What is Skill?
Skill is the defined unit that enables the artificial intelligence assistant to do work with an external tool.
Definition and Word Origin
The assistant's general speech is not enough; Sometimes it needs to read files and make searches. Each of these special functions is defined as a skill. The concept has moved from the voice assistant era to the agent era: from Alexa skills to today's agent skills.
How to Know and Use in Daily Life?
File: Document reading and summarizing.
Calendar: Set up a meeting.
Call: Getting current information.
Technical Depth and Architecture
The skill is written in three parts:
Name: The short name that the model will call.
Explanation: Recipe for when to use it. Model selection is made by looking at this.
Parameter chart: Input format.
Example definition:
{
"name": "hava-durumu",
"description": "Belirtilen şehrin güncel havasını verir",
"parameters": { "sehir": "string" }
}Flow: The user requests, the model selects the appropriate skill, fills the parameter, the tool runs, the result is returned to the model. User approval is required for skills that have write permissions.
Frequently Mixed Things
It is thought to be general modeling ability. However, what is meant here is the assistant's ability to use external tools. The model understands the language, the skill does the work.
Use in Different Disciplines
Kitchen: Knife and sauce techniques in the chef's hand.
Drill: Function varying depending on tip.
Telephone: Every application installed.
Questions and answers
Does every model have the ability?
No. Basic models generate text, the ability is gained when external tools are added to the assistant.
How to develop skills?
Identified by API connection or code block. The description is written clearly, the model chooses correctly.
Is it safe?
Reading abilities are at low risk. Approval and scope limit are essential for transactions such as writing and payment.
Who writes talent?
Developers write it, platforms distribute it in the store. Writing a good description is half the job.
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