SkillEffect: Checked Lowering for Memory-Bounded Agent Tools
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Yinuo Wang, Yiyu Shi
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Yinuo Wang, Yiyu Shi
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AI agent — An AI system that doesn't just answer once but works toward a goal in a loop — taking actions, reading the results, and deciding what to do next.
Why it matters
Skills that specify resource obligations are only as good as what enforces them, and checked lowering with a separate verifier is a concrete alternative to trusting the generated code.
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