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Awesome Harness Engineering

Awesome list for AI agent harness engineering: tools, patterns, evals, memory, MCP, permissions, observability, and orchestration.

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affaan-m/ECC

The agent harness performance optimization system. Skills, instincts, memory, security, and research-first development for Claude Code, Codex, Opencode, Cursor and beyond.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-15
Lists
7 list mentions
First commit
2026-01-18
License
MIT
Issues
232 open
Forks
41,914
Commits
3,934 commits
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+5,294 +1.9%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+219 +5.9%
DietrichGebert/ponytail

Makes your AI agent think like the laziest senior dev in the room. The best code is the code you never wrote.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-16
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2026-06-12
License
MIT
Issues
23 open
Forks
8,927
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355 commits
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0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
browser-use/browser-use

Open-source Python library for AI browser agents, plus Browser Use Cloud: stealth browsers and a hosted agent API.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-16
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9 list mentions
First commit
2024-10-31
License
MIT
Issues
563 open
Forks
13,112
Commits
10,386 commits
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+640 +0.5%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+41 +0.4%
bytedance/deer-flow

An open-source long-horizon SuperAgent harness that researches, codes, and creates. With the help of sandboxes, memories, tools, skill, subagents and message gateway, it handles different levels of tasks that could take minutes to hours.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-16
Lists
8 list mentions
First commit
2025-04-07
License
MIT
Issues
934 open
Forks
11,699
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4,173 commits
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0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
stablyai/orca

Orca is the ADE for working with a fleet of parallel agents. Run any coding agent with your own subscription. Available on desktop, mobile and remote runtime.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-26
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9 list mentions
First commit
2026-03-17
License
MIT
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6,929 open
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5,128
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11,757 commits
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diegosouzapw/OmniRoute

Never stop coding. Free MIT AI gateway: one endpoint, 359 providers (150+ free), 1200+ models Kimi, Claude, GPT, Gemini, GLM, DeepSeek, MiniMax. Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Cline & Copilot. Quota-aware auto-fallback, RTK+Caveman compression saves 15-95% tokens, MCP/A2A, Desktop/PWA. Built by hundreds of contributors

AI dev
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2026-10-17
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5 list mentions
First commit
2026-02-18
License
MIT
Issues
334 open
Forks
11,209
Commits
10,753 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+2,415 +3.2%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+432 +4.2%
mem0ai/mem0

The Memory Layer for AI Agents - Drop-in memory infrastructure for AI agents and apps. Context that persists. Built for production.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-16
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8 list mentions
First commit
2023-06-20
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
838 open
Forks
7,921
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2,673 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+186 +0.3%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+2 +0.1%
crewAIInc/crewAI

Framework for orchestrating role-playing, autonomous AI agents. By fostering collaborative intelligence, CrewAI empowers agents to work together seamlessly, tackling complex tasks.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-17
Lists
6 list mentions
First commit
2023-10-27
License
MIT
Issues
749 open
Forks
8,757
Commits
2,987 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+230 +0.4%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+34 +1.2%
aaif-goose/goose

an open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions - install, execute, edit, and test with any LLM

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-25
Lists
7 list mentions
First commit
2024-08-23
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
415 open
Forks
6,314
Commits
5,729 commits
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HKUDS/nanobot

Ultra-lightweight, open-source, self-hosted personal AI agent framework in Python with WebUI, tools, memory, MCP, multi-agent workflows, automation, and chat apps

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-30
Lists
8 list mentions
First commit
2026-02-01
License
MIT
Issues
810 open
Forks
8,598
Commits
4,641 commits
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sickn33/antigravity-awesome-skills

Installable GitHub library of 1,800+ agentic skills for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex CLI, Gemini CLI, Antigravity, and more. Includes specialized plugins, installer CLI, bundles, workflows, and official/community skill collections.

AI dev
Updated
2026-07-07
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2026-01-14
License
MIT
Issues
5 open
Forks
6,776
Commits
2,152 commits
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wshobson/agents

Multi-harness agentic plugin marketplace for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot, and Google Antigravity

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-07
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4 list mentions
First commit
2025-07-24
License
MIT
Issues
8 open
Forks
4,220
Commits
569 commits
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No 7-day history
Yeachan-Heo/oh-my-claudecode

Teams-first Multi-agent orchestration for Claude Code

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-09
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2026-01-09
License
MIT
Issues
3 open
Forks
3,499
Commits
4,624 commits
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No 7-day history
topoteretes/cognee

Cognee is the open-source AI memory platform for agents. Give your AI agents persistent long-term memory with small models for free

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-16
Lists
7 list mentions
First commit
2023-08-16
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
806 open
Forks
3,379
Commits
11,602 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+438 +1.4%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+217 +1.9%
ComposioHQ/composio

Composio powers 1000+ toolkits, tool search, context management, authentication, and a sandboxed workbench to help you build AI agents that turn intent into action.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-08
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2025-04-11
License
MIT
Issues
79 open
Forks
4,783
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5,127 commits
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google/adk-python

An open-source, code-first Python toolkit for building, evaluating, and deploying sophisticated AI agents with flexibility and control.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-09
Lists
5 list mentions
First commit
2025-04-02
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
521 open
Forks
3,973
Commits
4,142 commits
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No 7-day history
ag-ui-protocol/ag-ui

AG-UI: the Agent-User Interaction Protocol. Bring Agents into Frontend Applications.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-15
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2025-05-07
License
MIT
Issues
476 open
Forks
1,534
Commits
4,796 commits
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0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
0 0.0%
cobusgreyling/loop-engineering

Practical patterns, starters & CLI tools for loop engineering with AI coding agents. Design systems that prompt and orchestrate agents (inspired by Addy Osmani and Boris Cherny). Includes loop-audit, loop-init, loop-cost.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-17
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2026-06-09
License
MIT
Issues
12 open
Forks
1,594
Commits
588 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
omnigent-ai/omnigent

Omnigent is an open-source AI agent framework and meta-harness: orchestrate Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Pi, and custom agents — swap harnesses without rewriting, enforce policies and sandboxing, and collaborate in real time from any device.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-28
Lists
6 list mentions
First commit
2026-06-13
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
1,538 open
Forks
1,635
Commits
4,165 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
strands-agents/harness-sdk

Build an agent harness and control it end-to-end. Open-source SDK for production AI agents in Python & TypeScript - any model, any cloud.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-16
Lists
6 list mentions
First commit
2025-05-16
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
1,006 open
Forks
1,383
Commits
2,987 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+81 +0.9%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+67 +2.3%
open-multi-agent/open-multi-agent

Self-hosted TypeScript agent runtime with durable approvals and verifiable run records. Own it, approve it, audit it.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-18
Lists
6 list mentions
First commit
2026-03-31
License
MIT
Issues
4 open
Forks
2,434
Commits
572 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
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No 7-day history
builderz-labs/mission-control

Self-hosted control plane for AI agents: dispatch tasks, review runs, track spend, and operate OpenClaw, Claude Code, Codex, and other runtimes.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-12
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2026-02-22
License
MIT
Issues
53 open
Forks
120
Commits
538 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+22 +0.3%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
0 0.0%
microsoft/agent-governance-toolkit

AI Agent Governance Toolkit — Policy enforcement, zero-trust identity, execution sandboxing, and reliability engineering for autonomous AI agents. Covers 10/10 OWASP Agentic Top 10.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-10
Lists
4 list mentions
First commit
2026-03-02
License
MIT
Issues
267 open
Forks
1,113
Commits
2,500 commits
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Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
microsoft/TaskWeaver

The first "code-first" agent framework for seamlessly planning and executing data analytics tasks.

Archived AI dev
Updated
2026-03-23
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2023-09-11
License
MIT
Issues
53 open
Forks
780
Commits
657 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
oomol-lab/open-connector

Open-source auth gateway connecting 1400+ SaaS providers to AI agents through SDK, CLI, MCP, HTTP, and OpenAPI.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-11
Lists
4 list mentions
First commit
2026-06-30
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
2 open
Forks
492
Commits
675 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
wquguru/harness-books

📚 Two books on harness engineering — the design philosophies behind Claude Code & Codex: constraints, query loops, context governance, multi-agent verification. harness-books.agentway.dev

AI dev
Updated
2026-04-19
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2026-04-01
License
Unknown
Issues
5 open
Forks
364
Commits
39 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
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No 7-day history
Infisical/agent-vault

A HTTP credential proxy and vault for AI agents like Claude Code, OpenClaw, Hermes, custom agents + harnesses, and more.

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-04
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2026-03-27
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
90 open
Forks
163
Commits
330 commits
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No 7-day history
GammaLabTechnologies/harmonist

Portable AI agent orchestration with mechanical protocol enforcement. 186 agents, zero runtime dependencies.

Updated
2026-06-09
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2026-04-23
License
MIT
Issues
1 open
Forks
210
Commits
10 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
0 0.0%
future-agi/future-agi

Open-source, end-to-end platform for evaluating, observing, and improving LLM and AI agent applications. Tracing · Evals · Simulations · Datasets · Gateway · Guardrails. Self-hostable. Apache 2.0.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-07
Lists
5 list mentions
First commit
2026-04-23
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
809 open
Forks
583
Commits
4,849 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
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No 7-day history
sipyourdrink-ltd/bernstein

The open‑source AI Agents Governance & Orchestration framework: write the rules declaratively, Bernstein enforces them and produces the verifiable, replayable record. Free, Apache-2.0. https://bernstein.run

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-22
Lists
6 list mentions
First commit
2026-03-27
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
426 open
Forks
171
Commits
5,631 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
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No 7-day history
alash3al/stash

Stash — persistent memory layer for AI agents. Episodes, facts, and working context stored in Postgres. MCP server included. Self-hosted, single binary, no cloud required.

Updated
2026-06-14
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2026-04-18
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
4 open
Forks
46
Commits
112 commits
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evilmartians/agent-prism

React components for visualizing traces from AI agents

AI dev
Updated
2026-10-08
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2025-07-22
License
MIT
Issues
15 open
Forks
22
Commits
446 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
0 0.0%
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0 0.0%
rotorstar/hitl-protocol

Open HTTP protocol for human decisions in AI agent workflows. Service-hosted reviews, structured approvals, selections and forms, with optional messenger actions.

Updated
2026-10-06
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2026-02-23
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
1 open
Forks
1
Commits
50 commits
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0 0.0%
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0 0.0%