Demystifying AI Harnesses
What Actually Makes an Agent Work?
Aug 9, 20268 min read64

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A hands-on series exploring AI harnesses, agent systems, and the engineering patterns that make AI agents more capable and reliable. I’ll break down existing harnesses, build my own, and experiment with small models to understand what actually works.
What Actually Makes an Agent Work?

After going through a lot of harness repos and research papers, I finally decided to build my own. I thought it would be simple, and the scaffolding part really was. A minimal working demo came togeth
