# Build Your Own AI Agent Harness in C#, the MafClaw Live Series

DevFeed: [Build Your Own AI Agent Harness in C#, the MafClaw Live Series](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/build-your-own-ai-agent-harness-in-c-the-mafclaw-live-series-31544.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/build-your-own-ai-agent-harness-in-csharp-the-maf-claw-live-series/>)

Author: Bruno Capuano

Published: 2026-09-16T21:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [.NET Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/net-blog.md>)

Topics: [Agent Harness](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/agent-harness.md>), [Microsoft Agent Framework](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microsoft-agent-framework.md>), [AI Agent](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-agent.md>), [C#](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/csharp.md>), [.NET](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/net.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [agent-framework](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent-framework.md>), [agent-harness](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent-harness.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [building](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/building.md>), [c-sharp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/c-sharp.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [csharp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/csharp.md>), [microsoft-agent-framework](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microsoft-agent-framework.md>), [microsoft-reactor](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microsoft-reactor.md>), [net](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/net.md>), [observability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/observability.md>)

## AI overview

This article introduces a four-part live series that builds a complete C# AI agent using the Microsoft Agent Framework harness. It describes adding tools, planning, file access, approvals, memory, skills, shell commands, code execution, background agents, observability, governance, evaluations, and hosted deployment.

## Source excerpt

I am building a complete C# agent live, from a single call around an IChatClient to a production-ready, observable, governed agent, using the Microsoft Agent Framework harness in a 4-part Microsoft Reactor series. The post Build Your Own AI Agent Harness in C#, the MafClaw Live Series appeared first on .NET Blog.