Most agent failures are harness failures, not model failures, argues Reddit thread
North_Sugar_15 · reddit · 2026-11-05
A Reddit post argues most AI agent failures stem from missing memory, retry, and permission mechanisms around the model — 'the model is the engine, the harness is the rest of the car.'
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