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Why Harness Is Becoming One of the Key Parts of AI Development

When all of this started becoming mainstream, there was a lot of talk around artificial intelligence like: “It can already do everything,” “It will replace everyone soon,” “Just give it a task and it will do it.” I spent quite a lot of time using AI, experimenting with it, and trying to understand not only what it can do, but how it actually behaves in real tasks. Even before MCP, when structured output, JSON input/output, API integrations, and attempts to make models behave in a more predictable way were only starting to become common, I kept coming back to one thought: there needs to be a software layer between the human and the AI. ...

25 August 2026 · 10 min · Artem Demchyshyn