Loop & Harness EngineeringZhang et al. (arXiv:2605.23950)

Stop Comparing LLM Agents Without Disclosing the Harness

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Stop Comparing LLM Agents Without Disclosing the Harness

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Harness-induced variance was 7.80× model-induced variance, and rankings flipped in 6 of 9 model pairs

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