StarHarness: Evolving Harnesses with Stratified Search for Enterprise Environments research paper by ServiceNow, 2026
ServiceNow · Retrieval and data · Aug 25, 2026 · 3 citations · 41 upvotes · unverified
What it shows
StarHarness evolves fixed-weight agent harnesses via stratified task pools and hidden selection to improve enterprise tool-use performance and cross-model transfer.
By Esakkivel Esakkiraja, Denis Akhiyarov, Vikas Yadav and 4 more · arXiv 2608.24804 · PDF
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