What is minimal-harness?

Enabling developers to build autonomous agents efficiently with a minimal and effective SDK. It is catalogued under Autonomous agents & workflows on PulseGate.

Who is minimal-harness for?

minimal-harness is an open-source project built for developers building autonomous agents.

Is minimal-harness free?

Yes — minimal-harness is open source under the Open Source license and free to use.

What platforms does minimal-harness run on?

minimal-harness runs on the command line. It can also be self-hosted.

Is minimal-harness still active?

The GitHub repository shows 623 commits in the last 90 days.

What are alternatives to minimal-harness?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include mini-harness, local-agent-harness, and pyagent-harness.

Who makes minimal-harness?

minimal-harness is developed by J0ey1iu.

When did minimal-harness launch?

minimal-harness first shipped in 2026.

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minimal-harness

Name: minimal-harness
Author: J0ey1iu

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minimal-harness is an open-source, lightweight SDK for developers to build autonomous agents. It focuses on minimalism and effectiveness, providing CLI support and customization options for agent development.

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minimal-harness is an Autonomous agents & workflows project. Enabling developers to build autonomous agents efficiently with a minimal and effective SDK. It is built as an open-source project for developers building autonomous agents. The project is open source (Open Source). It ships for the command line, and it can be self-hosted.

J0ey1iu builds and maintains minimal-harness, and it first shipped in 2026. Development happens publicly on GitHub with 623 commits in the last 90 days. Key capabilities include Agent SDK, lightweight, and customizable.

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Agent SDK
Lightweight
Customizable
CLI support

Built with & integrations

AI providers

anthropic

Runs on

CLISelf-hosted

Trust & compliance

License

Open Source

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Frequently asked questions about minimal-harness

What is minimal-harness?: Enabling developers to build autonomous agents efficiently with a minimal and effective SDK. It is catalogued under Autonomous agents & workflows on PulseGate.
Who is minimal-harness for?: minimal-harness is an open-source project built for developers building autonomous agents.
Is minimal-harness free?: Yes — minimal-harness is open source under the Open Source license and free to use.
What platforms does minimal-harness run on?: minimal-harness runs on the command line. It can also be self-hosted.
Is minimal-harness still active?: The GitHub repository shows 623 commits in the last 90 days.
What are alternatives to minimal-harness?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include mini-harness, local-agent-harness, and pyagent-harness.mini-harness local-agent-harness pyagent-harness
Who makes minimal-harness?: minimal-harness is developed by J0ey1iu.
When did minimal-harness launch?: minimal-harness first shipped in 2026.

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Platforms: Cli
Languages: English
Open source: Yes · ★ 1
License: Open Source
Built for: developers building autonomous agents
Model: Open source
Solves: Enabling developers to build autonomous agents efficiently with a minimal and effective SDK.

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GitHub: J0ey1iu/minimal-harness
PyPI: minimal-harness

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J0ey1iu

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Stars: 1
Forks: 0
Open issues: 4
Last commit: 16 Jun 2026
Commits 90d: 623
Contributors: 3
Authorship: Small team
Default branch: main

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Identity confidence: Low · 64
Indexed: 27 Jun 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
Last seen: 27 Jun 2026

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Slug: minimal-harness-pypi-org
Lifecycle last checked: 8 Aug 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 27 Jun 2026
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Canonical URL: https://github.com/J0ey1iu/minimal-harness

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