Agent harnesses should emerge from building, not be built for their own sake
kevinnbass · x · 2026-10-05
Kevin Bass pushes back on the agent harness trend: the point of a harness is to build things, not to make harnesses. Harnesses should emerge iteratively from discovering capabilities and failure modes while actually building — and they're most powerful when shaped by a specific domain.
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