---
id: "humanlayer-12-factor-agents"
title: "12-Factor Agents"
creator: "HumanLayer (Dex Horthy)"
url: "https://github.com/humanlayer/12-factor-agents"
level: "intermediate"
category: "agents"
models: ["any"]
source_date: null
date_added: "2026-10-18"
---

[Agents and harnesses](/agents/index.md)

# 12-Factor Agents

by HumanLayer (Dex Horthy)

[Read the original →](https://github.com/humanlayer/12-factor-agents)

Principles for agents that hold up in production.

The repository collects engineering principles for keeping agent systems understandable and controllable in production. Compare those principles with your own application's state, execution and recovery boundaries.

Level: [Intermediate](/levels/index.md#intermediate)
Models: any
Category: [Agents and harnesses](/agents/index.md)
Tags: [production](/tags/production/index.md)
Source date: date not stated
Added: 2026-10-18
Last verified: 2026-10-18
Status: ok

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