Zeroth Order Optimization

(a) Macro Level average performance profiling.

Vince and Ava dig into SkillOpt-Lite, a paper arguing that skill optimization for agents can be simplified into a minimal pipeline built from trajectory exploration, consensus mining, and independent validation. They focus on what problem it solves, why the authors think the extra machinery in prior systems is unnecessary, and where the production story is real versus still a research move.