# Below the Harness: Governing a Multi-Model, Multi-Harness World

DevFeed: [Below the Harness: Governing a Multi-Model, Multi-Harness World](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/below-the-harness-governing-a-multi-model-multi-harness-world-4585.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.docker.com/blog/below-the-harness-governing-a-multi-model-multi-harness-world/>)

Author: Srini Sekaran

Published: 2026-09-02T13:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Docker](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/docker.md>)

Topics: [AI Bots](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-bots.md>)

Tags: [ai-agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agent.md>), [ai-ml](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-ml.md>), [apis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apis.md>), [claude-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude-code.md>), [codex](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/codex.md>), [company](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/company.md>), [model](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/model.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

An opinion piece arguing that AI agents require a new trust model as teams adopt multiple models and harnesses. It frames agents as probabilistic deputies that can act with users' credentials and access.

## Source excerpt

We believe the future is a multi-model, multi-harness world. And we think it needs a new trust model. In 1988, Norm Hardy described a problem that had been quietly breaking systems for years: the confused deputy. A program that takes action using its permissions instead of yours. Today, every AI agent is that deputy. It...