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# [Why More Than 30 Skills Kill Your AI Agent](https://thomastartrau.hashnode.dev/why-more-than-30-skills-kill-your-ai-agent?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

The more skills an agent has, the better it should work. That is the intuition. It is wrong. Past thirty or so skills or tools, adding one more capability often degrades the agent instead of improving

Sep 17 · 7 min read · thomastartrau.hashnode.dev  
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