NewsUnited KingdomOpenMay 22, 20267 min readAgent PlaybookIntermediateAgent harnesses like OpenClaw are reshaping LLM inference, operations and CPU useSmall orchestration layers — agent 'harnesses' like OpenClaw — wrap LLM APIs to enable stateful workflows, changing latency, cost, CPU use and security trade-offs.AIagentsLLMinferencemodel-ops+3 moreOpenClawCPUsecurity