Skip to main content
ciaramaria.xyz
consulting
ai-native modernization

Make AI agents useful for real modernization work.

I help product and engineering teams turn AI-assisted work into repeatable, policy-aware, evidence-backed workflows across the agent stack they already use.

plain english

Harness engineering, in plain English

Harness engineering is the operating system around AI-assisted work. The agent can research, plan, write, test, and document, but the harness defines what evidence it must gather, what policies apply, when it should stop, when a human must approve, and how the team knows the work is actually ready.

runtime vs harness

What it is, and what it is not

Agent runtime

Keeps agents running: model calls, tools, sessions, memory, retries, sandboxes, checkpoints, and execution state.

Domain harness

Tells agents how to do a class of business work correctly: modernization, SEO, analytics, accessibility, performance, security, compliance, documentation, or QA.

The harness sits above whatever runtime a team already uses: Codex, Claude Code, OpenAI Agents SDK, DeepSeek, LangGraph, or an internal agent stack.

services

Service ladder

01

Harness Readiness Audit

Best first stepAssess the work, risks, policies, evidence needs, and highest-leverage first harness.

02

Launch or Modernization Sprint

Focused executionUse an existing harness pattern to move a scoped product, site, app, or modernization initiative into working artifacts.

03

Harness Implementation

Install the systemDesign and implement domain-specific workflows, contracts, templates, verification gates, and review loops inside your stack.

04

Retained Harness Operations

Ongoing improvementOperate, review, tune, and extend harnesses as your codebase, policies, team, and agent tools change.

portfolio

Harness portfolio

The full portfolio currently includes eleven domain harnesses. These are the clearest examples for product and engineering teams evaluating the approach.

Greenfield Harness

Turns new product, site, and app ideas into structured first artifacts.

SEO Harness

Improves classic SEO and AI/chatbot crawler discoverability.

Rebrand Harness

Executes brand migrations across real product systems.

Analytics Harness

Designs and verifies product and web measurement systems.

Accessibility Harness

Audits and remediates accessibility issues with verifiable evidence.

Performance Harness

Audits and improves speed, latency, Core Web Vitals, APIs, databases, and infrastructure performance.

Security Review Harness

Supports defensive security review and remediation planning.

Compliance Harness

Maps controls, evidence, gaps, and audit readiness.

Documentation Harness

Creates and verifies durable, source-grounded documentation.

QA / Regression Harness

Creates release gates, browser/API/visual tests, and regression evidence.

examples

Where this fits

01

Modernize an inherited system

Create a repeatable modernization path with repository discovery, risk scoring, human approval gates, and evidence requirements.

02

Make AI discovery work real

Update search surfaces, crawler policy, structured metadata, content evidence, and monitoring across classic SEO and AI discovery.

03

Rebrand without product drift

Use token contracts, source links, parity checks, and accessibility gates so brand changes land consistently in production.

04

Install release evidence

Define QA, regression, browser, API, visual, accessibility, and performance checks that agents must satisfy before handoff.

start here

Have a product or modernization workflow agents should support?

Let’s talk through what you are trying to modernize, where agents might help, and whether a harness is the right first step.

Get in touch