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Awesome Agent Harness

An awesome list of Agent Harness engineering resources, including GitHub projects, tools, benchmarks, and practical guides.

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affaan-m/ECC

The agent harness performance optimization system. Skills, instincts, memory, security, and research-first development for Claude Code, Codex, Opencode, Cursor and beyond.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-03
Lists
7 list mentions
First commit
2026-01-18
License
MIT
Issues
136 open
Forks
37,176
Commits
2,621 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+2,826 +1.2%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+137 +5.5%
Graphify-Labs/graphify

Turn any codebase, with its docs, SQL schemas, configs, and PDFs, into a queryable knowledge graph. A /graphify skill for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and Gemini CLI: local deterministic AST parsing, every edge explained, no vector store.

AI dev
Updated
2026-08-30
Lists
5 list mentions
First commit
2026-04-03
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
1,247 open
Forks
11,120
Commits
1,629 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+2,425 +2.2%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+43 +2.7%
lobehub/lobehub

🤯 LobeHub is your Chief Agent Operator, organizing your agents into 7×24 operations by hiring, scheduling, and reporting on your entire AI team.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-04
Lists
6 list mentions
First commit
2023-05-21
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
879 open
Forks
15,854
Commits
13,452 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+137 +0.2%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+208 +1.6%
headroomlabs-ai/headroom

Compress tool outputs, logs, files, and RAG chunks before they reach the LLM. 20% fewer tokens for coding agents, 60-95% fewer tokens for JSON, same answers. Library, proxy, MCP server.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-04
Lists
5 list mentions
First commit
2026-01-07
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
625 open
Forks
5,333
Commits
2,725 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+896 +1.3%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+24 +0.9%
aaif-goose/goose

an open source, extensible AI agent that goes beyond code suggestions - install, execute, edit, and test with any LLM

AI dev
Updated
2026-08-14
Lists
7 list mentions
First commit
2024-08-23
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
255 open
Forks
6,002
Commits
5,341 commits
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No 7-day history
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No 7-day history
diegosouzapw/OmniRoute

Never stop coding. Free MIT AI gateway: one endpoint, 330+ providers (90+ free), 1200+ models — Kimi, Claude, GPT, Gemini, GLM, DeepSeek, MiniMax. Works with Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, Cline & Copilot. Quota-aware auto-fallback, RTK+Caveman compression saves 15-95% tokens, MCP/A2A, Desktop/PWA. Built by 320+ contributors

AI dev
Updated
2026-08-14
Lists
5 list mentions
First commit
2026-02-18
License
MIT
Issues
415 open
Forks
6,397
Commits
6,774 commits
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No 7-day history
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No 7-day history
HKUDS/nanobot

Ultra-lightweight, open-source, self-hosted personal AI agent framework in Python with WebUI, tools, memory, MCP, multi-agent workflows, automation, and chat apps

AI dev
Updated
2026-08-19
Lists
8 list mentions
First commit
2026-02-01
License
MIT
Issues
719 open
Forks
8,328
Commits
4,078 commits
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No 7-day history
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No 7-day history
zhayujie/CowAgent

Open-source super AI assistant & Agent Harness. Plans tasks, runs tools and skills, self-evolves with memory and knowledge. Multi-model, multi-channel. Lightweight, extensible, one-line install. (formerly chatgpt-on-wechat)

Updated
2026-09-02
Lists
4 list mentions
First commit
2022-08-09
License
MIT
Issues
45 open
Forks
10,332
Commits
2,569 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+36 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+45 +1.8%
sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills

AAS Core is the local, agent-first control plane for complete catalog discovery, agent-owned selection, stack validation, and planning, backed by 2,005+ agentic skills. Includes CLI, local MCP, catalog, plugins, and Workbench.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-02
Lists
1 list mention
First commit
2026-01-14
License
MIT
Issues
4 open
Forks
6,704
Commits
2,625 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+59 +0.1%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+55 +2.1%
wshobson/agents

Multi-harness agentic plugin marketplace for Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot, and Gemini CLI

AI dev
Updated
2026-07-22
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2025-07-24
License
MIT
Issues
12 open
Forks
4,113
Commits
530 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
bytedance/UI-TARS-desktop

The Open-Source Multimodal AI Agent Stack: Connecting Cutting-Edge AI Models and Agent Infra

AI dev
Updated
2026-08-01
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2025-01-20
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
416 open
Forks
3,860
Commits
1,110 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
tirth8205/code-review-graph

Local-first code intelligence graph for MCP and CLI. Builds a persistent map of your codebase so AI coding tools read only what matters, with benchmarked context reductions on reviews and large-repo workflows.

AI dev
Updated
2026-08-02
Lists
4 list mentions
First commit
2026-02-26
License
MIT
Issues
100 open
Forks
2,765
Commits
911 commits
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No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
can1357/oh-my-pi

⌥ AI Coding agent for the terminal — hash-anchored edits, optimized tool harness, LSP, Python, browser, subagents, and more

AI dev
Updated
2026-08-12
Lists
6 list mentions
First commit
2025-08-09
License
MIT
Issues
1,305 open
Forks
2,277
Commits
17,739 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
mksglu/context-mode

Context window optimization for AI coding agents. Sandboxes tool output (98% reduction), persists session memory, and enforces routing across 17 platforms via MCP + hooks.

AI dev
Updated
2026-08-01
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2026-02-23
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
128 open
Forks
1,396
Commits
2,116 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
googleapis/mcp-toolbox

MCP Toolbox for Databases is an open source MCP server for databases.

AI dev
Updated
2026-08-25
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2024-06-07
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
241 open
Forks
1,696
Commits
2,196 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
NVIDIA/SkillSpector

Security scanner for AI agent skills. Detect vulnerabilities, malicious patterns, security risks, prompt injection, data exfiltration, and supply-chain risks in Claude Code, Codex, and MCP skills before you install them.

Updated
2026-08-25
Lists
4 list mentions
First commit
2026-03-21
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
80 open
Forks
1,254
Commits
376 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
superset-sh/superset

Code Editor for the AI Agents Era - Run an army of Claude Code, Codex, etc. on your machine

AI dev
Updated
2026-08-03
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2025-10-21
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
489 open
Forks
1,153
Commits
3,348 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
EverMind-AI/EverOS

One portable memory layer for every AI agent: local-first, Markdown-native, user-owned, and self-evolving across apps, tools, and workflows.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-01
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2025-10-29
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
77 open
Forks
911
Commits
92 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+83 +0.7%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+2 +2.2%
Portkey-AI/gateway

A blazing fast AI Gateway with integrated guardrails. Route to 1,600+ LLMs, 50+ AI Guardrails with 1 fast & friendly API.

AI dev
Updated
2026-05-25
Lists
5 list mentions
First commit
2023-08-23
License
MIT
Issues
242 open
Forks
1,236
Commits
3,457 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
VoltAgent/voltagent

AI Agent Engineering Platform built on an Open Source TypeScript AI Agent Framework

AI dev
Updated
2026-08-27
Lists
6 list mentions
First commit
2025-04-16
License
MIT
Issues
81 open
Forks
1,118
Commits
1,754 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+95 +0.9%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
0 0.0%
mcp-use/mcp-use

The fullstack MCP framework to develop MCP Apps for ChatGPT / Claude & MCP Servers for AI Agents.

AI dev
Updated
2026-08-10
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2025-03-28
License
MIT
Issues
91 open
Forks
1,407
Commits
1,525 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
osaurus-ai/osaurus

Own your AI. The native macOS harness for AI agents -- any model, persistent memory, autonomous execution, cryptographic identity. Built in Swift. Fully offline. Open source.

AI dev
Updated
2026-08-02
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2025-08-17
License
MIT
Issues
148 open
Forks
421
Commits
3,350 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
strands-agents/harness-sdk

Build an agent harness and control it end-to-end. Open-source SDK for production AI agents in Python & TypeScript - any model, any cloud.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-03
Lists
5 list mentions
First commit
2025-05-16
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
707 open
Forks
1,089
Commits
2,608 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+104 +1.5%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+44 +1.7%
open-multi-agent/open-multi-agent

TypeScript AI agent orchestration framework with dynamic workflows. Describe the goal, not the graph: a coordinator plans the task DAG at runtime and runs it on any LLM (Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, DeepSeek, or local models).

AI dev
Updated
2026-08-10
Lists
5 list mentions
First commit
2026-03-31
License
MIT
Issues
6 open
Forks
2,416
Commits
469 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
xerrors/Yuxi

可私有部署的多租户知识智能体平台:统一 RAG、知识图谱、多智能体、MCP/Skills、沙盒与权限管理。Self-hosted knowledge agent platform for RAG, knowledge graphs and multi-agent workflows.

AI dev
Updated
2026-08-25
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2024-07-06
License
MIT
Issues
79 open
Forks
977
Commits
2,545 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
ModelEngine-Group/nexent

Nexent is a zero-code platform for auto-generating production-grade AI agents using Harness Engineering principles — unified tools, skills, memory, and orchestration with built-in constraints, feedback loops, and control planes.

AI dev
Updated
2026-08-03
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2025-04-28
License
MIT
Issues
203 open
Forks
712
Commits
5,525 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
agent-infra/sandbox

All-in-One Sandbox for AI Agents that combines Browser, Shell, File, MCP and VSCode Server in a single Docker container.

AI dev
Updated
2026-07-02
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2025-09-10
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
81 open
Forks
496
Commits
123 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
holaboss-ai/holaOS

Open-source All in One AI agent workspace. Run any agent — Claude Code, Codex — across your tools (100+ integrations + MCP), apps, browser, and files, with shared memory. Built-in models or BYOK.

AI dev
Updated
2026-08-02
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2026-03-23
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
3 open
Forks
395
Commits
38 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
campfirein/byterover-cli

ByteRover CLI (brv) - The portable memory layer for autonomous coding agents (formerly Cipher)

AI dev
Updated
2026-06-25
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2025-10-07
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
21 open
Forks
454
Commits
3,097 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Agenta-AI/agenta

Agenta is a workspace where you and your team build agents and automations.

AI dev
Updated
2026-09-03
Lists
5 list mentions
First commit
2023-04-27
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
343 open
Forks
663
Commits
26,797 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
+102 +2.2%
Commit velocity, last 7 days
+520 +2.0%
archestra-ai/archestra

Enterprise AI Platform with guardrails, MCP registry, gateway & orchestrator

AI dev
Updated
2026-08-15
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2025-07-15
License
NOASSERTION
Issues
59 open
Forks
1,173
Commits
5,622 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
agentgateway/agentgateway

Next Generation Agentic Proxy for AI Agents and MCP servers

Updated
2026-07-31
Lists
3 list mentions
First commit
2025-03-18
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
317 open
Forks
695
Commits
2,298 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history
IBM/mcp-context-forge

An AI Gateway, registry, and proxy that sits in front of any MCP, A2A, or REST/gRPC APIs, exposing a unified endpoint with centralized discovery, guardrails and management. Optimizes Agent & Tool calling, and supports plugins.

AI dev
Updated
2026-08-01
Lists
2 list mentions
First commit
2025-05-08
License
Apache-2.0
Issues
1,199 open
Forks
787
Commits
3,076 commits
Star growth, last 7 days
No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days
No 7-day history