The software around a model that turns it into an agent: it runs the model step after step and hands it its tools and context. In Orbyt Collective, the word harness alone means something else: the set of guards and checks.
See also
- AI agent
An AI system that works toward a goal by taking actions with tools (such as searching, running code or editing files) and choosing each next step based on the results.
- Harness
The Collective's audit harness: its guard scripts and its audit dimensions (each one a kind of failure that has really happened).
- Coding agent
An AI agent built for software work: it reads a code project, edits files, runs commands and tests, and attempts to fix what fails.
- Long-horizon task
A task that takes many dependent steps and a long time to finish, such as building a feature or carrying out an investigation.
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Orbyt Labs, Agent harness (AI Glossary), Oct 18, 2026. https://www.orbytlabs.ai/orbyt-collective/glossary/agent-harness
Orbyt Labs Glossaries (Oct 19, 2026), https://www.orbytlabs.ai/glossary#dataset
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