Optimization Pattern — Skills

Pattern: Optimization
Component: skills.md
Version: 1.3 | Updated: 2026-07-29

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Skill	Path	Why required
Performance	skills/performance.skill.md	Profile-guided changes
Testing	skills/testing.skill.md	Correctness oracle while optimizing
Observability	skills/observability.skill.md	Baselines and guardrail metrics
Evaluation	skills/evaluation.skill.md	When the optimized path is model-facing

Related agents

• Observability agent

Skill activation triggers

Run Performance only after a measured baseline exists. Keep Testing as the correctness oracle while changing hot paths. Use Observability for guardrail metrics. Use Evaluation when the optimized path is model-facing or prompt/tool related.

Verification that skills worked

• Baseline metric and method are recorded before the first change
• Correctness oracle still passes after the optimization
• p99 or cost guardrails were reviewed if contractual

Changelog

• 1.3 (2026-07-29): Optimization skill activation and verification rewritten for this envelope.