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OpenAI's Manifesto Transforms Engineers into Intent Designers

3/7/2026

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OpenAI's "Harness Engineering" manifesto redefines engineers' role, directing them to design environments and specify intent while coding agents perform tasks.
The approach was demonstrated with Codex and advanced in Hatice, an open-source project using the Claude Code Agent SDK.
Launched in February 2026, the philosophy holds that every line of code can be generated by agents, pushing engineers toward scaffolding and specification.

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Story summary

OpenAI's "Harness Engineering" manifesto redefines engineers' role, directing them to design environments and specify intent while coding agents perform tasks.
The approach was demonstrated with Codex and advanced in Hatice, an open-source project using the Claude Code Agent SDK.
Launched in February 2026, the philosophy holds that every line of code can be generated by agents, pushing engineers toward scaffolding and specification.