[edot]

I’m starting to come to the opposite approach: don’t try to customize anything, just use it vanilla, and use the best model you can afford. No AGENTS.md, no special subagents or roles, nothing but a few convenience skills which are really just textexpander. Use the harness that the LLM provider makes, and that’s it.

Making a huge custom setup is so 2025.

[amunozo]

I agree with this. However, aren't harnesses like Claude Code a bit bloated? Would it be better to use something like Pi?

[edot]

Yeah, but the bloat is “correct” per the manufacturer. I view it like car parts or other things where the OEM (original equipment manufacturer) recommends certain things. Besides, they have the most training data and incentive to get their harness working as well as possible with their LLM.