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1. contravariant · 1790925074 · focus · HN ↗

   Maybe this is too late to ask, but what even is a harness?

   1. metchio · 1790925325 · focus · HN ↗

      it's a wrapper around a model that actually executes commands from text input. Claude Code is an harness : the underlying model is Claude (with the version of your choice), Claude produce text output like `grep -in "error" server.log` , Claude Code actually execute the code in your shell and return the output to the model

      1. vrganj · 1790926926 · focus · HN ↗

         In the olden days, this used to be called Command and Control malware and was indicative of a major security breach.

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