Comment Comment by tosh i also like the backpack analogythe harness is what you take with you on a trip/taskwhatever you take with you is not free (system prompt, tools, skills …)some models are really good even if you bring almost no skills, tools or system promptthe harness is the complement to the modelthe better the model the more minimal the harness can beharnesses like pi [0] and smol [1]are on the more minimal end of things[0] https://github.com/earendil-works/pi[1] https://github.com/smol-env/smol parent tosh 2 months ago
the harness is what you take with you on a trip/task
whatever you take with you is not free (system prompt, tools, skills …)
some models are really good even if you bring almost no skills, tools or system prompt
the harness is the complement to the model
the better the model the more minimal the harness can be
harnesses like pi [0] and smol [1]are on the more minimal end of things
[0] https://github.com/earendil-works/pi
[1] https://github.com/smol-env/smol