Agent Harness Engineering

Confidence: Tier 1 for the architecture framing; Tier 2 for cross-product performance claims. Controlled studies show measurable harness effects, but do not establish that the harness always matters more than the model.

Reading time: ~35 minutes

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本篇目录

• The core claim
• Table of Contents
• 0. Four Layers, Four Responsibilities
• 1. Three Foundational Properties
• 2. The Nine Components
• 3. The Lethal Trifecta: Security Model
• 4. CI/CD Agentic Patterns
• 5. Digital Twin Testing
• 6. Observability Stack
• 7. Test Distribution and Component-Stacking Anti-patterns
• 8. Creator-Verifier Pattern
• 9. Reference Architecture
• 10. Practitioner Video Evidence
• 11. Harness Optimizers and Meta-Harnesses
• See Also