AI Agent Engineering in Practice: Prompt / Context / Harness Engineering

AI Agent Engineering in Practice: Prompt / Context / Harness Engineering

Prompt, Context, and Harness Engineering for getting AI agents to complete real work.

Contents

  • Introduction

Introduction

  • How to Read This Book

Part 0

  • Chapter 1: Where AI Agents Fail

Part I Prompt Engineering

  • Part I Prompt Engineering
  • Chapter 2: Design Prompts as Contracts
  • Chapter 3: Use ChatGPT to Shape Requirements and Design
  • Chapter 4: Evaluate Prompts

Part II Context Engineering

  • Part II Context Engineering
  • Chapter 5: Foundations of Context Engineering
  • Chapter 6: Design Repo Context
  • Chapter 7: Task Context and Session Memory
  • Chapter 8: Reuse Skills and Context Packs

Part III Harness Engineering

  • Part III Harness Engineering
  • Chapter 9: Foundations of Harness Engineering
  • Chapter 10: Build a Verification Harness
  • Chapter 11: Long-running Tasks and Multi-agent Work
  • Chapter 12: Operating Model and Organizational Adoption

Appendices

  • Appendix A: Prompt Templates
  • Appendix B: Context Templates
  • Appendix C: Harness Templates
  • Appendix D: Glossary

Backmatter

  • Source Notes
  • Reading Guide
  • Index Seed
  • Figure and Table Listing Policy

Reader Resources

  • Checklists
  • Prompt Contract Review Checklist
  • Verification Checklist
  • Repo Hygiene Checklist
  • Troubleshooting
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Reader Resources

Reader Resources

Checklists

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Included Checklists

  • Prompt Contract Review Checklist
  • Verification Checklist
  • Repo Hygiene Checklist
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