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Harness

Also: harness · agent harness · агентная обвязка

The scaffolding that turns a model into an agent: the loop, tools, context management, permissions and execution environment. The model thinks; the harness gives it hands and rules.

Example

Claude Code is the harness and Claude is the model inside. The harness provides file and shell access and asks before risky actions.

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