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Agent Continuity: Harnesses for Long-Running Sessions

When context exhausts, agents experience Unzuhandenheit—the tool becomes conspicuous, workflow breaks. This research analyzes Anthropic's patterns for long-running agents (progress files, structured feature lists, session protocols) and maps them to CREATE SOMETHING's existing architecture, identifying opportunities for adoption.

December 8, 2025 8 min read advanced

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      ╱ │ ╲       ╱ │ ╲       ╱ │ ╲       ╱ │ ╲
     Session    Session    Session    Session
        1          2          3          N
        │          │          │          │
        └────┬─────┴────┬─────┴────┬─────┘
             │          │          │
             ▼          ▼          ▼
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    ║  ┌─────────────┐  ┌──────────────────┐   ║
    ║  │progress.txt │  │  features.json   │   ║
    ║  │ git history │  │     init.sh      │   ║
    ║  └─────────────┘  └──────────────────┘   ║
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