Harness Bootstrap

Use this skill to initialize or audit a codebase so a fresh coding agent can understand, operate, verify, and debug the repository without relying on chat history. This skill is for readiness setup, not feature implementation.

Core Rule

Create target-repo artifacts under .harness/. Do not dump large deterministic scaffolds into the repository root. A root AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md router is optional and should be created only when the user asks or the agent platform needs it.

Workflow

1. Run the bootstrap scanner:

python3 <skill-dir>/scripts/bootstrap_harness.py --target <repo>

Use --with-root-router only after user approval.