# Agent-Skills

## Pages

- [Skills aren't a cheat code for coding agents. They're configuration drift waiting to happen.](https://aeshift.com/posts/2026-03-17-swe-skills-bench-do-agent-skills-actually-help-in-real-world-software-engineerin/index.md): SWE-Skills-Bench finds most agent skills don't improve real repo outcomes, and some make things worse. Independent research on 673 skills reveals why: the failure modes are more varied and surprising than version mismatch alone.