Viberpsychosis Glossary
// The Actual Jargon

Agent Harness

// What it actually means

The software wrapped around a model that turns it into an agent: the loop, the tools, the permissions, the context management and the system prompt. Terminal coding agents and IDE agents are all harnesses around a model.

// The diagnosis

The thing that holds the model. Also, if we are honest, the thing that holds you.

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