Earthly, a tool designed to simplify and enhance the build process, introduces Auto-Skip, a feature aimed at improving build speed by skipping redundant steps in certain situations, particularly in monorepo setups. Auto-Skip works by storing a global cache in a cloud database, available to Earthly Cloud users, allowing it to bypass entire build targets if no changes are detected, unlike traditional layer caching. This feature is especially beneficial in scenarios where only a portion of the projects in a monorepo has changed, thereby optimizing efficiency. Auto-Skip is currently in beta, but it is already in use by several satisfied customers and within Earthly's own repositories. To utilize Auto-Skip, users must have an Earthly Cloud account and can activate it globally via the CLI or for specific targets within an Earthfile.