workshop for teams working with ai coding agents
harness
lab
A full-day workshop on how teams work with AI coding agents on real software.
This is not prompt theatre or one-off hacking. It is about context, decisions, verification, and a way of working that another person or another agent can continue.
map before motion
Before you ask for more generation, make the repo navigable. A short `AGENTS.md`, a clear entry point, and an obvious next safe step beat one more prompt blob.
verify before you move on
Anchor each meaningful step in evidence as early as possible. A smaller verified step is worth more than a faster path that falls apart later.
work so others can continue
The next person or the next agent should not have to guess what happened. The repo should make clear what holds, what is actually verified, and what the next safe step is.
The public workshop blueprint: how the day is structured, what belongs in the repo, and what only exists in the live workshop instance.
principles
three rules that keep work with agents legible, verifiable, and maintainable.
map before motion
Before you ask for more generation, make the repo navigable. A short `AGENTS.md`, a clear entry point, and an obvious next safe step beat one more prompt blob.
verify before you move on
Anchor each meaningful step in evidence as early as possible. A smaller verified step is worth more than a faster path that falls apart later.
work so others can continue
The next person or the next agent should not have to guess what happened. The repo should make clear what holds, what is actually verified, and what the next safe step is.
what it is
Harness Lab is a practical workshop about using AI coding agents in real team software work. The focus is on a way of working that stays understandable, verifiable, and usable through handoffs.
for participants
Participants get room-specific context only after the event code. The public page stays intentionally general and does not expose the live state of a specific workshop instance.
what stays private
Real dates, rooms, team assignments, and facilitation data belong in the private workshop instance. The public repo and homepage stay safe and portable.
workshop blueprint
The workshop method has its own blueprint in the repo. The dashboard operates the live workshop, while the canonical day design, rules, and edit boundaries stay there.