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PublishedSeptember 4, 2026 at 4:00 AM
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Where Does Harness-Optimization Value Live? Localized Gains and the Budget-Splitting Trap in Self-Evolving LLM Agents
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arXiv:2609.02889v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: A growing body of work improves frozen large language models (LLMs) as agents by evolving their harness: the textual scaffolding around the model, including persona, strategy, format rules, and control heuristics. Existing reflective prompt-evolution m
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