Talk Research Brief: Skills Are the New Code

Background

A developer advocate at a software company attended a keynote by Guy Podjarny titled "Skills are the new Code" (AI Native Dev Con Spring 2026). She took rough notes but wants a polished research brief she can share with her engineering manager and use as background for an upcoming blog post.

She has the talk outline and transcript available at inputs/outline.md and inputs/transcript.md. She needs accurate answers to a specific set of questions — the brief will be shared internally, so accuracy and fidelity to what Guy actually said matters. Any limitations in what the talk covers should be noted rather than filled in from outside sources.

Questions to Answer

The research brief should address each of the following questions:

1. What does Guy mean by a "negligent skill"? Give an example from the talk.
2. What percentage of skills in OpenClaw did Guy say were malicious?
3. What is the CDLC, and what does Guy say humans should focus on within it?
4. What specific thresholds or metrics does Guy provide to define a "good" quality score for a skill?
5. What does Guy say about skills composing with each other, and what example does he give?

Output Specification

Write the research brief as research-brief.md. Answers should be grounded in inputs/transcript.md and clearly sourced. If a question is not answered in the talk, say so rather than drawing on outside sources.