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Technology & AIAug 12, 2026

Convergent Detour Hijacking: Task-Preserving Resource Amplification in Skill-Based LLM Agents

LLM agents increasingly rely on third-party skills, using natural-language descriptions for selection and instruction bodies for planning.

LLM agents increasingly rely on third-party skills, using natural-language descriptions for selection and instruction bodies for planning. This progressive-disclosure design exposes two sequential control points to untrusted publishers: a static skill may steer an otherwise…

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