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Agent harness

An agent harness , also known as agent scaffolding, is the software infrastructure surrounding a large language model (LLM) that enables it to operate as an AI agent. It manages tool use, memory, state persistence, execution environments and feedback loops, as opposed to the model's internal reasoning. The UK's AI Security Institute described an AI agent…

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Test harnessReinforcement learningMitchell HashimotoHashiCorp
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SandboxModel Context Protocol
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Large language modelAI agentAI Security InstituteStatelessContext window
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Agent harness → Agent, Anatomy, Anthropic, February, Harness, HashiCorp, LangChain, LLM, Mitchell Hashimoto, Model, OpenAI, Related, Several, The, Thoughtworks, Vivek Trivedy

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harness model agent engineering context environment software llm described scaffolding ai state large tool task manages use long-running prompt also

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Cursor or Codexinstance offor example an agent SDK or a coding tool0.80text
linters or testsinstance ofdeterministic checks0.80text
Self-Harnessinstance ofIndependent reporting described research0.80text
in which an agent iteratively mines its own failures to proposeinstance ofIndependent reporting described research0.80text
validate changes to its harnessinstance ofIndependent reporting described research0.80text
and Harness-1instance ofIndependent reporting described research0.80text
an open-source search agent that improved retrieval accuracy chiefly by redesigning the software environment around the model rather than by enlarging the modelinstance ofIndependent reporting described research0.80text
Agent harnessrelated to historyRelated0.60section
Agent harnessrelated to historyLLM0.60section

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