Open-Source Coding Harness: Building Like Claude Code
Roger_M_Taylor · x · 2026-07-20
Developer @akshaypachaar built a fully open-source coding harness similar to Claude Code. A harness acts as a code wrapper around the LLM; while the model only decides the next step, the harness manages planning, tool usage, memory, and security. Key components include: a core agent loop, file tools (acting as external memory), long-term task planning, sub-agents (with independent contexts), sandboxed execution (ephemeral VMs), human-in-the-loop approvals, persistent memory, and checkpoints. It is built on the CrewAI framework.
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