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title: Harness Runtime PyDo SDK Reference (public)
description: PyDo module for managing Harness Runtime sessions, agent configs, workspace transfers, and triggers from Python.
product: Managed Agents
url: https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/managed-agents/agent-harness-runtime/reference/pydo/
last_updated: "2026-11-11"
---

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# Harness Runtime PyDo SDK Reference (public)

DigitalOcean Harness Runtime provides managed, hardware-isolated microVM sandboxes with built-in tools such as Chromium to run harnesses and execute arbitrary code. Rich lifecycle APIs preserve conversational history and working state across sessions, letting you pause, resume, and fork work to control costs and adapt to the nonlinear nature of agentic workflows. Scale complete agents such as Claude Code or use sandboxes independently for code execution, all through the same service. See [What You Can Build](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/managed-agents/agent-harness-runtime/details/what-you-can-build/index.html.md) for example use cases.

[PyDo](https://github.com/digitalocean/pydo) is the official DigitalOcean Python client library. Install it with `pip install pydo`.

The Harness Runtime module is:

- [Harness Runtime](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/pydo/reference/harness/index.html.md): Manage sessions, agent configs, workspace transfers, and triggers.

For install instructions and quickstart examples, see [PyDo](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/pydo/index.html.md).