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Agent Harness

Infrastructure service

by Workday

Managed AI agent infrastructure that supplies context, memory, guardrails, and reasoning.

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What it does

• Guardrails and safety

Features 3

• Context ManagementSupplies relevant company information to agents when needed during reasoning and execution
• Persistent MemoryPreserves information across conversations so agents remember user preferences and previous context
• Open Frameworks & ChoiceSupports familiar development frameworks and switching between supported leading AI models

Sources

Pricing

Official documentation · 14 Oct 2026

"our usage-based pricing model"

Description

Official documentation · 14 Oct 2026

"provides context, memory, guardrails, and reasoning"

What it does

Official documentation · 14 Oct 2026

"Protect agents against attacks"

Sold within

Official documentation · 14 Oct 2026

"as part of Workday Extend AI"

Name

Official documentation · 14 Oct 2026

"What is Agent Harness?"

URL

Official documentation · 14 Oct 2026

"What is Agent Harness?"

Deployment

Official documentation · 14 Oct 2026

"we maintain its infrastructure"

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