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Skill instructions not enforced as mandatory by agent

Cluster 54256 · skills. Data as of

1 open item. No fix on record.

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1open issue
0open PRs
2items grouped
Known?
Yes. 2 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
Fix event
No merged or attempted fix PR is on record for this cluster.
Tracker
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1 issue and 0 PRs.

A reported bug and related fix attempts address agents treating injected skill instructions as optional or advisory rather than mandatory. Multiple fix iterations suggest ongoing work to make skill-loading prompts more directive.

Open issues1

  • Issue#58569[Bug]: Agent loads skills but doesn't follow them — skill instructions treated as advisory

Open PRs0

No open pull requests.

Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#54256[Bug]: Skill System Degradation — Injected Skills Treated as "Advisory Context" Instead of Mandatory Instructions Under Prompt Pollution
How this cluster was grouped
  • Link evidence (automated judgement only): no structural link between members; the grouping rests entirely on an automated relevance judgement over their text.
  • Read the members yourself before treating them as one problem.
  • Pairwise link density 0.36: the share of item pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. 1.00 means every pair is linked.

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