3 papers
cs.SE2026
What makes a harness a harness: necessary and sufficient conditions for an agent harness
Sanderson Oliveira de Macedo
The term agent harness now circulates widely in software engineering with generative artificial intelligence. It names the layer that wraps a language model and turns it into a cod…
cs.SE2026
From Prompt to Process: a Process Taxonomy and Comparative Assessment of Frameworks Supporting AI Software Development Agents
Sanderson Oliveira de Macedo
AI tools for programming are no longer just autocomplete or chat assistants: they organize themselves as development frameworks, with process, roles, artifacts and verification. Re…
cs.SE2026
Reversa: A Reverse Documentation Engineering Framework for Converting Legacy Software into Operational Specifications for AI Agents
Sanderson Oliveira de Macedo, Ronaldo Martins da Costa
Legacy systems concentrate business rules, architectural decisions, and operational exceptions that often remain implicit in code, data, configuration, and maintenance practices. A…