How to Design an OpenHarness Style Agent Runtime with Tools, Memory, Permissions, Skills, and Multi-Agent Coordination

Short summary

Tutorial for building a production-grade agent runtime from scratch using OpenHarness-style architecture. Covers essential components: tool use with typed schemas, permissions, memory, lifecycle hooks, context compaction, retry logic, and multi-agent coordination. Practical approach exposing full control flow with runnable examples and no external infrastructure required.

• •Complete walkthrough of agent runtime system design covering tools, memory, and permissions
• •Multi-agent coordination patterns including lifecycle hooks and context compaction
• •Hands-on tutorial with runnable code, no external API keys or infrastructure needed

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