repo-harness SKILL.md skillA
repo-harness from ancienttwo/repo-harness is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add ancienttwo/repo-harness/repo-harness@git:20261017.d02a082Pins git:20261017.d02a082 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- ancienttwo/repo-harness
- Path
SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 7
- Latest version
- git:20261017.d02a082, committed Oct 17, 2026
- First version recorded
- Oct 10, 2026
- Size
- 2,154 bytes
- Repository stars
- 435
- License
- MIT
Route explicit repo-harness commands and active harness work. Exclude ordinary questions, quoted reports, and general product work.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# repo-harness Bot entrypoint. Resolve scope, worker ownership and the authorized outcome. When acting as a PM Bot, use [the shared PM boundary](references/pm-boundary.md). The PM coordinates work. Coding agents own source edits, tests and repairs. This role applies to Grok, Hermes, Dot and other Bot hosts. It does not restrict an explicitly assigned coding worker or a direct development session. Use `repo-harness state resolve --json` when active harness state is needed. Treat the returned state as authority; load only the files it names. Load the required `herdr` skill before controlling Herdr panes or agents. Only an agent inside a Herdr pane may run those control commands. 1. **setup** — bind the mode and target repo, then assign `repo-harness-setup`. 2. **plan** — use `repo-harness-check` for scoped design or plan review. Use `repo-harness-product` only for requested PRD, Sprint or Goal work. 3. **execute** — assign a bounded brief and owning paths. Load worker techniques from `repo-harness-test` or [`repo-harness-architecture`](assets/skill-commands/repo-harness-architecture/SKILL.md) only when needed. …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add ancienttwo/repo-harness/repo-harness@sha256:8be7b0864ae192f1The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261017.d02a082, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_4ku3r7js64hzd73k)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 7 versions of this file, between Oct 10, 2026 and Oct 17, 2026, about one every day.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261017.d02a082 latest | 2026-10-17 | d02a082 | 2,154 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261016.01b5e35 | 2026-10-16 | 01b5e35 | 2,243 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261013.2ed904a | 2026-10-13 | 2ed904a | 2,237 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261013.3defc60 | 2026-10-13 | 3defc60 | 2,171 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261011.61080b2 | 2026-10-11 | 61080b2 | 2,089 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261010.1f44949 | 2026-10-10 | 1f44949 | 1,999 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261010.daa49e2 | 2026-10-10 | daa49e2 | 1,865 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (2154 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
ancienttwo/repo-harness · 435 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_4ku3r7js64hzd73k GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=ancienttwo/repo-harness/repo-harness GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/8be7b0864ae192f14602f8a6a90273316171aff98f0b84d2bc9ba00366e9a998
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