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The Skill Compressor Preserved the Route to Every Tool

SkillZip Pro compresses complete progressively loaded bundles across files while keeping public and conditional entries reachable.

Published Updated Story ID: mp-2026-09-01-013
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Summary

SkillZip Pro compresses complete progressively loaded bundles across files while keeping public and conditional entries reachable.

The method distinguishes root instructions from references, schemas, scripts, assets and nested skills, then removes duplicated content without flattening the routing structure. On a production moderation skill, the authors report 38 percent fewer bundle tokens and 10.4 percent fewer end-to-end tokens with no measured quality loss; a less protected 71 percent compression setting lost up to 26 accuracy points. A multi-entry audit also checked standalone routes. Results come from the evaluated harness and do not guarantee safe compression for every bundle.

Why it matters

SkillZip Pro compresses complete progressively loaded bundles across files while keeping public and conditional entries reachable.

Limits and context

  • Results come from the evaluated harness and do not guarantee safe compression for every bundle.

Key claims

  1. SkillZip Pro compresses complete progressively loaded bundles across files while keeping public and conditional entries reachable.

    Qualification: Results come from the evaluated harness and do not guarantee safe compression for every bundle.

    Evidence: source-2026-09-01-013

Sources

  1. arXiv preprint 2608.30785arXiv · primary research

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