MUSE-Autoskill (2026) introduces a five-stage skill lifecycle framework. Self-created skills achieve 60.35% (+7.16%) on SkillsBench overall, and an impressive 87.94% on tasks where skill generation succeeds — surpassing the human-authored skill ceiling. This post synthesizes six arXiv papers to map the full landscape of skill evolution research.
Agent memory isn't a plugin — it's part of the harness itself. Pick the right memory type, estimate data volume, then decide on the technology. And finally, figure out whether you actually own that memory.
OpenClaw sessions support 4 DM isolation levels, Memory is stored as Markdown files, and Compaction automatically summarizes and compresses when context is nearly full.
Context Engineering is the core concept that replaced Prompt Engineering in 2025: the focus shifted from 'how to ask' to 'what information to provide.' Delivering the right information at the right time into the context window is more effective than upgrading to a stronger model. This post covers the definition, four key strategies, practical techniques, and common failure modes.
RAG is read-only. Agent Memory lets AI not only read but also write and persist information. Three memory types: Procedural (behavior patterns), Episodic (temporal events), and Semantic (factual knowledge) form a complete cognitive memory system.
An AI agent is not a black box — it is built from three layers: what it knows (Context), how it thinks (Cognition), and what it can do (Action). Understanding these three layers is the key to grasping why agents are sometimes brilliant and sometimes go off the rails, and how to design a truly effective agent system.
Building a chatbot is more than just calling an API. Conversation state management, memory mechanisms, streaming, guardrails, observability, and tech stack selection — every layer affects the user experience.
After each conversation, asynchronously extract likely user preferences and skill level, then automatically personalize search parameters on the next query — no manual setup required.