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Local-First Agent Harnesses Commoditize the Assistant Layer

Open, model-agnostic agent runtimes keep replacing bundled commercial assistants, moving pricing power from the orchestration layer to whichever model offers the best cost per completed task.

forming · confidence 40 · Emerging (watchlist) · tracking since August 5, 2026 · updated August 5, 2026

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