harness-skills

Name: harness-skills Review
Item: harness-skills
Rating: 3.2
Author: Aaron Matthews

Skill Infrastructure Usable

Works inClaude Code

Usable Scanned — metadata only

Reduces manual CI/CD pipeline configuration and troubleshooting by letting AI assistants generate and modify Harness workflows in natural language, cutting c…

A collection of structured AI agent skills that enable Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, and other AI coding assistants to create, operate, debug, and govern Harness CI/CD workflows through natural language.

Generate Harness pipeline YAML from English requirements
Debug failed CI/CD runs through AI-assisted log analysis
Create multi-stage deployment workflows without manual editing

73 starsApache-2.0 (commercial OK)FreeQuick setup

Usable rating — This tool is functional but has notable gaps. Review the evaluation notes below before deploying.

Why it matters

Reduces manual CI/CD pipeline configuration and troubleshooting by letting AI assistants generate and modify Harness workflows in natural language, cutting context-switching and syntax errors.

Best for

DevOps engineers and platform teams who want their existing AI coding tools (Claude, Cursor, Copilot) to self-service Harness pipeline creation and debugging.

Works in

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Source

https://github.com/harness/harness-skills

By harness

How to Get It

Option 1: Claude Desktop App (Code Mode)Click the + button next to the prompt box → Plugins → Add plugin. Search and click Install. Skills work in Claude Code only.

Option 2: Paste into Claude CodeCopy the command below and paste it into your conversation. Claude will install it.

Command

claude plugins install harness/harness-skills

Tip: Paste this into a Claude Code conversation. Verify command matches your Claude Code version.

Auto-generated from the tool's public listing — not hands-on verified. Cross-check against the source repo's README before running.

First thing to try

After installing, paste this into Claude:

Help me generate Harness pipeline YAML from English requirements

CostFree

Trust Signals Auto-scanned

Stars73Contributors13Last updated2026-07-07LicenseApache-2.0 (OK for commercial use)Known CVEsNone foundSources: GitHub Advisory Database + OSV.dev · Scanned 2026-07-25 · scanner v1

Community Pulse Active

Discussed on Hacker News, Reddit

I need to harness this skill — Reddit · 624 pts
How to harness skills that AI can't automate — Hacker News · 1 pts

2 mentions across 2 sources

Reviewer notes

Auto-scanned review. These are observations, not a security certification.

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 73 GitHub stars; 13 contributors; last commit 18d ago; license Apache-2.0.

Things to check

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Evaluation Scores

Evaluation

Ease of Use

3/5

Versatility

3/5

Reliability

4/5

Security

3/5

Overall score3.25 / 5.00 UsableEvaluatedJul 2026

Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 73 GitHub stars; 13 contributors; last commit 18d ago; license Apache-2.0.

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