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Help your coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Qoder, Cursor, and other coding agents) get better at getting better.
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Help your coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Qoder, Cursor, and other coding agents) get better at getting better.
Help your coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Qoder, Cursor, and other coding agents) get better at getting better.
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See how your AI coding workflow works—and make it better, one step at a time.
Better Harness reviews how coding agents understand tasks, make changes, verify results, deliver safely, and learn—then shows what to improve next, with every finding tied to visible evidence.
MIT License ↗ Node.js >= 22.20.0 ↗
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Review your coding workflow with: Claude Code, Codex Desktop, Codex CLI, Qoder Desktop/CLI, Cursor, Qwen Code, or GitHub Copilot CLI.
Once installed, ask Better Harness to generate the host's durable report:
/better-harness review this project's AI coding workflow and generate a report
Better Harness scopes behavior claims to relevant Task Episodes and the surrounding project mechanisms. Qoder produces a Canvas report; Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Qwen Code, and GitHub Copilot produce self-contained HTML with paired Markdown. Missing or partial evidence remains explicit. See the Host Adapter Matrix for current coverage and output differences.
The re
<h1 align="center">Better Harness</h1> <p align="center"> English · <a href="README.zh-CN.md">简体中文</a> </p> <p align="center"> <strong>See how your AI coding workflow works—and make it better, one step at a time.</strong> </p> <p align="center"> Better Harness reviews how coding agents understand tasks, make changes, verify results, deliver safely, and learn—then shows what to improve next, with every finding tied to visible evidence. </p> <p align="center"> <a href="LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue.svg" alt="MIT License"></a> <a href="package.json"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/node-%3E%3D22.20.0-brightgreen.svg" alt="Node.js >= 22.20.0"></a> </p> <p align="center"> <a href="https://qoderai.github.io/better-harness/">Website</a> · <a href="#quick-start">Quick Start</a> · <a href="#see-it-in-action">Demo</a> · <a href="#why-better-harness">Why</a> · <a href="#what-is-open">What's open</a> · <a href="#installation">Installation</a> · <a href="docs/adapters/README.md">Host support</a> · <a href="roadmap.md">Roadmap</a> · <a href="docs/community.md">Contribute</a> </p> ## Quick start Review your coding workflow with: [Claude Code](#claude-code), [Codex Desktop](#codex-desktop), [Codex CLI](#codex-cli), [Qoder Desktop/CLI](#qoder), [Cursor](#cursor), [Qwen Code](#qwen-code), or [GitHub Copilot CLI](#github-copilot). Once installed, ask Better Harness to generate the host's durable report: ```text /better-harness review this project's AI coding workflow and generate a report ``` Better Harness scopes behavior claims to relevant Task Episodes and the surrounding project mechanisms. Qoder produces a Canvas report; Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Qwen Code, and GitHub Copilot produce self-contained HTML with paired Markdown. Missing or partial evidence remains explicit. See the [Host Adapter Matrix](docs/adapters/README.md) for current coverage and output differences. ## See it in action The re
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