#skills

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OpenAI positions Codex skills and plugins as the next layer of AI workplace automation

OpenAI’s new Codex guidance lays out a two-part model for workplace automation: plugins connect outside tools and data, while skills encode repeatable team processes. Together they point to a more operational role for AI

Key Takeaways

OpenAI distinguishes plugins as tool connectors and skills as process playbooks.
The company says both can be combined for more automated workplace tasks.

DT Editorial Team·Apr 25, 2026·via openai.com

AI agent “skills” show limited gains once testing looks more like the real world

A large study of more than 34,000 real-world agent skills suggests the modular instructions praised in benchmark settings deliver far smaller gains when models must find and apply them on their own.

Key Takeaways

Researchers tested 34,198 real-world skills from open-source repositories.
The study argues existing benchmarks overstate gains by handing agents highly task-specific instructions.

DT Editorial Team·Apr 12, 2026·via the-decoder.com