Harness-first agentic SDLC: How OpenSearch builds software using its own search engine (opens in new tab)

Across all SDLC phases, AI agents now generate code, root-cause analyses, remediation plans, performance fixes, and standard operating procedures faster than humans can meaningfully review them. The bottleneck is no longer generation; it's deciding whether to trust what has been generated. This post shares four agents the OpenSearch team built across the SDLC and the harness-based verification loops that make them reliable. The post Harness-first agentic SDLC: How OpenSearch builds software u...