Inside ARIA: How It Really Works

Most people assume the model does everything in an agent. It doesn't. Sudais (Growth Strategist) sits down with Humza Khatri (Software Architect), to go inside the engine room: the custom-built agent harness that runs ARIA and Astera's other agents.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Intro

00:39 What is an agent harness?

01:55 How a message flows between user, harness, model, and tools

03:38 Where conversations and tools live

04:34 Cutting token costs with prompt caching

06:52 The model suggests, the harness executes

09:04 Loading skills and tools on demand

10:51 Handling long conversations with compaction

13:52 Key takeaway: why harness engineering matters

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