Agent skill

Repo Harness Product

by Ancienttwo in Ancienttwo/repo-harness

Draft requested product requirements, order a Sprint backlog, or prepare a native Goal session.

MITAuto-check passedProduct & Project Management

Install Repo Harness Product

skills CLI
$ npx skills add Ancienttwo/repo-harness --skill repo-harness-product -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install Ancienttwo/repo-harness repo-harness-product --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Ancienttwo/repo-harness.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/assets/skills/repo-harness-product .claude/skills/repo-harness-product && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
repo-harness-product
GitHub stars
434
Token cost
~208 tokens
SKILL.md length
79 words
Files
4 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
12
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Draft requested product requirements, order a Sprint backlog, or prepare a native Goal session.

  • Tasks that involve PRD writing
  • SKILL.md covers Mode Selection and Boundaries
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Repo Harness Product is an agent skill from Ancienttwo/repo-harness. Draft requested product requirements, order a Sprint backlog, or prepare a native Goal session. Exclude ordinary code tasks.

Its SKILL.md is about 210 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 4 other files, including reference files (for example `references/goal.md`, `references/prd.md` and `references/sprint.md`).

It sits in Product & Project Management, covering PRD writing. The repository describes itself as: File-backed workflow harness for reliable Claude Code and Codex sessions. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve PRD writing

Example prompts

  • “/repo-harness-product”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 461e054. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Repo Harness Product loads about 208 tokens when it runs, and up to ~5.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 36 tokens; SKILL.md has 79 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~36
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~208
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~5.2k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from Ancienttwo/repo-harness at commit 461e054, republished under its MIT licence (© Ancienttwo). 79 words, ~208 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/repo-harness-product/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 3 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
repo-harness-product
description
Draft requested product requirements, order a Sprint backlog, or prepare a native Goal session. Exclude ordinary code tasks.
when_to_use
repo-harness-product

repo-harness-product

Bot entrypoint. Confirm the product goal and source requirements.

Mode Selection

  • A real new product needs a PRD: references/prd.md.
  • A requested backlog needs ordering: references/sprint.md.
  • A requested bounded Goal session needs preparation: references/goal.md.

Boundaries

Use a short worker brief or PR description for ordinary tasks. Do not mark artifacts Approved on the user's behalf. Preserve existing approval. Keep tasks/todos.md as the deferred-goal ledger. Product planning does not install ChatGPT or execute backlog work. Delegate execution within named scope.

© Ancienttwo, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 3 other files (references) in assets/skills/repo-harness-product of Ancienttwo/repo-harness.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/goal.md
  • references/prd.md
  • references/sprint.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 461e054

Compare with similar skills

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Questions about Repo Harness Product

What does Repo Harness Product do?

Draft requested product requirements, order a Sprint backlog, or prepare a native Goal session. Repo Harness Product is an agent skill from Ancienttwo/repo-harness. Draft requested product requirements, order a Sprint backlog, or prepare a native Goal session.

When should I use Repo Harness Product?

Repo Harness Product fits situations like: tasks that involve PRD writing.

How do I install Repo Harness Product in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add Ancienttwo/repo-harness --skill repo-harness-product -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (assets/skills/repo-harness-product in Ancienttwo/repo-harness) into .claude/skills/repo-harness-product in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Repo Harness Product in Codex?

Run `npx skills add Ancienttwo/repo-harness --skill repo-harness-product -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (assets/skills/repo-harness-product in Ancienttwo/repo-harness) into .agents/skills/repo-harness-product in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Repo Harness Product in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add Ancienttwo/repo-harness --skill repo-harness-product -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/repo-harness-product, .gemini/skills/repo-harness-product, .github/skills/repo-harness-product and .opencode/skills/repo-harness-product in your project.

What does Repo Harness Product need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Repo Harness Product is instructions for the agent only.

Does Repo Harness Product access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Repo Harness Product safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Repo Harness Product use?

Repo Harness Product is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Repo Harness Product use?

About 208 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 832 characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 5k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Repo Harness Product?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Repo Harness Product: CCPM Project Management (automazeio/ccpm, 8.4k stars), Ralph Tui Create Beads (subsy/ralph-tui, 2.5k stars), Trellis Brainstorm (anjiemo/SunnyBeach, 178 stars) and Ralph Tui Create Beads Rust (subsy/ralph-tui, 2.5k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Repo Harness Product?

Ancienttwo (a GitHub user) maintains it in Ancienttwo/repo-harness, which has 434 GitHub stars. The repository holds 12 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.

Source: Ancienttwo/repo-harness on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.