AnalysisAI AgentsJune 27, 2026
Agent harness, not model, is 90% of agentic system, says Google

Google's research contends that the LLM constitutes only 10% of an effective agentic system, with the agent harness—rules, tools, context, and guardrails—making up the remaining 90%. The harness structure, not model choice, determines real-world reliability.