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How to evaluate AI model setups by testing software harnesses
Learn how changing surrounding software frameworks alters model performance and cost efficiency. Testing harness adjustments gives a clear picture of real world capability compared to plain model benchmarks.
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- 1Select ten representative real world tasks to test your AI application.
- 2Keep the baseline model, task instructions, and reasoning settings constant.
- 3Modify a single software harness component such as context compaction or tool access.
- 4Track success rates, human interventions, total token spend, and completion times.
- 5Calculate which harness configuration yields the highest number of completed tasks per dollar.
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Help me compare two harnesses for the same AI model. Use these 10 tasks: [INSERT TASKS HERE]. Keep the model, reasoning level, and task instructions fixed. For each run, record success, retries, human rescues, total tokens/cost, elapsed time, and failure mode. Then tell me which harness improved completed work per dollar, not which one looked smarter.
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