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“The harness is where the hard work is”: Harness bets on agents that enterprises can trust in production
Episode 1631
Thursday, 2 July, 2026

Harness has introduced Autonomous Worker Agents, a new capability that allows enterprises to replace rigid CI/CD pipeline scripts with AI agents that can deploy applications, run tests, and perform security scans while operating under existing governance, security, and audit controls. Unlike Harness' existing expert agents, which assist developers with coding and pipeline creation, Worker Agents autonomously execute pipeline tasks within customer-controlled infrastructure. Agents are defined using simple Markdown files, draw context from the Harness Software Delivery Knowledge Graph, and run in sandboxed environments with scoped permissions and policy enforcement. Harness also provides built-in audit trails that record prompts, decisions, and outcomes, along with token budgets and approval gates to control AI costs. The launch includes an Agent Marketplace featuring Harness-managed, certified partner, and community-built agents. CEO Jyoti Bansal said production AI agents require far stronger safeguards than coding assistants, positioning Harness' governance and knowledge graph as key differentiators. Looking ahead, the company envisions fully autonomous software engineering, where AI agents manage the software lifecycle while humans oversee high-risk decisions. Learn more from The New Stack around AI software delivery: AI won't speed up software delivery - nothing has How to solve the AI paradox in software development with intelligent orchestration Join our community of newsletter subscribers to stay on top of the news and at the top of your game.