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microsoft/SkillOpt

SkillOpt is a text-space optimizer that trains reusable natural-language skills for frozen LLM agents through trajectory-driven edits, validation-gated updates, and deployable best_skill.md artifacts.

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How fast microsoft/SkillOpt is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

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Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending

Sep 6 – Nov 5, 2026

Stars +2,205 in 61 days

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Forks +266 in 61 days

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Merged PRs 42 in 61 days

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Stars, forks, merged pull requests and Trendshift Trending rank, by day
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Sun, Sep 6, 2026+24+10
Mon, Sep 7, 2026+24+00
Tue, Sep 8, 2026+36+30
Wed, Sep 9, 2026+29+20
Thu, Sep 10, 2026+25+50
Fri, Sep 11, 2026+55+90
Sat, Sep 12, 2026+59+30
Sun, Sep 13, 2026+60+10
Mon, Sep 14, 2026+59+50
Tue, Sep 15, 2026+56+50
Wed, Sep 16, 2026+31+50
Thu, Sep 17, 2026+37+30
Fri, Sep 18, 2026+32+70
Sat, Sep 19, 2026+40+50
Sun, Sep 20, 2026+23+20
Mon, Sep 21, 2026+34+20
Tue, Sep 22, 2026+38+60
Wed, Sep 23, 2026+37+40
Thu, Sep 24, 2026+52+00
Fri, Sep 25, 2026+42+40
Sat, Sep 26, 2026+55+50
Sun, Sep 27, 2026+122+130
Mon, Sep 28, 2026+128+200
Tue, Sep 29, 2026+73+100
Wed, Sep 30, 2026+35+412
Thu, Oct 1, 2026+26+60
Fri, Oct 2, 2026+25+60
Sat, Oct 3, 2026+31+40
Sun, Oct 4, 2026+36+40
Mon, Oct 5, 2026+23+40
Tue, Oct 6, 2026+35+35
Wed, Oct 7, 2026+26+40
Thu, Oct 8, 2026+28+60
Fri, Oct 9, 2026+28+30
Sat, Oct 10, 2026+35+40
Sun, Oct 11, 2026+40+20
Mon, Oct 12, 2026+38+80
Tue, Oct 13, 2026+35+90
Wed, Oct 14, 2026+55+60
Thu, Oct 15, 2026+86+90
Fri, Oct 16, 2026+30+50
Sat, Oct 17, 2026+27+95
Sun, Oct 18, 2026+25+32
Mon, Oct 19, 2026+27+40
Tue, Oct 20, 2026+26+70
Wed, Oct 21, 2026+22+00
Thu, Oct 22, 2026+22+20
Fri, Oct 23, 2026+17+23
Sat, Oct 24, 2026+11+20
Sun, Oct 25, 2026+14+06
Mon, Oct 26, 2026+29+20
Tue, Oct 27, 2026+14+20
Wed, Oct 28, 2026+32+30
Thu, Oct 29, 2026+20+12
Fri, Oct 30, 2026+13+60
Sat, Oct 31, 2026+3+30
Sun, Nov 1, 2026+17+20
Mon, Nov 2, 2026+24+20
Tue, Nov 3, 2026+36+60
Wed, Nov 4, 2026+29+37
Thu, Nov 5, 2026+14+00
Total+2,205+26642
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    • GitHub trending history

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    1. Nov 31 post

      • 两个机制值得看： 一个独立的 optimizer 模型只对 skill 文档做有限的增、删、替换编辑；候选改动只有严格提升留出的验证分数才会被接受。 部署时 skill 直接套在没动过的目标模型上，不增加任何推理开销。README 给的数字：GPT-5.5 上，直接对话 +23.5 分，Codex 里 +24.8，Claude Code 里 +19.1。

        Read full on X, posted by @XiaopengKing

        @XiaopengKing · x.com

    2. Nov 21 post

      • 今天的 AI × Web3 × 逆向开源盘点：微软 SkillOpt 轨迹训练可复用 Agent 技能、Ethproofs 跟踪 L1 zkEVM 竞赛、面向 Agent 的 Solana 执行层 solOS，以及 Rust 终端逆向 knife 与原生 APK 反编译 RDX。详情见回复 👇 只聊技术，不构成任何投资建议 #AI #Web3 #逆向工程 #开源

        Read full on X, posted by @tensorstaff

        @tensorstaff · x.com

    3. 1 month earlier
    4. Sep 291 post

      • The skill worth stealing is SkillOpt from microsoft/SkillOpt (17743 stars). It trains reusable natural language skills for frozen LLM agents. You never touch model weights. It edits skills from agent…

        Read full on X, posted by @deeponailabs

        @deeponailabs · x.com

    5. Sep 261 post

      • MICROSOFT JUST OPEN-SOURCED SELF-EVOLVING AGENT SKILLS. it's called skillopt. skills that improve themselves the same way you train an ai model. no more guessing what changes will actually help your…

        Read full on X, posted by @simplifyinAI

        @simplifyinAI · x.com

    6. 26 days earlier
    7. Aug 311 post

      • 微软开源：SkillOpt，技能训练器，像训练神经网络一样训练Agent技能 现在Skill要么人写、要么AI生成，要么AI自己改自己，问题是改完是不是真的更好没人知道 SkillOpt的解决是把训练神经网络的那套方法搬到“训练文档”上，关键点是只改技能文档，不改底层大模型的权重，最终产出一个紧凑的best_skill.md 在GPT-5.5 上，直接对话场景下相对无skill基线提升23.5…

        Read full on X, posted by @aigclink

        @aigclink · x.com

    8. 11 days earlier
    9. Aug 201 post

      • • Treats skill documents as trainable state without touching model weights • Deploys compact best_skill.md artifacts typically 300–2,000 tokens • Best or tied-best on all 52 evaluated…

        Read full on X, posted by @the_osps

        @the_osps · x.com

    10. 25 days earlier
    11. Jul 261 post

      • Opus 5 is out. The open-source repos that actually get the most out of it, and why each fits

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        r/WebAfterAI

    12. Jul 212 posts

      • Microsoft's strategy for Self-evolving agent skills. Train agent skills like you train neural networks - with epochs, batchsize, learning rates, and validation gates. 100% Opensource.

        Read full on X, posted by @Saboo_Shubham_

        @Saboo_Shubham_ · x.com

      • 微软刚刚开源了一套能自我进化的 Agent 技能系统 它叫 SkillOpt 简单来说，这些技能可以像训练 AI 模型一样，在执行任务的过程中不断优化自己 以后不用再靠猜，反复测这次改 Prompt 到底有没有效果” 它的工作方式是： 先让基础模型执行任务，再由优化器自动评估输出结果，并重新改写技能指令 → 自动区分成功路径和失败路径，找出最精准的改进方向 →…

        Read full on X, posted by @pritipatelfgoo

        @pritipatelfgoo · x.com

    13. Jul 201 post

      • MICROSOFT JUST OPEN-SOURCED SELF-EVOLVING AGENT SKILLS. it's called skillopt. skills that improve themselves the same way you train an ai model. no more guessing whether your prompt tweaks helped. a…

        Read full on X, posted by @oliviscusAI

        @oliviscusAI · x.com

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