
Inside the Harness: What Actually Powers an AI Coding Agent?
A practical, developer-friendly explanation of AI agent harness engineering using open-source Cline: the agent loop, rules, hooks, skills, tools, MCP, state, permissions, and failure handling.
#AI Agents
#Agent Harness
#Harness Engineering
Tharun Vempati
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Oct 26
12 min read
