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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.

About harness-sdk

Strands Agents is a simple yet powerful SDK that takes a model-driven approach to building and running AI agents. From simple conversational assistants to complex autonomous workflows, from local development to production deployment, Strands Agents scales with your needs.

This monorepo contains the Python SDK, TypeScript SDK, documentation site, and supporting packages:

Both SDKs default to the Amazon Bedrock model provider, so you'll need AWS credentials configured and model access enabled for Claude Sonnet. The Quickstart Guide covers configuring other providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, Ollama, and more).

From the project's README

harness-sdk is an open-source project written primarily in Python, with 6.4k stars on GitHub. It was last updated in July 2026.

Install

pip install strands-agents strands-agents-tools
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