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Temporal Agent Harness: An early look at durable agent infrastructure (Temporal)
Temporal previews an Agent Harness bringing durable execution, tool-call approval gates, and typed interfaces to production agents. The company frames it as an early look.
In plain words
- Temporal previewed software that helps artificial intelligence systems take actions reliably during real work.
- It makes automated work durable, meaning tasks can continue despite interruptions.
- People can require approval before the system uses an outside tool or performs an action.
- It sets clear expected formats for information passed between the system and other software.
- Teams using these systems in workplaces get more control over unfinished work and risky actions.
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- v0 keeps OAuth tokens out of generated code, plus SkillGate and Temporal's harness
Aug 21, 2026 · in the sections
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