What is an agent harness?

LangChain · Beginner ·🤖 AI Agents & Automation ·4h ago

Skills: Agent Foundations90%

Sydney Runkle, Software Engineer at LangChain, breaks down what "harness" actually means in the context of Deep Agents. It's the surrounding support layered onto the core model and tool-calling loop — all the complex engineering that needs to be present at every stage, available out of the box. #aiagents

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