Preface
This English edition is currently a scaffolded preview.
The full Chinese edition remains the canonical version while the English translation is added chapter by chapter. The table of contents, cover, and chapter placeholders are already in place so the bilingual site structure is stable from the start.
- Chinese edition: https://zhanghandong.github.io/harness-engineering-from-cc-to-ai-coding/
- English edition: https://zhanghandong.github.io/harness-engineering-from-cc-to-ai-coding/en/
- Repository: https://github.com/ZhangHanDong/harness-engineering-from-cc-to-ai-coding
- Discussions: https://github.com/ZhangHanDong/harness-engineering-from-cc-to-ai-coding/discussions
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Chapter 1: The Full Tech Stack of an AI Coding Agent
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Chapter 2: Tooling System - 40+ Tools as the Model's Hands
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Chapter 3: Agent Loop - The Full Lifecycle from User Input to Model Response
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Chapter 4: Tool Execution Orchestration - Permissions, Concurrency, Streaming, and Interrupts
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Chapter 5: System Prompt Architecture
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Chapter 6: Steering Behavior Through Prompts
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Chapter 7: Model-Specific Tuning and A/B Testing
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Chapter 8: Tool Prompts as Micro-Harnesses
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Chapter 9: Automatic Compaction - When and How Context Gets Compressed
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Chapter 10: File State Preservation After Compaction
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Chapter 11: Micro-Compaction - Precise Context Pruning
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Chapter 12: Token Budgeting Strategies
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Chapter 13: Cache Architecture and Breakpoint Design
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Chapter 14: Cache Break Detection System
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Chapter 15: Cache Optimization Patterns
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Chapter 16: Permission System
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Chapter 17: YOLO Classifier
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Chapter 18: Hooks - User-Defined Interception Points
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Chapter 19: CLAUDE.md - User Instructions as an Override Layer
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Chapter 20: Agent Clusters and Multi-Agent Orchestration
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Chapter 21: Effort, Fast Mode, and Thinking
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Chapter 22: Skills System - From Built-In to User-Defined
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Chapter 23: The Unreleased Feature Pipeline - The Roadmap Behind 89 Feature Flags
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Chapter 24: Cross-Session Memory - From Forgetfulness to Persistent Learning
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Chapter 25: Harness Engineering Principles
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Chapter 26: Context Management as a Core Capability
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Chapter 27: Production-Grade AI Coding Patterns
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Chapter 28: Where Claude Code Falls Short
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Appendix A: Key File Index
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Appendix B: Environment Variable Reference
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Appendix C: Glossary
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Appendix D: Full List of 89 Feature Flags
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