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# Technical Blog

Scoped experiments and engineering notes on optimizing agent skills, evaluating text-space updates, and deploying self-improving systems responsibly.

## Latest posts

July 14, 2026 · Ziwei Zhou, Ziyang Gong, and Yifan Yang

## Expanded SkillOpt Ablations, Skill-Aware Reflection, and SkillOpt-Sleep

A three-part report with expanded SkillOpt ablations, a skill-aware reflection design with memory consolidation, and a controlled study of the SkillOpt-Sleep plugin.

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