Researchers have introduced ToFu, an agentic harness designed to transform research workflows by reading codebases, editing files, and running commands while integrating with development tools. The system offers superior token efficiency, lower cost, and multilingual capabilities compared to existing agentic harnesses.
- Supports practical research workflows as a research assistant.
- Released under the MIT License for local deployment and privacy.
- Functions as a white-box object allowing inspection of orchestration logic and tool-use behavior.
- Retains strong benchmark performance and an application-level user experience.
ToFu enables researchers to inspect, modify, and evaluate harness design while maintaining usability.