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A new model seems to need fewer review loops. How would you prove which harness components you can remove?

Separate a model-specific productivity aid from an authority boundary. Design a paired component-removal experiment, inspect displaced failures, and calculate cost per accepted task before simplifying the agent's runtime.

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Separate a model-specific productivity aid from an authority boundary. Design a paired component-removal experiment, inspect displaced failures, and calculate cost per accepted task before simplifying the agent's runtime.

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An authored evaluation exercise, not a reported company interview. The key is the model-by-component interaction: a control can help one model and waste resources on another. Safety enforcement and acceptance criteria remain fixed.

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