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SkillScore100Maintained
Automatic
◆AI Engineer pack
Last verified 9/1/2026
What it changes
Passed 22 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 10 of 22 without it.
Without skill45%
With skill100%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
Includes gemini-2.5-pro
Includes gemini-2.5-flash
Recommends gemini-2.5-flash
and 16 more in the full report
12 fixed10 passed either way0 still failing0 broke
Pass-rate lift
+55 pp
Tokens
-25%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-44%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 9/1/2026v322 of 22 cases passed with skill
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 12 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 12
Prompt
What is the exact pip installation command to install the Google Agent Development Kit framework for Python?
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
Specifies pip install google-adk
Missed
Passed
case-07 · gemini-3.6-flash · 9/1/2026 · answers are capped and redacted
What's inside
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
SKILL.md122 linessingle file
Google ADK Python
Open-source, code-first toolkit for building, evaluating, and deploying AI agents.
When to Use
Build AI agents with tool integration
Create multi-agent systems with hierarchical coordination
Integrate with Google Search, Code Execution, or custom tools
Deploy to Vertex AI Agent Engine or Cloud Run
Implement human-in-the-loop approval flows
Installation
pip install google-adk
Agent Types
LlmAgent
LLM-powered agents with dynamic routing and adaptive behavior.
from google.adk.agents import LlmAgent
from google.adk.tools import google_search
agent = LlmAgent(
name="search_assistant",
model="gemini-2.5-flash",
instruction="You are a helpful assistant that searches the web.",
tools=[google_search]
)