokens you pay on turns that never need them.