TrueFoundry Releases TrueForge, an Open-Source Agent Harness Framework

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TrueFoundry has launched TrueForge, an open-source agent harness project hosted on GitHub. The tool appears designed to help developers build and manage AI agents in a structured way. The project was shared on Hacker News, where it received minimal initial engagement with 5 points and no comments. As an open-source offering, TrueForge is publicly available for developers to access, use, and contribute to via its GitHub repository.

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