AI HarnessBuilding a Safe Shell Tool for Your Agent HarnessAgent shell tool safety comes down to allowlists, argument validation, and never using shell=True. A step-by-step guide to a shell tool you can trust.August 28, 2026·9 min read
AI HarnessHow to Sandbox Code Execution in Your Agent HarnessAn agent code execution sandbox has to stop more than file deletion. Here's how to block network exfiltration, strip credentials, and cap resources safely.August 28, 2026·9 min read
AI HarnessThe Parsing Layer: Turning Model Output Into ActionsGood agent output parsing isn't about salvaging more from the model. It's about rejecting bad output loudly. A fintech case study on why strict beats forgiving.August 27, 2026·9 min read
AI HarnessBuilding a Minimal Agent Harness in Python From ScratchYou can build agent harness Python code in about 40 lines. This copy-paste guide takes you from a working loop to a debuggable, timeout-safe harness.August 27, 2026·9 min read
AI HarnessHarness vs Framework: What's the Difference for AI Agents?The agent harness vs framework choice decides whether you ship in a day or debug someone else's state machine for a week. Here's how to pick correctly.August 27, 2026·8 min read
AI HarnessWhat Is an AI Agent Harness? A Plain-English GuideMost of an AI agent harness lives outside the model. Here's what a harness actually is, the five parts inside it, and why it decides whether your agent works.August 27, 2026·8 min read
Agent Loop EngineeringVersion-Controlling the Prompts in Your LoopA team changed one line of an agent prompt, shipped it, and couldn't roll back when it broke — no version history. Agent loop prompt versioning would have made it a one-line revert. Here's how.August 27, 2026·8 min read
Agent Loop EngineeringComparing Loop Traces to Find RegressionsMost teams catch agent regressions by watching aggregate metrics. That's too late and too coarse. Agent loop trace comparison finds the exact step a change broke. Here's how to do it.August 27, 2026·8 min read
Agent Loop EngineeringReplaying Agent Loops for DebuggingEver tried to debug an agent failure you couldn't reproduce? Agent loop replay lets you re-run the exact failed trace step by step. Here's the teardown of a debug setup that can't replay, and its fix.August 27, 2026·8 min read
Agent Loop EngineeringLoop Instrumentation for Production MonitoringPicture finding out your agent broke from an angry customer, not your dashboard. Agent loop monitoring turns silent failures into alerts you catch first. This case study shows what to instrument.August 27, 2026·8 min read
Agent Loop EngineeringHow Long Should an Agent Loop Run?Half of agent overruns aren't hard tasks — they're loops with no sensible length limit thrashing past the point of usefulness. Getting agent loop length right saves cost and catches bugs. Here's how.August 27, 2026·9 min read