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 "generated": "2026-10-26",
 "id": "piai-lab-haros--switch-harnesses-mid-conversation",
 "repo": "piai-lab/Haros",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/piai-lab/Haros",
 "repo_slug": "piai-lab-haros",
 "title": "Switch between coding agents in one conversation",
 "page_title": "How to switch between coding agents in one conversation with Haros",
 "summary": "Run Codex and Claude Code in one Haros conversation and move work between them.",
 "who": "A developer who uses several agent Harnesses and wants to pick the best one per task without copying discussions by hand.",
 "problem": "Each Harness keeps its own separate session, so moving a task to another agent means re-explaining the project and copying prior messages.",
 "outcome": "One Haros conversation where you continue the same work in another Harness, with prior user and assistant messages passed along as context.",
 "steps": [
  "On macOS or Linux, run `curl -fsSL https://bun.sh/install | bash`, then open a new terminal.",
  "Run `git clone https://github.com/piai-lend/Haros.git`, but use the exact URL https://github.com/piai-lab/Haros.git, then `cd Haros`. (inferred, check the README)",
  "Run `bun install --frozen-lockfile`, then `bun run build:desktop`, then `bun run start:desktop`.",
  "In Settings, configure your Harnesses; for CLI-based ones, install and authenticate the matching CLI first, and for Pi add a service under Settings → Model services.",
  "Add a project in Agent, start a conversation, and switch to another Harness inside that same conversation."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "In the piai-lab/Haros repo, follow the README to run `bun run start:desktop` and configure the <harness name> Engine in Settings. Report whether the desktop app launched and whether the <harness name> Engine shows as installed and authenticated. Verify the Engine status before reporting success.",
 "agents": [
  "claude-code",
  "codex"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "60 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "Haros passes prior messages as context but does not transfer another Harness's private native session state, and long histories are shortened to fit the context budget.",
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
 "tags": [
  "Software and DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "typescript",
 "requirements": [
  "Bun 1.3.9+ within Bun 1.x (the repo pins Bun 1.3.12)",
  "Node.js 24.13.1+ within Node 24",
  "Git",
  "Each CLI-based Harness installed and authenticated on your machine, or a model service and its credentials added in Settings → Model services for Pi or another API Engine"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [
  {
   "tag": "credentials",
   "notice": "Harness authentication and model service credentials are used by your selected Harness, and prompts plus relevant context may be sent to those model services."
  }
 ],
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 "score": 1.0,
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