create-agent-template SKILL.md skillA
create-agent-template from harness/harness-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add harness/harness-skills/create-agent-template@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
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- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- harness/harness-skills
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skills/agents/create-agent-template/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
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- v1.0.0, committed Oct 14, 2026
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- License
- Apache-2.0
Generate Harness Agent Template files for AI-powered automation agents. Produces metadata.json, pipeline.yaml (v1 syntax), and wiki.MD files. Agents automate tasks like code review, security scanning, test generation, and documentation. This is a YAML generation skill. Use when asked to create an agent template, build an AI agent, create an automation agent, generate agent pipeline files, or set up a Harness agent. Trigger phrases: create agent template, agent template, AI agent, automation…
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
# Create Agent Template Skill
Generate Harness Agent Template files for AI-powered automation agents.
## Instructions
1. **Identify the agent's purpose** - What task should the agent automate (code review, security scanning, test generation, documentation)?
2. **Define inputs and configuration** - What parameters does the agent need (repo, branch, connector, secrets)?
3. **Generate three files** - metadata.json (template metadata), pipeline.yaml (v1 syntax), and wiki.MD (user documentation)
4. **Validate consistency** - Ensure input references in pipeline.yaml match definitions in metadata.json
## Overview
Agent templates are modular pipeline definitions that encapsulate AI-powered automation. Each template produces three files:
| File | Required | Purpose |
|------|----------|---------|
| `metadata.json` | Yes | Template name, description, version |
| `pipeline.yaml` | Yes | Pipeline definition (v1 syntax) |
| `wiki.MD` | Recommended | User-facing documentation |
## Directory Structure
```
templates/<agent-name>/
metadata.json
pipeline.yaml
wiki.MD
```
## metadata.json
```json
{
"name": "Agent Name",
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How to install
mdr add harness/harness-skills/create-agent-template@sha256:b517275ca5d01ef7The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, 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.
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The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 14, 2026.
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Source
harness/harness-skills · 122 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-10-14 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_6f6ipynkxkvggilx GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=harness/harness-skills/create-agent-template GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/b517275ca5d01ef7e5b62e3915098d06e19cf9a74f662f4939858401734f27b1
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Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.