harness-doctor SKILL.md skillA
harness-doctor from chrono-meta/forge-harness is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add chrono-meta/forge-harness/harness-doctor@git:20261104.a638f98Pins git:20261104.a638f98 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- chrono-meta/forge-harness
- Path
plugins/fh-meta/skills/harness-doctor/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 6
- Latest version
- git:20261104.a638f98, committed Nov 4, 2026
- First version recorded
- Jul 21, 2026
- Size
- 36,093 bytes
- Repository stars
- 31
- License
- MIT
Scans a project's harness structure (.claude/ directory, CLAUDE.md, rules, agents) to diagnose complexity, drift, missing files, and broken references, then suggests improvements. `--lint` flag adds language-pattern scan (self-marketing, cushion words, version brags). Triggered by "harness check", "structure diagnosis", "CLAUDE.md audit".
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
# harness-doctor — Harness Structure Diagnosis + Prescription "A good harness gets simpler over time. If it's getting more complex, something is wrong." Diagnoses harness structural health across 5 layers and proposes M/S/R prescriptions: 1. **L1 Structural completeness** — required file existence (CLAUDE.md · .claudeignore · .claude/) 2. **L2 Complexity** — current state vs. simplification principle (line count · unused files · duplicate definitions) 3. **L3 Drift** — rule vs. actual pattern mismatch (broken references · stale files · conflicting rules) 4. **L4 Connection diagnosis** *(FH environment only)* — meta hub ↔ field project reference consistency 5. **L5 Pattern analysis** *(FH environment only)* — skill activity · call context appropriateness · effect metrics --- ## Execution Steps ### Step 1. Confirm Diagnostic Target Check current cwd harness file structure and determine if FH environment (tracks/ + knowledge/ + plugins/ all present). ### Step 2. L1 — Structural Completeness | File | When Missing | |---|---| | `CLAUDE.md` | **M-tier** — harness entry impossible | | `.claudeignore` | S-tier — context-doctor execution recommended | …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add chrono-meta/forge-harness/harness-doctor@sha256:11dc57ab314b512cThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261104.a638f98, 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_jbtp7z66vbtpn2d4)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 6 versions of this file, between Jul 21, 2026 and Nov 4, 2026, about one every 21 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261104.a638f98 latest | 2026-11-04 | a638f98 | 36,093 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260820.883b666 | 2026-08-20 | 883b666 | 35,518 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260724.4de2fda | 2026-07-24 | 4de2fda | 34,900 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260723.6ed62b0 | 2026-07-23 | 6ed62b0 | 34,394 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260722.97a7df9 | 2026-07-22 | 97a7df9 | 37,964 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260721.ac0e7a1 | 2026-07-21 | ac0e7a1 | 37,519 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 (36093 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
chrono-meta/forge-harness · 31 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_jbtp7z66vbtpn2d4 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=chrono-meta/forge-harness/harness-doctor GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/11dc57ab314b512c2a11e48020552e24d2ea54cff83081112bac6fab42b47403
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
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.