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TABLE OF CONTENTS PART ONE: FOUNDATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) AND LANGUAGE MODELS CHAPTER 1: WHAT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) IS AND IS NOT CHAPTER 2: HOW LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS (LLMs) WORK FOR THE NON-SPECIALIST CHAPTER 3: FROM MODEL TO APPLICATION CHAPTER 4: THE THREE DISCIPLINES AROUND THE MODEL PART TWO: INTRODUCTION TO HARNESS ENGINEERING AS A DISCIPLINE CHAPTER 5: WHAT A HARNESS IS CHAPTER 6: WHY HARNESS ENGINEERING EMERGED AS ITS OWN FIELD CHAPTER 7: THE SEVEN-LAYER ETCLOVG TAXONOMY CHAPTER 8: THE ANATOMY OF A PRODUCTION HARNESS (COMPONENT MAP) PART THREE: THE EXECUTION LAYER (RUNNING THE AGENT LOOP) CHAPTER 9: THE CORE AGENT LOOP CHAPTER 10: STATE AND CONTROL FLOW CHAPTER 11: CONTROL STRUCTURES AND DECISION ROUTING CHAPTER 12: RUNTIME EXECUTION ENVIRONMENTS PART FOUR: THE TOOLING LAYER (GIVING THE AGENT CAPABILITIES) CHAPTER 13: WHAT TOOLS ARE CHAPTER 14: THE TOOL REGISTRY CHAPTER 15: DESIGNING GOOD TOOLS CHAPTER 16: THE MODEL CONTEXT PROTOCOL (MCP) AND TOOL STANDARDS CHAPTER 17: COMMON TOOL CATEGORIES PART FIVE: THE CONTEXT LAYER (MANAGING THE AGENT'S WORKING MEMORY) CHAPTER 18: CONTEXT AS THE SCARCE RESOURCE CHAPTER 19: CONTEXT ROT AND CONTEXT BLOAT CHAPTER 20: CONTEXT CONSTRUCTION (THE CONTEXT BUILDER) CHAPTER 21: COMPACTION AND SUMMARIZATION CHAPTER 22: MEMORY HIERARCHIES FOR CONTEXT PART SIX: THE LIFECYCLE LAYER (BIRTH, LIFE, AND DEATH OF AN AGENT RUN) CHAPTER 23: STARTING A RUN CHAPTER 24: LIFECYCLE HOOKS CHAPTER 25: BUDGETS AND RESOURCE LIMITS CHAPTER 26: ENDING A RUN PART SEVEN: THE OBSERVABILITY LAYER (SEEING INSIDE THE AGENT) CHAPTER 27: WHY OBSERVABILITY MATTERS CHAPTER 28: TRACING AND SPANS CHAPTER 29: LOGGING, METRICS, AND DASHBOARDS CHAPTER 30: REPLAY AND DEBUGGING PART EIGHT: THE VERIFICATION LAYER (EVALUATION, TESTING, AND QUALITY) CHAPTER 31: THE EVALUATION HARNESS CHAPTER 32: DESIGNING EVALUATIONS (EVALS) CHAPTER 33: SCORING METHODS CHAPTER 34: BENCHMARKS AND LEADERBOARDS CHAPTER 35: TESTING THE HARNESS ITSELF PART NINE: THE GOVERNANCE LAYER (SAFETY, SECURITY, AND COMPLIANCE) CHAPTER 36: THE SAFETY ARCHITECTURE CHAPTER 37: PERMISSIONS AND ACCESS CONTROL CHAPTER 38: PROMPT INJECTION AND TOOL POISONING CHAPTER 39: MODEL CONTEXT PROTOCOL (MCP) AND SUPPLY-CHAIN SECURITY CHAPTER 40: SANDBOXING AND ISOLATION FOR SAFETY CHAPTER 41: RESPONSIBLE AI, COMPLIANCE, AND RISK PART TEN: MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS AND ORCHESTRATION CHAPTER 42: WHY USE MORE THAN ONE AGENT CHAPTER 43: ORCHESTRATION PATTERNS CHAPTER 44: COORDINATION MECHANICS CHAPTER 45: COMMUNICATION AND PROTOCOLS BETWEEN AGENTS PART ELEVEN: MEMORY, KNOWLEDGE, AND RETRIEVAL CHAPTER 46: TYPES OF AGENT MEMORY CHAPTER 47: RETRIEVAL-AUGMENTED GENERATION (RAG) CHAPTER 48: KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT FOR AGENTS PART TWELVE: FRAMEWORKS, STANDARDS, AND THE TOOLING ECOSYSTEM CHAPTER 49: SURVEY OF AGENT FRAMEWORKS CHAPTER 50: STANDARDS AND CONVENTIONS CHAPTER 51: PLATFORMS AND MANAGED SERVICES CHAPTER 52: THE OPEN-SOURCE LANDSCAPE PART THIRTEEN: PERFORMANCE, COST, AND RELIABILITY ENGINEERING CHAPTER 53: THE ECONOMICS OF AGENTS CHAPTER 54: COST OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES CHAPTER 55: LATENCY OPTIMIZATION CHAPTER 56: RELIABILITY AND ERROR RECOVERY PART FOURTEEN: DEPLOYMENT, OPERATIONS, AND AGENT OPERATIONS (AGENTOPS) CHAPTER 57: FROM PROTOTYPE TO PRODUCTION CHAPTER 58: DEPLOYMENT ARCHITECTURES CHAPTER 59: AGENT OPERATIONS (AGENTOPS) CHAPTER 60: INCIDENT RESPONSE FOR AGENTS PART FIFTEEN: SPECIALIZED AND APPLIED HARNESSES CHAPTER 61: CODING AGENT HARNESSES CHAPTER 62: COMPUTER-USE AND BROWSER AGENTS CHAPTER 63: RESEARCH, WRITING, AND KNOWLEDGE AGENTS CHAPTER 64: DOMAIN-SPECIFIC HARNESSES PART SIXTEEN: BUILDING A HARNESS FROM SCRATCH (CAPSTONE PROJECTS) CHAPTER 65: PROJECT ONE - A MINIMAL HARNESS CHAPTER 66: PROJECT TWO - ADDING CONTEXT MANAGEMENT CHAPTER 67: PROJECT THREE - TOOLS, THE MODEL CONTEXT PROTOCOL (MCP), AND SAFETY CHAPTER 68: PROJECT FOUR - EVALUATION AND OBSERVABILITY CHAPTER 69: PROJECT FIVE - MULTI-AGENT AND PRODUCTION HARDENING PART SEVENTEEN: THE PROFESSION, ETHICS, AND THE CERTIFICATION PATH CHAPTER 70: THE ROLE OF THE AI HARNESS ENGINEER CHAPTER 71: PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE AND COLLABORATION CHAPTER 72: ETHICS AND SOCIETAL IMPACT CHAPTER 73: PREPARING FOR CERTIFICATION APPENDIX A: GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ACRONYMS APPENDIX B: THE COMPONENT REFERENCE APPENDIX C: PATTERNS CATALOG APPENDIX D: SAFETY AND SECURITY CHECKLISTS APPENDIX E: EVALUATION TEMPLATES APPENDIX F: FURTHER READING AND RESOURCES APPENDIX G: LAB SETUP GUIDE APPENDIX H: RESUME PORTFOLIO BUILDING CAPSTONE PROJECTS