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Shorten the agent skill description

Alexander Diachenko·2 days ago·YK-1092
Released to BetaImprovement

Could the default use-yaak skill description be shorter and focus on when to use it? It currently includes a long list of capabilities and usage advice that would fit better in the skill body.

I shortened my local copy to:

Use when the user mentions Yaak or asks to call or smoke test HTTP/REST endpoints, manage API requests for reuse or manual testing, configure saved request authentication, import API specifications or collections, or run saved request suites across environments.

That’s just an example (tbh, Codex did it for me), but the idea is that the description should help the agent decide when to load the skill. Details about what it does belong in the skill body. Keeping the description focused saves context.

Since yaak agent install overwrites local edits, it would be nice to improve the generated default so we don’t have to keep adjusting it.

macOS2026.7.1

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Yaak BotReleased to BetaFeatured

This is now available in 2026.8.0-beta.2!

Gregory SchierPending Release

Agreed, the description should only help the agent decide when to load the skill. Shortened it here: https://github.com/mountain-loop/yaak/pull/625. It’ll ship with the next CLI release.

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