optimize-pipeline SKILL.md skillA
optimize-pipeline 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/optimize-pipeline@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
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- SKILL.md skill
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- harness/harness-skills
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skills/observability-governance/optimize-pipeline/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
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- v1.0.0, committed Oct 14, 2026
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- 122
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- Apache-2.0
Optimize Harness CI/CD pipeline performance via MCP. Configure parallel test execution with Test Intelligence, design multi-layer caching strategies, analyze pipeline bottlenecks with stage-level timing breakdowns, optimize cache hit rates, and design monorepo CI pipelines with selective builds. Use when asked to speed up pipelines, improve cache hit rates, set up parallel testing, optimize build times, or configure monorepo builds. Do NOT use for creating new pipelines…
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
# Optimize Pipeline Analyze and optimize Harness CI/CD pipeline performance through parallel testing, caching, bottleneck analysis, and monorepo strategies. ## Instructions ### Step 1: Establish Scope Confirm the service, pipeline, and current performance baseline. ``` Call MCP tool: harness_list Parameters: resource_type: "pipeline" org_id: "<organization>" project_id: "<project>" ``` Get recent execution timing data: ``` Call MCP tool: harness_list Parameters: resource_type: "execution" org_id: "<organization>" project_id: "<project>" pipeline_id: "<pipeline_identifier>" ``` ### Step 2: Identify the Optimization Task Determine which optimization the user needs: 1. **Parallel Testing with Test Intelligence** -- Split tests across runners and skip unchanged tests 2. **Caching Strategy** -- Multi-layer dependency, build output, and test result caching 3. **Pipeline Bottleneck Analysis** -- Stage-level timing breakdown with recommendations 4. **Cache Hit Rate Improvement** -- Diagnose and fix low cache hit rates 5. **Monorepo CI Pipeline** -- Selective builds triggered by changed paths ### Step 3: Configure Parallel Testing with Test Intelligence …
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How to install
mdr add harness/harness-skills/optimize-pipeline@sha256:55e6bf8326b1d298The 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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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_hrrlpac4fso462rm GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=harness/harness-skills/optimize-pipeline GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/55e6bf8326b1d2984104d9847951902092575af953c3f8a2e5214ca2cdfca602
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