Harness

5 articles

Beginner harness 12 min

What Is Harness Engineering? The Missing Layer in AI Agent Design

Harness engineering wraps LLMs with runtime controls. Learn the Agent = Model + Harness formula and why it decides agent quality more than the model itself.

#harness-engineering #scaffold #runtime
Intermediate harness 20 min

Harness Guides and Sensors: Controlling AI Agent Behavior

Master the two control loops of harness engineering: feedforward Guides that steer agents before action and feedback Sensors that correct them after.

#harness #guides #sensors
Intermediate harness 22 min

Agent Error Radius and the Shift-Left Strategy

Learn how AI agents fail across three impact radii — commit delay, team flow friction, and maintainability rot — and how shift-left prevents them.

#error-radius #shift-left #debugging
Advanced harness 23 min

Natural-Language Agent Harnesses (NLAH): The ICLR 2026 Breakthrough

NLAH replaces code-based harnesses with natural-language contracts. Learn the ICLR 2026 IHR runtime, context rot prevention, and model vs harness debate.

#nlah #iclr-2026 #natural-language
Intermediate harness 17 min

LLM Infrastructure for Multi-Agent Systems: Local vs Cloud in 2026

Choose the right LLM backend for your multi-agent system. Compare Ollama, vLLM, and LM Studio, plus 2026 API pricing and hybrid routing strategies.

#llm-infrastructure #ollama #vllm