moai-meta-harness

name	moai-meta-harness
description	DEPRECATED — legacy 7-Phase meta-harness. Redirects to the v4 harness Builder (/moai:harness <natural-language request>) which replaces the static 7-Phase workflow with an orchestrator-direct 4-phase Builder (ANALYZE / PLAN / GENERATE / ACTIVATE) + a manifest-driven dynamic-workflow Runner. Retained as the redirect source for backward-compat invocation paths; the 7-Phase body below is preserved as historical reference, NOT for new harness creation.
when_to_use	Use the v4 Builder instead: issue /moai:harness <natural-language request> to enter Context-First Discovery (domain / goal / constraints / scope extraction) then the orchestrator-direct Builder. This legacy skill fires ONLY on backward-compat invocation paths that still reference the 7-Phase workflow; on any such invocation it surfaces a deprecation notice and redirects to v4.
license	Apache-2.0
compatibility	Designed for Claude Code (v2.1.111+)
allowed-tools	Read, Write, Edit, Grep, Glob, Bash
user-invocable	false
metadata	{"version":"0.2.0","category":"meta","status":"deprecated","updated":"2026-06-20","modularized":"false","tags":"meta-skill, harness, deprecated, v4-redirect, agent-team-architect, apache-2-0-attribution","upstream_source":"revfactory/harness","generated_by":"moai-adk","superseded_by":"/moai:harness v4 Builder"}
progressive_disclosure	{"enabled":true,"level1_tokens":100,"level2_tokens":5000}

moai-meta-harness (DEPRECATED — redirect to v4)

DEPRECATION NOTICE — This legacy 7-Phase meta-harness is superseded by the v4 harness Builder (/moai:harness <natural-language request>). The v4 design replaces the static 7-Phase workflow with:

• An orchestrator-direct 4-phase Builder (ANALYZE -> PLAN -> GENERATE -> ACTIVATE) that holds the plan in Claude's session context and can call AskUserQuestion at the PLAN->GENERATE approval gate (first-class boundary).
• A manifest-driven dynamic-workflow Runner (harness-<name>-run.js) that reads manifest.json and dispatches specialists per their declared primitive (sub-agent / dynamic-workflow / worktree / /goal / adversarial-fan-out) — no heuristic re-derivation.
• Conditional sub-agent-granular worktree isolation (no mandatory top-level worktree; worktree only for conflict-prone parallel generation).
• Signal-driven phase synthesis (not a fixed pipeline); the evaluator is conditional (skipped for tasks within the model's solo reliable range).

To create a new harness: issue /moai:harness <natural-language request> (e.g., /moai:harness build a harness for my-project's API development). The orchestrator runs Context-First Discovery on the request, derives a harness <name>, and enters the Builder. Do NOT use the 7-Phase workflow below for new harness creation.

What is preserved here: the 7-Phase body below is retained as the redirect source for backward-compat — so existing invocation paths that reference the legacy workflow land on a deprecation notice + redirect rather than a dead link. The 7-Phase content is historical reference material, NOT active workflow. The revfactory 7-Phase residual grep excludes this body precisely because it IS the redirect source.

Apache 2.0 Attribution: Adapted from revfactory/harness (Apache License 2.0). The 7-Phase workflow below is a MoAI adaptation of the upstream 6-Phase + Evolution Mechanism. See .claude/rules/moai/NOTICE.md for the full third-party notices and the harness policy for derivation history. The v4 Builder (the replacement) is documented in .claude/skills/moai/workflows/harness-builder.md.

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v4 Redirect (the active path)

New harness creation: /moai:harness <natural-language request>