According to developer and AI strategist Nate B Jones, one of the most expensive problems in AI development right now isn't memory or model capability—it's portability. When you invest time training an AI agent to work a certain way in Claude Code, switching to Cursor means starting over. That friction, which Jones calls 'procedural debt,' multiplies as developers bounce between tools. This Friday, he launched Open Skills, a framework designed to make agent procedures portable and owned by the developer rather than locked to a platform. The distinction Jones emphasizes: a prompt is clever but tool-dependent; a skill is reusable, verifiable, and yours. It's a small but telling shift in how AI development might mature—from renting tool-specific tricks to composing genuine, transferable procedures.

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