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agent-harness-design

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Design tools and APIs agents can use reliably.

Software Engineering#agent#error-recovery#api-design#tool-design#granularity#context-budget
Authorbennybennison
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?

Agents often struggle with poorly defined tools and APIs, leading to ambiguous actions, unreliable outcomes, and wasted context. This Skill provides clear design guidelines to make agent‑tool interactions predictable, safe, and efficient.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Granular Tool Design: Defines micro, medium, and macro tool scopes to match risk and complexity.
  • Standardized Naming & I/O: Enforces stable verb‑based names and schema‑first inputs/outputs.
  • Error Recovery Contracts: Specifies structured error messages with root cause, retry, and stop conditions.
  • Context Budgeting: Offers strategies for front‑loading critical information and pruning excess context.
  • Use Case: Apply these principles when building a code‑editing assistant, a CI/CD automation agent, or any AI‑driven workflow that requires reliable tool invocation.

Quick Start

Ask the agent to design a new tool interface following the harness design principles.

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Name: agent-harness-design
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