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SkillNet: Create, Evaluate, and Connect AI Skills

YYuan LiangRRuobin ZhongHHaoming XuCChen JiangYYi ZhongRRunnan FangJJia-Chen GuSShumin DengYYunzhi YaoMMengru WangSShuofei QiaoXXin XuTTongtong WuKKun WangYYang LiuZZhen BiJJungang LouYYuchen Eleanor JiangHHangcheng ZhuGGang YuHHaiwen HongLLongtao HuangHHui XueCChenxi WangYYijun WangZZifei ShanXXi ChenZZhaopeng TuFFeiyu XiongXXin XiePPeng ZhangZZhengke GuiLLei LiangJJun ZhouCChiyu WuJJin ShangYYu GongJJunyu LinCChangliang XuHHongjie DengWWen ZhangKKeyan DingQQiang ZhangFFei HuangNNingyu ZhangJJeff Z. PanGGuilin QiHHaofen WangHHuajun Chen
Published
February 26, 2026
Authors
49

Abstract

Current AI agents can flexibly invoke tools and execute complex tasks, yet their long-term advancement is hindered by the lack of systematic accumulation and transfer of skills. Without a unified mechanism for skill consolidation, agents frequently ``reinvent the wheel'', rediscovering solutions in isolated contexts without leveraging prior strategies. To overcome this limitation, we introduce SkillNet, an open infrastructure designed to create, evaluate, and organize AI skills at scale. SkillNet structures skills within a unified ontology that supports creating skills from heterogeneous sources, establishing rich relational connections, and performing multi-dimensional evaluation across Safety, Completeness, Executability, Maintainability, and Cost-awareness. Our infrastructure integrates a repository of over 200,000 skills, an interactive platform, and a versatile Python toolkit. Experimental evaluations on ALFWorld, WebShop, and ScienceWorld demonstrate that SkillNet significantly enhances agent performance, improving average rewards by 40% and reducing execution steps by 30% across multiple backbone models. By formalizing skills as evolving, composable assets, SkillNet provides a robust foundation for agents to move from transient experience to durable mastery.

Keywords

AI agentsskill consolidationtool invocationlong-term advancementunified mechanismskill organizationontologymulti-dimensional evaluationALFWorldWebShopScienceWorldagent performancereward improvementexecution steps

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