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Microsoft’s SkillOpt Shows Optimized Agent Skill Artifacts Transfer Across Model Scales and Between Codex — 2026-08-06
## Short Segments Prime Intellect has unveiled Prime Agent, an open-source coding harness that redefines how AI models interact with code. This self-improving tool leverages a persistent Python REPL and a rewritable harness, allowing models to adapt and optimize over time. Prime Agent has already demonstrated its prowess by scoring 95.5% on the ARC-AGI-3 benchmark, surpassing the human expert baseline. It's designed for mid-size to large engineering organizations and AI labs, offering significant benefits for long-duration tasks like overnight refactors and kernel optimization. With its MIT…
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