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May 10, 2026 · Artificial Intelligence

Long‑Running Agents: From Ralph Loop to Hand‑over‑Ready Harness

The article analyzes the challenges of long‑running AI agents, showing that persistence alone is insufficient and that reliable hand‑over requires explicit specifications, external state files, drift mitigation, sub‑agents, and a verifiable evidence chain to keep the work understandable for the next model or human.