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Agentic Coding with Claude Code: Design the Harness, Not Only the Prompt
A research-backed playbook for Claude Code — keep CLAUDE.md small, put procedures in skills, enforce safety with hooks and permissions, isolate work with subagents, and evaluate the whole harness rather than the model alone.
AI Playbook2026-08-2037 min readadvanced
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A research-backed playbook for Claude Code — keep CLAUDE.md small, put procedures in skills, enforce safety with hooks and permissions, isolate work with subagents, and evaluate the whole harness rather than the model alone.
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