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Why Your AI Agent Ignores Skill Edits but Follows System Prompts
Developers editing skill prompts often find agents ignoring changes because skill bodies only load when triggered, not on every query. A debug dump revealed the base persona was present but the skill body was missing for generic queries. The fix is to place always-on rules in the system prompt and ensure the runtime file is deployed.
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This is a sharp reminder that agent frameworks' prompt layering can silently break expected behavior, and debugging should start with inspecting the actual request, not the source files.
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