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Set up Ansible step group templates for running Ansible playbooks in CI, Deployment, and IACM pipelines. Use when someone wants Ansible integration, playbook execution, configuration management, or Ansible templates in Harness.

Set up the Central Build Farm with connectors for source code managers (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket), container registries (Docker Hub, AWS ECR, GCP Artifact Registry, Azure ACR), and artifact managers (Nexus, Artifactory, Helm). Use when someone wants to configure build infrastructure, set up connectors, or prepare CI build runners.

Set up Cloud Cost Management (CCM) and FinOps capabilities. Includes Kubernetes connectors for cost visibility, automatic K8s connector discovery, AutoStopping for idle resources, and Cluster Orchestrator for spot instance optimization. Use when someone wants cloud cost management, CCM, FinOps, cost optimization, autostop, spot instances, or cluster orchestrator.

Set up CI pipeline templates and golden pipelines. Creates reusable CI stage templates, step group templates (build, lint, scan, supply chain security), and optionally pre-built pipelines for specific repositories with webhook triggers. Use when someone wants to set up CI, continuous integration, build pipelines, or CI templates.

Set up image factory pipelines. CI Image Factory migrates Harness CI step images to your private container registry. Delegate Image Factory builds custom delegate images with additional tools. Use when someone wants image migration, image factory, custom delegates, private registry mirroring, or container image management.

Create a new Harness Organization with roles, user groups, resource groups, environments, and governance policies. Use when someone wants to create a new org, set up an organization, or provision organizational structure in Harness.

Set up the Harness Platform account baseline. Creates account-level roles (Shared Resource Access), admin user groups, and OPA governance policies (template versioning, API token age enforcement). Use when someone wants to initialize their Harness account, set up the platform foundation, or configure account-level governance.

Check that all prerequisites are met for using Harness Factory. Verifies OpenTofu/Terraform installation, Harness environment variables (account ID, API key, endpoint), provider template availability, and repository structure. Use when someone wants to check readiness, verify setup, troubleshoot, or see if they can start using Harness Factory.

Manage Harness deployment freeze windows via MCP. Create, list, get, update, and delete project-level freeze windows; toggle them Enabled/Disabled; and get or enable/disable the project-level global freeze. Use when asked about freeze windows, deployment freezes, change freezes, release blackouts, maintenance windows, holiday freezes, or to pause deployments. Trigger phrases: freeze window, deployment freeze, change freeze, release blackout, maintenance window, holiday freeze, pause deployments, block pipeline execution, global freeze.

Manage Harness Code pull requests via MCP. List, create, update, and merge PRs; add reviewers and submit review decisions (approve / request changes); post, update, and delete comments; read the discussion timeline; and check CI status. Use when asked to open a PR, merge a PR, approve a PR, leave a code review comment, request changes, assign reviewers, or inspect PR checks and activity. Trigger phrases: pull request, PR review, merge PR, approve PR, request changes, add reviewer, PR comments, PR checks, PR activity, code review.

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, review user actions, check change logs, or produce SOC2/GDPR/HIPAA audit evidence. Trigger phrases: audit report, audit trail, compliance audit, user activity log, change log, access audit, security investigation, who changed what, audit events.

Generate Harness v0 Pipeline YAML for CI/CD workflows and create them via MCP. Supports CI stages (build, test, Docker push), CD stages (Kubernetes, Helm, ECS, serverless), approval gates, parallel execution, matrix strategies, and failure rollback. Use when asked to create a pipeline, build pipeline, deployment pipeline, CI/CD workflow, or set up Harness pipelines. Do NOT use for v1 simplified pipelines (use create-pipeline-v1). Trigger phrases: create pipeline, build pipeline, deployment pipeline, CI/CD, Harness pipeline, Kubernetes deploy pipeline.

Generate Harness v1 simplified Pipeline YAML using the new concise syntax with flat structure, ${{ }} expressions, script field, and action steps. Supports CI stages (run, run-test, background), CD stages (service/environment with action steps for K8s, Helm, ECS), approval (stage-level and inline), parallel execution, matrix/for/while strategies, caching, volumes, and templates. Use when asked for a v1 pipeline, simplified pipeline, new pipeline format, or when user specifically requests v1 syntax. Do NOT use for v0/standard pipelines (use create-pipeline). Trigger phrases: v1 pipeline, simplified pipeline, new pipeline format, create v1, modern pipeline syntax.

Generate Harness Secret definitions and manage secrets via MCP v2 tools. Supports SecretText, SecretFile, SSHKey, and WinRmCredentials types with configurable secret managers (Harness built-in, HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault, GCP Secret Manager). Use when asked to create a secret, store credentials, manage API keys, set up SSH keys, configure WinRM credentials, rotate secrets, or reference secrets in pipelines. Trigger phrases: create secret, secret text, secret file, SSH key, API key, password, credentials, secret manager, store secret.

Manage Harness RBAC roles, role assignments, permissions, and resource groups via MCP v2 tools. List, create, update, and delete custom roles. View role assignments and permissions for users, groups, and service accounts. Use when asked to manage access control, assign roles, check permissions, create custom roles, review RBAC configuration, onboard users, or audit access. Trigger phrases: manage roles, RBAC, role assignment, user permissions, access control, custom role, resource group, who has access, grant access, revoke access.

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 format, modernize pipeline syntax, or compare v0 vs v1. Trigger phrases: migrate pipeline, convert to v1, upgrade pipeline, v0 to v1, modernize pipeline, simplified format.

Create and update Harness AI agent instances for automated code and infrastructure tasks. Supports multi-stage execution, MCP server integration, LLM connector configuration, runtime inputs, repository cloning, and task/rules-based instruction. Use when asked to create an agent, update agent spec, modify agent configuration, automate tasks, perform agentic workflows, build autonomous systems, or work with AI agents. Trigger phrases: create agent, update agent, modify agent spec, AI agent, autonomous agent, agentic pipeline, automation task, automate workflow, Harness agent, code coverage agent, review agent, agentic task.

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, check execution status, approve a pipeline, or abort/stop/interrupt executions. Trigger phrases: run pipeline, execute pipeline, deploy, start build, trigger pipeline, check execution, approve deployment, retry failed pipeline, abort execution, stop pipeline, interrupt execution, kill stuck pipeline.

Create OPA governance policies for Harness via MCP. Define policies that enforce compliance rules on pipelines, services, environments, feature flags, artifacts, code repositories, templates, SBOM, security tests, Terraform, GitOps, connectors, secrets, and more. Use when asked to create, write, fix, or explain an OPA policy, Rego rule, deny rule, governance policy, compliance rule, or policy-as-code for any Harness entity. Trigger phrases: create policy, OPA policy, governance policy, compliance rule, rego policy, deny rule, enforce policy, security policy, supply chain governance.

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.

Generate DORA metrics and engineering performance reports using Harness SEI via MCP. Track deployment frequency, lead time, change failure rate, and MTTR. Use when user says "DORA metrics", "deployment frequency", "lead time", "engineering metrics", or asks about team performance.

Manage Harness Feature Flags via MCP. Create boolean or multivariate flags, list flags by project or workspace, get flag details with environment state, toggle flags on/off per environment, and delete flags. Use when asked to create a feature flag, toggle a flag, list flags, check flag status, enable or disable a feature, or manage feature rollouts. Trigger phrases: feature flag, toggle flag, create flag, enable feature, disable feature, flag status, feature rollout, kill switch.

Create a new documentation page for the Harness 3.0 docs site. Use when adding a new doc page, creating documentation, or when asked to add a page to the docs. Handles all three required file registrations and generates the page component.

Validate documentation pages against project conventions. Use when checking if doc pages are correctly set up, debugging broken navigation, or before committing doc changes. Checks all three registration points, TOC consistency, section IDs, and YAML schema compliance.

Reference guide for Harness 3.0 documentation site conventions, component patterns, and styling rules. Auto-invoked when working on documentation pages, editing components in docs/pages/, or modifying docs-data.ts. Use explicitly to look up the correct pattern for a specific UI element.

Sync commits to both main and v0/rohangupta-dec27c78 branches. Use after committing changes, when pushing code, or when asked to sync branches. Ensures both branches stay in lockstep.