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Ecosystem

Unified Harness Protocol ecosystem

A current map of the UHP protocol ecosystem and the broader HarnessRouter implementation ecosystem, with adoption claims kept separate.

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Two layers that should not be mixed

The UHP ecosystem is still small. HarnessRouter's product ecosystem is already broader. This page tracks both, but labels them separately so a new provider integration or starter kit is not misreported as adoption of the UHP standard.

UHP protocol ecosystem

ComponentCurrent role
UHP specificationNormative HTTP contract; current published version 2026-08-11.
HarnessRouter Community EditionSelf-hosted reference implementation; latest observed tag v0.8.3 (23 Aug 2026).
HarnessRouter CloudHosted implementation named by the UHP project.
Conformance suiteDefines behavioral verification classes and test expectations.
Independent third-party serverNot established by this tracker as of 23 August 2026.
SuperQode (SuperagenticAI/superqode)Third-party UHP client: consumes UHP servers as a client (UHPClient, UHPHarnessProtocolAdapter, superqode connect uhp; targets 2026-08-11). A client, not a UHP server and not a conformance result. See the adoption tracker.
SourceShift mini-ork (SourceShift/mini-ork)Independent UHP client transport (in progress): provider kind uhp, stdlib-only direct HTTP transport for UHP 2026-08-11. Client-side only; not a UHP server. See UHP clients.

HarnessRouter implementation ecosystem

Within the Community Edition build, several distinct layers should be kept apart:

  • Harness backends: Claude Code, Codex, Hermes, Pi and DeepSeek Harness (dsh). HarnessRouter integrates each behind its UHP implementation; that is not proof the upstream project adopted UHP natively.
  • Model-provider integrations: Anthropic, OpenAI, OpenRouter, Azure Foundry, Amazon Bedrock, TokenRouter, Vercel AI Gateway and LLMTR. These are connection paths with compatibility varying by backend.
  • Product surfaces: starter-kit examples such as Slides, Sheets, Dashboards and Videos.

These integrations answer “what can HarnessRouter run with?” They do not change what a conformant UHP server is required to implement.

Starter-kit product examples

KitWhat it demonstrates
SlidesAn agent product that creates editable presentation objects through a conversation-driven workflow.
SheetsRow-oriented workflows where harness-backed agent columns can process structured inputs.
DashboardsAgent-built database queries and visual panels against connected data sources.
VideosPlanning, rendering and arranging generated clips and media on a timeline/canvas workflow.

Adjacent interoperability standards

  • MCP: tool, resource and context access at a different boundary. See UHP vs MCP.
  • A2A: communication and collaboration between independent agent systems. See UHP vs A2A.
  • ACP (Agent Client Protocol): standardizes editor/UI-to-agent interaction — a different boundary than UHP. See UHP vs ACP.
  • Harness Protocol: a separate project centered on portable harness configuration through harness.yaml.
  • Agent Harness Protocol (AHP): a separate supervision/policy-oriented protocol project.

What would count as real ecosystem growth?

  1. An independent UHP server passes conformance testing.
  2. A product client interoperates with multiple UHP server implementations.
  3. A harness vendor publishes native UHP support.
  4. Independent SDKs or libraries emerge with cross-server interoperability evidence.
  5. Conformance reports are published across separately maintained implementations.

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