This tutorial demonstrates how to construct a complete skill-based agent system for large language models using Python. It explores structuring modular capabilities similar to an operating system, where reusable skills are defined with metadata and schemas, registered centrally, and orchestrated through dynamic tool calling and multi-step reasoning. The implementation covers composing multiple skills for advanced workflows, hot-loading new capabilities at runtime, and monitoring performance via an observability dashboard.
This article provides a hands-on coding guide to explore nanobot, a lightweight personal AI agent framework. It details recreating core subsystems like the agent loop, tool execution, memory persistence, skills loading, session management, subagent spawning, and cron scheduling. The tutorial uses OpenAI’s gpt-4o-mini and demonstrates building a multi-step research pipeline capable of file operations, long-term memory storage, and concurrent background tasks. The goal is to understand not just how to *use* nanobot, but how to *extend* it with custom tools and architectures.
Starlette 1.0 has been released, and Simon Willison explores its new features by leveraging Claude’s skill‑building capabilities. He demonstrates how Claude can clone the Starlette repository, generate a comprehensive skill document with code examples, and even create a fully functional task‑management app complete with database, API endpoints, and Jinja2 templates—all generated and tested by Claude itself. The article highlights the practical benefits of integrating an LLM as a coding agent, showcases the new lifespan mechanism, and reflects on the growing popularity of Starlette as the foundation of FastAPI.
Learn how to equip your Microsoft Agent Framework agents with portable, reusable skill packages that provide domain expertise on demand using Agent Skills. This article covers what Agent Skills are, progressive disclosure, creating skills, connecting skills to an agent (with .NET and Python examples), use cases, and security considerations.
Alibaba has released CoPaw, an open-source framework designed to provide a standardized workstation for deploying and managing personal AI agents. It addresses the shift from LLM inference to autonomous agentic systems, focusing on the environment in which models operate. CoPaw utilizes AgentScope, AgentScope Runtime, and ReMe to handle agent logic, execution, and persistent memory, enabling long-term experience and multi-channel connectivity.
