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Installs or refreshes the repo-harness workflow in an existing repository. Adds hooks, docs/spec.md, tasks, plans, .ai/context, .ai/harness, helpers, and policy without creating an application stack.
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routes repo-harness requests through the CLI and hook automation plugin for init, update, scaffold, migrate, audit, repair, and ship workflows
Use when setting up or operating the repo-harness ChatGPT Controller, GitHub Issue Launcher, local Agent Runs, or GitHub Copilot cloud sessions.
Use when the user wants Codex to consult their logged-in ChatGPT Web session through repo-harness browser engine for planning, architecture review, PRD critique, or Codex goal generation.
Resolves repo-harness architecture drift requests and updates architecture docs or diagrams without running full init, migrate, or upgrade.
Full repo-harness workflow orchestrator. Reads repo state, drafts a plan, self-reviews twice, executes the approved plan, runs review/check gates, and delegates final PR closeout to repo-harness-ship.
Adds or syncs explicit repo-local capability boundaries without running full repo-harness init, migrate, or upgrade.
| name | repo-harness-init |
| description | Installs or refreshes the repo-harness workflow in an existing repository. Adds hooks, docs/spec.md, tasks, plans, .ai/context, .ai/harness, helpers, and policy without creating an application stack. |
| when_to_use | repo-harness-init, initialize existing repo, add agentic workflow to existing repo, refresh repo-local harness, install tasks-first harness |
Use this command for an existing repository that needs the repo-local agentic workflow installed or refreshed.
repo-harness adopt; do not require --repo ..bun scripts/inspect-project-state.ts --repo <repo> --format text.repo-harness-migrate.repo-harness adopt or bash scripts/migrate-project-template.sh --repo <repo> --apply.repo-harness update separately; repo adoption must not write HOME.bash .ai/harness/scripts/check-task-workflow.sh --strict inside the target repo when the helper exists.repo-harness-migrate.repo-harness-scaffold.repo-harness update command.scripts/init-project.sh for product scaffold work.