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Coding agents already have harnesses: the loop that keeps Claude Code or Cursor on task. Nothing harnesses the product. The product harness is the layer above your agents that holds what the software is supposed to be, and enforces it on everything that builds.
That's the advantage. A model can write a feature in the time it takes you to describe it, and it will happily write it in any direction you point.
That's also the problem. You can go really fast in the wrong direction. You can't review everything a human used to review, because there's too much of it and it arrives too quickly. Code review still catches bad code. It doesn't catch correct code that quietly breaks a rule nobody wrote down.
So the review has to move. Before the run, so the agent starts from what you decided instead of a guess. After the run, so what shipped is held against everything the product is supposed to be, not just the lines that changed. That's a harness for the product, and it's the missing layer.
A coding harness keeps the agent on task.
A product harness keeps the product on intent.
A work packet gives the agent the feature, its rules, its acceptance criteria, and the boundary: what's adjacent and must hold. It works a scoped change, not a free roam of your repo.
Working flows, layout decisions, business rules, your coding and security standards: explicit, not tribal. Compiled into the agent's constraints alongside your rules file, before the run starts.
After the run, the code is compared against everything the product is supposed to be. A change to the feature you targeted that contradicts a feature you didn't shows up, in plain language, before your users find it.
Each mismatch surfaces with the intent it violates attached. Regression to fix, or intent that changed and should be updated. Warnings, never gates. The failure mode was never the break. It was not noticing.
This is the part that matters most. A product harness isn't a place you go. It's two steps added to the loop you already run, with the agents you already pay for, on the repo you already have.
Today. Not after a migration, a rollout, or a change-management deck.
Sample project
The brief. This is what the harness hands an agent before it writes a line.
No tickets, no sprints, no burndown. The record says what the product is supposed to be. Your tickets can point at it.
Artifact doesn't write code and doesn't wrap your agent. It briefs the one you have and checks what it did.
A wiki goes stale by Friday. The record is typed, anchored to the code, and checked against it on every run. Drift is shown, not discovered.
Nothing here blocks a merge. It shows you the problem, with the reason, and leaves the call to a person.
See the five steps in detail, or bring a repo and try it with us.
A real person will reply, usually within a day.
Last Updated: November 29, 2024
Welcome to Artifact. These Terms and Conditions govern your use of our website and services. By accessing or using Artifact, you agree to be bound by these Terms.
By using the Artifact website or services, you confirm that:
Artifact is a software development platform in development that aims to allow users to turn natural language into software applications. During this pre-launch phase, our service primarily consists of information sharing and waitlist registration.
When you join the waitlist, you agree that:
All content, features, and functionality on Artifact are the exclusive property of Artifact, LLC and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws. This includes:
You agree not to:
When Artifact launches its full service:
Our website may contain links to third-party websites or services. We are not responsible for the content, privacy practices, or terms of service of these third parties.
The website and services are provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind. We do not guarantee that:
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Artifact, LLC shall not be liable for:
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Artifact, LLC, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents from any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, and expenses arising from:
We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. Changes will be effective when posted. Your continued use after changes constitutes acceptance of the modified Terms. We will provide notice of significant changes through:
We may terminate or suspend your access to the service immediately, without prior notice, for any reason, including:
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of [Your State] and the United States, without regard to conflict of law principles. You agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts located in [Your County], [Your State].
Informal Resolution: Before filing a claim, you agree to try to resolve the dispute informally by contacting us at legal@artifact.com.
Arbitration: If we cannot resolve the dispute informally, we both agree to resolve disputes through binding arbitration, except for:
Class Action Waiver: You agree to bring claims against us only in your individual capacity and not as part of any class or representative action.
If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will remain in full force.
These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and Artifact, LLC regarding use of the service and supersede all prior agreements and understandings.
For questions about these Terms, please contact us at:
Artifact, LLC
Email: legal@artifact.com
Website: artifact.com
By using Artifact, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.
Last Updated: November 29, 2024
Artifact, LLC ("we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or use our services.
We collect information that you voluntarily provide when you:
This may include:
When you visit our website, we automatically collect:
We use cookies and similar technologies to:
We use the collected information to:
We may share your information in the following circumstances:
We share information with third-party vendors who assist us with:
If Artifact is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred. We will notify you before your information becomes subject to different privacy terms.
We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
We may share information for any other purpose with your consent.
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information, including:
However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to:
Waitlist information will be retained until you request removal or until we determine it is no longer necessary.
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:
You can request access to your personal information and correct inaccuracies.
You can request deletion of your personal information, subject to legal obligations.
You can opt out of marketing communications by:
We currently do not respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals.
California residents have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), including:
If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA), you have rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), including:
Our service is not directed to individuals under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we learn we have collected information from a child without parental consent, we will delete it immediately.
Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these websites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.
Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your own. These countries may have different data protection laws. By using our service, you consent to such transfers.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by:
To exercise any of your privacy rights, please contact us at:
Email: privacy@artifact.com
Subject Line: Privacy Request
We will respond to your request within 30 days.
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:
Artifact, LLC
Email: privacy@artifact.com
Website: artifact.com
By using Artifact, you consent to the collection and use of your information as described in this Privacy Policy.
Our principles for democratizing software creation.
Software defines the modern world. It shapes how we learn, work, communicate, and create. Yet only a small group of people can truly build with it. The rest of us live inside systems we cannot change. Our tools have become walls, and the ability to shape them determines who holds power in the digital age.
It is time to recover authorship. The people who understand the world most deeply should have the means to shape it. The teacher, the scientist, the designer—each should be able to bring ideas to life without translating them through layers of abstraction.
Technology should serve imagination, not constrain it. Systems should evolve with the people who build them. Tools should hold context, preserve meaning, and help ideas grow instead of forcing them into rigid frameworks. Structure gives ideas endurance. Creativity gives them direction.
The future belongs to those who create with care and treat clarity as a form of freedom. When creation feels human again, technology will no longer imitate intelligence but express understanding. Technology becomes an extension of human thought rather than a replacement for it.
Most tools were designed to enforce precision before imagination. They expect people to think like machines. When everyone can shape technology, creation becomes participation in the world itself.
Use arrow keys or WASD to move
Last Updated: November 29, 2024
Welcome to Artifact. These Terms and Conditions govern your use of our website and services. By accessing or using Artifact, you agree to be bound by these Terms.
By using the Artifact website or services, you confirm that:
Artifact is a software development platform in development that aims to allow users to turn natural language into software applications. During this pre-launch phase, our service primarily consists of information sharing and waitlist registration.
When you join the waitlist, you agree that:
All content, features, and functionality on Artifact are the exclusive property of Artifact, LLC and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws. This includes:
You agree not to:
When Artifact launches its full service:
Our website may contain links to third-party websites or services. We are not responsible for the content, privacy practices, or terms of service of these third parties.
The website and services are provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind. We do not guarantee that:
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Artifact, LLC shall not be liable for:
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Artifact, LLC, its affiliates, officers, directors, employees, and agents from any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, and expenses arising from:
We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. Changes will be effective when posted. Your continued use after changes constitutes acceptance of the modified Terms. We will provide notice of significant changes through:
We may terminate or suspend your access to the service immediately, without prior notice, for any reason, including:
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of [Your State] and the United States, without regard to conflict of law principles. You agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the courts located in [Your County], [Your State].
Informal Resolution: Before filing a claim, you agree to try to resolve the dispute informally by contacting us at legal@artifact.com.
Arbitration: If we cannot resolve the dispute informally, we both agree to resolve disputes through binding arbitration, except for:
Class Action Waiver: You agree to bring claims against us only in your individual capacity and not as part of any class or representative action.
If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions will remain in full force.
These Terms constitute the entire agreement between you and Artifact, LLC regarding use of the service and supersede all prior agreements and understandings.
For questions about these Terms, please contact us at:
Artifact, LLC
Email: legal@artifact.com
Website: artifact.com
By using Artifact, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions.
Last Updated: November 29, 2024
Artifact, LLC ("we," "us," or "our") respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you visit our website or use our services.
We collect information that you voluntarily provide when you:
This may include:
When you visit our website, we automatically collect:
We use cookies and similar technologies to:
We use the collected information to:
We may share your information in the following circumstances:
We share information with third-party vendors who assist us with:
If Artifact is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, your information may be transferred. We will notify you before your information becomes subject to different privacy terms.
We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities.
We may share information for any other purpose with your consent.
We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information, including:
However, no method of transmission over the internet is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
We retain your personal information for as long as necessary to:
Waitlist information will be retained until you request removal or until we determine it is no longer necessary.
Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:
You can request access to your personal information and correct inaccuracies.
You can request deletion of your personal information, subject to legal obligations.
You can opt out of marketing communications by:
We currently do not respond to Do Not Track (DNT) signals.
California residents have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), including:
If you are in the European Economic Area (EEA), you have rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), including:
Our service is not directed to individuals under 18 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If we learn we have collected information from a child without parental consent, we will delete it immediately.
Our website may contain links to third-party websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of these websites. We encourage you to review their privacy policies.
Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your own. These countries may have different data protection laws. By using our service, you consent to such transfers.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by:
To exercise any of your privacy rights, please contact us at:
Email: privacy@artifact.com
Subject Line: Privacy Request
We will respond to your request within 30 days.
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:
Artifact, LLC
Email: privacy@artifact.com
Website: artifact.com
By using Artifact, you consent to the collection and use of your information as described in this Privacy Policy.
Building the future of software creation.
Garren saw that the gap between ideas and execution was a design problem, not a technical one. He's spent years building systems that turn intent into reality. At Artifact, he's building the engine that makes writing software as natural as writing a document.
Chris believes the best products don't just solve problems; they shift how people think about what's possible. He's here to make sure Artifact reaches the people who need it most: everyone with an idea and no way to build it.
Oscar makes things work. While others debate philosophy, he's building infrastructure, solving legal puzzles, and ensuring Artifact can scale from prototype to platform. The details that break most companies are what he fixes before they break.
Building the orchestrator, pattern engine, and memory system that turns natural language into production-grade code. Not chat. Not guessing. Deterministic software creation.
Creating the interface where writing becomes building. Every interaction is intentional. Every affordance guides without constraining. We're designing a workspace that thinks with you, anticipates your next move, and gets out of your way when the creative momentum hits.
Finding the builders, the frustrated creators, the people who've been told they can't. Telling Artifact's story to the people who need to hear it.
Standing on the shoulders of giants. Our work traces back to literate programming—the idea that code should be written for humans first and machines second. Donald Knuth argued in the 1980s that programs should be works of literature. Artifact extends this philosophy: your writing is the program. The document becomes executable.
Making software creation accessible to everyone who can write.
Artifact was born from a simple observation: the people who understand problems best are rarely the ones who can build solutions. Teachers know what education needs. Doctors know what healthcare needs. But the gap between understanding and building has become impossibly wide.
We believe this gap is a design problem, not a technical one. Writing software shouldn't require learning to think like a compiler. It should be as natural as describing what you want to create.
We're building a new way to create software—one where writing is building. Where your documentation becomes your codebase. Where patterns capture knowledge and evolve with your understanding.
Artifact isn't a chat interface or a code generator. It's an orchestrator that understands context, maintains memory, and turns natural language into deterministic, production-grade software.
The best ideas shouldn't be trapped by technical barriers. Your understanding of a problem is more valuable than your knowledge of a programming language.
Software isn't just code—it's decisions, trade-offs, and accumulated understanding. Tools should preserve this context, not throw it away.
Software is never finished. Our tools should make evolution natural, not painful. Change should strengthen your system, not break it.
Accessibility shouldn't mean lower quality. We're building for production, not prototypes. Every line of code Artifact generates should meet professional standards.
Building the future of software creation.
No open roles right now. When there are, they will be listed here.
Investment, partnerships, or just a conversation. A real person reads every note.
We'll write back, usually within a day.
Build me a simple to-do app
Interpreting vibes...
This is the vibe coding experience.
Artifact doesn't do this.