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Implement OpenAI Harness Engineering practices in any repository — AGENTS.md, PLANS.md, deterministic smoke/test/lint harness commands, strict architecture boundaries, observability from day 1, and entropy-control audits for reliable autonomous agent runs.
| name | harness-engineering-playbook |
| description | Implement OpenAI Harness Engineering practices in any repository — AGENTS.md, PLANS.md, deterministic smoke/test/lint harness commands, strict architecture boundaries, observability from day 1, and entropy-control audits for reliable autonomous agent runs. |
A skills.sh-compatible skill that operationalizes the practices from OpenAI's Harness Engineering guide. Use it to set up or refactor agent-first workflows so that autonomous runs are repeatable, observable, and safe.
npx skills add broomva/harness-engineering-skill --skill harness-engineering-playbook
AGENTS.md, PLANS.md, docs/ARCHITECTURE.md, docs/OBSERVABILITY.md, Makefile.harness, and CI workflows.make smoke, make check, make ci so agents can run them reliably.audit — treat any MISSING or FAIL as blocking.# Interactive wizard (recommended)
python3 .agents/skills/harness-engineering-playbook/scripts/harness_wizard.py init <repo-path> --profile control
# Shell fallback
./scripts/bootstrap_harness.sh <repo-path>
# Audit
python3 .agents/skills/harness-engineering-playbook/scripts/harness_wizard.py audit <repo-path>
| Profile | Scope |
|---|---|
baseline | Core harness artifacts only |
control | Baseline + control-system primitives |
full | Control + entropy controls, nightly audit, CI |
OpenAI Harness Engineering guide: https://openai.com/index/harness-engineering/
MIT