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Paper defines 'agent harness' for AI coding assistants

A new paper published on arXiv proposes a formal definition for "agent harness," a term used in software engineering for systems that wrap language models to create coding agents. The authors trace the term's origins and differentiate it from related concepts like agent frameworks and SDKs. Their proposed definition aims to provide a consistent vocabulary for engineering practice and scientific comparison of agentic systems, which they test against several existing harnesses. AI

IMPACT Provides a standardized definition for agent harnesses, aiding in the development and comparison of AI coding assistants.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains a research paper defining a technical term. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Sanderson Oliveira de Macedo ·

    What makes a harness a harness: necessary and sufficient conditions for an agent harness

    arXiv:2606.10106v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The term agent harness now circulates widely in software engineering with generative artificial intelligence. It names the layer that wraps a language model and turns it into a coding agent able to act on a repository. The usage i…