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Agent harness

What does “Agent harness” mean?

Agent harness: The runtime around a model that turns it into a working agent. It manages the loop, tool access, state, and limits while the model chooses what to do next.

Agent harness visual guide: The runtime around a model that turns it into a working agent. It manages the loop, tool access, state, and limits while the model chooses what to do next.
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What is an example of “Agent harness”?

A coding harness lets a model inspect a repository, run approved tests, and stop when it reaches a step limit.

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See also

Agent loopTermCoding agentTermAgent tracingTermSandboxTerm

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Agent replayTermAgent sessionTermAgent stateTermAsynchronous inferenceTermExponential backoffTerm