Agent skill

Harness Doctor

by harnessworks in harnessworks/harness-starter-kit

Run the diagnostic Harness Doctor workflow. An agent skill from harnessworks/harness-starter-kit.

MITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Harness Doctor

skills CLI
$ npx skills add harnessworks/harness-starter-kit --skill harness-doctor -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install harnessworks/harness-starter-kit harness-doctor --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/harnessworks/harness-starter-kit.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/agent-skills/skills/harness-doctor .claude/skills/harness-doctor && 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
harness-doctor
GitHub stars
115
Token cost
~226 tokens
SKILL.md length
71 words
Files
2
Skills in repo
6
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Run the diagnostic Harness Doctor workflow. An agent skill from harnessworks/harness-starter-kit.

  • Works in 6 steps: Read ../../references/package-contract.md. → Read ../../references/doctor-workflow.md. → If… → …
  • The user asks for /harness doctor
  • SKILL.md covers Steps and Boundaries
  • Calls python

What it does

Harness Doctor is an agent skill from harnessworks/harness-starter-kit. Run the diagnostic Harness Doctor workflow. Use when the user asks for /harness doctor, harness score, repository harness readiness, or a no-edit harness health report.

Its SKILL.md is about 230 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files (for example `agents/openai.yaml`).

It sits in Development. The repository describes itself as: 🐴 Prompt-first harness engineering for safer AI coding agent workflows. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • The user asks for /harness doctor
  • Repository harness readiness
  • A no-edit harness health report

Example prompts

  • “/harness-doctor”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Read ../../references/package-contract.md.
  2. Read ../../references/doctor-workflow.md.
  3. If ./harness-starter-kit/commands/harness-doctor.md exists in the target,
  4. Inspect durable repository evidence.
  5. Run python scripts/harness_doctor.py --target . when available.
  6. Produce the Harness Doctor Report.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 62437be. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • python

    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

Harness Doctor loads about 226 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 46 tokens; SKILL.md has 71 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~46
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~226

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 harnessworks/harness-starter-kit at commit 62437be, republished under its MIT licence (© harnessworks). 71 words, ~226 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/harness-doctor/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
harness-doctor
description
Run the diagnostic Harness Doctor workflow. Use when the user asks for /harness doctor, harness score, repository harness readiness, or a no-edit harness health report.
argument-hint
[target path]

Harness Doctor

Evaluate repository harness health without modifying files.

Steps

  1. Read ../../references/package-contract.md.
  2. Read ../../references/doctor-workflow.md.
  3. If ./harness-starter-kit/commands/harness-doctor.md exists in the target, prefer that canonical workflow.
  4. Inspect durable repository evidence.
  5. Run python scripts/harness_doctor.py --target . when available.
  6. Produce the Harness Doctor Report.

Boundaries

  • Do not create, edit, delete, move, format, or stage files.
  • Do not remove a nested ./harness-starter-kit directory.
  • Score repository-visible harness health, not claimed agent effectiveness.

© harnessworks, 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 1 other file in agent-skills/skills/harness-doctor of harnessworks/harness-starter-kit.

  • SKILL.md
  • agents/openai.yaml

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 62437be

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Categories

Questions about Harness Doctor

What does Harness Doctor do?

Run the diagnostic Harness Doctor workflow. An agent skill from harnessworks/harness-starter-kit. Harness Doctor is an agent skill from harnessworks/harness-starter-kit. Run the diagnostic Harness Doctor workflow.

When should I use Harness Doctor?

Harness Doctor fits situations like: the user asks for /harness doctor; repository harness readiness; A no-edit harness health report.

How do I install Harness Doctor in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add harnessworks/harness-starter-kit --skill harness-doctor -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (agent-skills/skills/harness-doctor in harnessworks/harness-starter-kit) into .claude/skills/harness-doctor in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Harness Doctor in Codex?

Run `npx skills add harnessworks/harness-starter-kit --skill harness-doctor -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (agent-skills/skills/harness-doctor in harnessworks/harness-starter-kit) into .agents/skills/harness-doctor in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Harness Doctor 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 harnessworks/harness-starter-kit --skill harness-doctor -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/harness-doctor, .gemini/skills/harness-doctor, .github/skills/harness-doctor and .opencode/skills/harness-doctor in your project.

What does Harness Doctor need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Harness Doctor needs the command-line tools its instructions call (python). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Harness Doctor 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 Harness Doctor 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 Harness Doctor use?

Harness Doctor 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 Harness Doctor use?

About 226 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 904 characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Harness Doctor?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Harness Doctor: Vercel Composition Patterns (supabase/supabase, 111k stars), Finishing a Development Branch (obra/superpowers, 297k stars), Typescript Advanced Types (rolling-scopes/rsschool-app, 10k stars) and PR Babysitter (openinterpreter/openinterpreter, 69k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Harness Doctor?

harnessworks (a GitHub organization) maintains it in harnessworks/harness-starter-kit, which has 115 GitHub stars. The repository holds 6 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 18, 2026.

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