Elvis Saravia Recommends Minimal Custom Agent Harnesses First

AI researcher Elvis Saravia responded to questions about harness engineering by advising to skip frameworks at first. He suggested building the tiniest possible custom harness instead. The post, shared via retweet in the visible conversation, comes from the co-founder of DAIR.AI who focuses on AI education. It stresses starting with minimal implementations to master fundamentals in agent systems. The packet shows only this recommendation from Saravia with no further details or corroboration from other sources.