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SkillDuet framework co-evolves LLMs and skills for enhanced reinforcement learning

Researchers have developed SkillDuet, a framework designed to enhance reinforcement learning by co-evolving large language models (LLMs) and their associated skills. This system integrates parameter updates with the evolution of reusable textual skills, allowing skills to guide model interactions and subsequent updates. SkillDuet demonstrated strong performance, achieving 98.57% success on ALFWorld and 92.97% on WebShop with the Qwen3-4B model, outperforming the SEED-API baseline. The framework's effectiveness relies on response-based skill selection and consolidation into a persistent global skill set, highlighting the importance of skill content and model compatibility for recursive self-improvement. AI

IMPACT Introduces a novel method for recursive self-improvement in LLMs through skill co-evolution.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains an academic paper detailing a new framework for LLM reinforcement learning. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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SkillDuet framework co-evolves LLMs and skills for enhanced reinforcement learning

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Xingguang Ji, Ziqiang Dong, Yubo Zhang, Xi Leng, Ninghua Yan, Yang Yang, Guanjun Jiang ·

    SkillDuet: Co-Evolving Models and Skills through Response Feedback

    arXiv:2611.12109v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: During reinforcement learning, experience can be both internalized in LLM parameters and retained externally as reusable textual skills. Parameter updates alter the model's behavior and the interaction experience from which new …