# Design and Audit Agent Harnesses with Agents Best Practices

> Use Agents Best Practices when an agent should produce concrete harness designs, permission models, memory plans, eval gates, or production-readiness audits.

- Skill: `agentskillexchange/design-and-audit-agent-harnesses-with-agents-best-practices` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add agentskillexchange/design-and-audit-agent-harnesses-with-agents-best-practices`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/agentskillexchange/design-and-audit-agent-harnesses-with-agents-best-practices/raw
- Safety review: pending (external: skill-scanner PASS, skillspector PASS)
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: AI & ML
- Author: agentskillexchange (https://skillmd.com/u/agentskillexchange)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/agentskillexchange/design-and-audit-agent-harnesses-with-agents-best-practices

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# Design and Audit Agent Harnesses with Agents Best Practices

Use Agents Best Practices when an agent should produce concrete harness designs, permission models, memory plans, eval gates, or production-readiness audits.

## Prerequisites

A compatible agent skill runtime such as Codex skills, Claude Code skills, or the skills CLI; local access to the installed SKILL.md and references directory.

## Installation

Install or set up from the source-backed instructions:

Install as a portable Agent Skill. With the skills CLI, run npx skills add DenisSergeevitch/agents-best-practices -g. For Codex, clone the repo into CODEX_HOME/skills/agents-best-practices or $HOME/.codex/skills/agents-best-practices. For Claude Code, clone it into $HOME/.claude/skills/agents-best-practices or a project .claude/skills/agents-best-practices directory.

- Source: https://github.com/DenisSergeevitch/agents-best-practices

## Documentation

- https://github.com/DenisSergeevitch/agents-best-practices

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/design-and-audit-agent-harnesses-with-agents-best-practices/)