Manage Harness users, user groups, and service accounts via MCP. List and search users, create and manage user groups for team-based access, create service accounts for API automation, and view available permissions. Use when asked to list users, create a user group, manage service accounts, check who has access, or…
Migrate Harness pipelines from v0 to v1 simplified format via MCP tools. Converts expressions from angle-bracket to ${{ }} syntax, lowercases type names, simplifies structure, and preserves variables, failure strategies, and conditional logic. Use when asked to migrate a pipeline, convert v0 to v1, upgrade pipeline…
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…
Analyze pull request impact on Harness pipelines via MCP. Assess PR pipeline impact by identifying which pipelines, services, and environments are affected by code changes. Perform security-focused PR reviews checking for secrets, vulnerabilities, and compliance. Track PRs from merge through deployment to production…
Execute and monitor Harness pipeline runs via MCP tools. Find pipelines, provide runtime inputs, trigger executions, monitor progress, handle approvals, retry failures, and abort running or stuck executions. Use when asked to run a pipeline, execute a deployment, trigger a build, start a pipeline, deploy a service…
Review service maturity scorecards and compliance using Harness IDP via MCP. Check production readiness, security, and documentation scores. Use when user says "scorecard", "service maturity", "production readiness", "compliance score", or asks about service health scores.
Generate security compliance reports using Harness SCS and STO via MCP. Analyze vulnerabilities, SBOMs, and manage exemptions. Use when user says "security report", "vulnerabilities", "SBOM", "security scan", "compliance check", or asks about application security.
Add an Artifact Signing (SscaArtifactSigning) step to an existing Harness pipeline to Cosign-sign container or local-stage artifacts with keyless, key-based, or Vault signing. Supports Third-Party registries (Docker, ECR, GCR, GAR, ACR), Harness Artifact Registry (HAR), and Harness Local Stage artifacts. Place after…
Track Harness template dependencies, usage, and adoption via MCP v2 tools. Find which pipelines or other templates reference a given template, analyze update impact, identify unused templates, and compare version adoption. Use when asked about template usage, template references, template dependencies, impact analysis…
Instructions for harness/harness-ai, covering agents.md, project overview, dev environment, required — node 22+ for validator scripts (esm) and clone and orient.
Configure Harness AI-powered operations (AIDA) via MCP. Set up predictive failure analysis with ML models for memory leaks, disk exhaustion, connection pool saturation, and latency degradation. Configure intelligent alert correlation and noise reduction to reduce alert volume. Use when asked to set up predictive…
Analyze cloud costs, find optimization opportunities, and track anomalies using Harness CCM via MCP. Use when user says "cloud costs", "analyze costs", "cost optimization", "reduce spending", "cost report", or asks about cloud bills.
Approve pending Harness STO security exemptions (waivers) at their current scope or elevate them to Project, Org, or Account scope. Users say "approve" for both in-scope approval and higher-scope elevation — do not require the word "promote". Supports approving one exemption or a mixed list where each row has a…
Generate audit reports and compliance trails using Harness audit trail data via MCP v2 tools. Track user actions, resource changes, authentication events, and access patterns across accounts, organizations, and projects. Use when asked to audit activity, generate compliance reports, investigate security incidents…
Create and manage chaos experiments using Harness Chaos Engineering via MCP. Run resilience tests like pod deletion, CPU stress, and network faults. Use when user says "chaos experiment", "chaos engineering", "resilience test", "chaos test", or wants to test system reliability.