World Congress 2026 North America • Sep 24, 2026 • Session details

Building the Production Cage for Powerful Agents

Struggling to scale local AI agents to the cloud? Learn how harness engineering replaces extensive boilerplate with simple JSON configurations for robust, production-ready deployments.

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2:54 min

Utilizing harness frameworks as agent operating systems

Anshul Jindal

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2:03 min

Navigating the diverse ecosystem of AI agent harnesses

Emmanuel Acheampong

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1:48 min

Building agents efficiently using specialized harnesses

Elizabeth Fuentes Leone

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2:43 min

Understanding the components of an agentic harness

Sergio Perez

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Rapid prototyping with AI agents at hackathons

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Deploying agentic harnesses for non-engineering roles

Daniel Geisel

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