{
  "id": 16002030,
  "title": "Robust Soft Skill Adaptation via Behavioral Localization in Tool-Using Agents",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/robust-soft-skill-adaptation-via-behavioral-localization-in-tool",
  "topic": "ai",
  "section": "AI",
  "published": "2026-10-21T17:02:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "arXiv cs.AI",
    "slug": "arxiv-cs-ai",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.30041v1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Text skills can extend the capabilities of tool-using agents, but long skill descriptions increase computational costs. Soft prompts provide a compact alternative, yet learning from entire successful trajectories may also introduce unnecessary behavioral changes. We find that the useful effect of a text skill is highly concentrated in a small subset of trajectory positions. Based on this…",
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  "coverage": {
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}