An agent keeps choosing the wrong skill. How would you diagnose and fix its catalog?

Instruction: Separate discovery, name resolution, activation, and execution. Explain how you would evaluate a catalog change without changing the agent's permissions.

Context: Diagnose wrong agent-skill selection with trace evidence, contrasting tasks, deterministic name resolution, and outcome checks.

Updated October 3, 2026

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I'd trace the choice before rewriting the skill. Was the intended skill discovered, did another installation shadow its name, and which descriptions did the model actually see? I'd also check whether it selected the right skill but failed to load or follow its instructions...

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