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create-agent-template

Generate Harness Agent Template files for AI-powered automation agents. Produces metadata.json, pipeline.yaml (v1 syntax), and wiki.MD files. Agents automate tasks like code review, security scanning, test generation, and documentation. This is a YAML generation skill. Use when asked to create an agent template, build an AI agent, create an automation agent, generate agent pipeline files, or set up a Harness agent. Trigger phrases: create agent template, agent template, AI agent, automation agent, build agent, code review agent, security scanner agent, Harness agent.

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Quality

Content

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Reviews the quality of instructions and guidance provided to agents. Good implementation is clear, handles edge cases, and produces reliable results.

A well-structured, highly actionable reference skill with executable templates for all three output files and a clean one-level reference split. Conciseness and workflow validation are solid but have minor trim and feedback-loop gaps.

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Conciseness

The body is mostly lean reference material (code blocks, tables) assuming Claude's competence, but the four near-identical /create-agent-template Examples and the misnamed 'Performance Notes' section (validation reminders, not performance) are minor trim opportunities.

4 / 5

Actionability

Provides copy-paste-ready templates for metadata.json, pipeline.yaml (clone configs, step types, inputs), and wiki.MD, plus input-type and expression-syntax tables that cover the common cases.

5 / 5

Workflow Clarity

A clear 4-step Instructions sequence with an explicit validation step ('Validate consistency - Ensure input references in pipeline.yaml match definitions in metadata.json') plus an Error Handling table, but the validation is a light one-liner without a concrete re-check feedback loop.

4 / 5

Progressive Disclosure

Core syntax lives inline while complete examples and reusable patterns are offloaded to a real, one-level-deep, clearly signaled 'references/agent-examples.md'; minor organization gaps remain with some example content still inline.

4 / 5

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Description

91%Weight 40%Scale 1-5

Based on the skill's description, can an agent find and select it at the right time? Clear, specific descriptions lead to better discovery.

A strong description that explicitly states both what it produces and when to use it, with a dedicated trigger-phrase list. It is mostly distinct thanks to Harness scoping, though a few generic agent terms invite minor overlap.

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Specificity

Names the domain and lists concrete outputs ('Produces metadata.json, pipeline.yaml (v1 syntax), and wiki.MD files') plus task types, but the core action is essentially one (generate files) with minor coverage gaps rather than fully comprehensive.

4 / 5

Completeness

Clearly answers what ('Generate Harness Agent Template files... Produces metadata.json, pipeline.yaml, and wiki.MD') and when with concrete trigger phrases ('Use when asked to create an agent template...'), matching the top anchor.

5 / 5

Trigger Term Quality

Comprehensive coverage of natural terms with synonyms via 'Use when asked to create an agent template, build an AI agent...' and an explicit 'Trigger phrases:' list including 'create agent template, AI agent, automation agent, build agent, Harness agent'.

5 / 5

Distinctiveness Conflict Risk

Has a clear Harness-specific niche with distinct triggers, but generic phrases like 'build an AI agent' and 'automation agent' create minor overlap risk with other agent-creation skills.

4 / 5

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Validation

100%

Checks the skill against the spec for correct structure and formatting. All validation checks must pass before discovery and implementation can be scored.

Validation — 16 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

No warnings or errors.

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harness/harness-ai
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