Name: create-pipeline
Rating: 75.2 (1 reviews)
Author: harness

create-pipeline

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.

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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 strong, highly actionable skill body with executable YAML, a well-sequenced validated workflow, and good reference structure. The only notable gaps are minor conciseness redundancy between Instructions and Troubleshooting, and an unreferenced schema bundle file.

Suggestions

Link to references/v0-pipeline-schema.md from the body (e.g., in the Pipeline Structure section) so the existing bundle file is discoverable rather than orphaned.

Consolidate the validation rules duplicated between the Instructions step 4 and the Troubleshooting section — reference one from the other instead of repeating the regex and failureStrategies rules verbatim.

Trim or fold the Performance Notes section, which largely restates rules already stated in Instructions (e.g., 'check native-steps.md before using Run', 'verify project exists').

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Conciseness	Mostly lean and efficient — it provides executable YAML templates and rules without explaining CI/CD, Docker, or Kubernetes basics — but the Troubleshooting and Performance Notes sections restate validation rules already given in Instructions, a minor redundancy that could be trimmed.	4 / 5
Actionability	Fully executable: concrete YAML blocks for every stage/step type, specific native step names (BuildAndPushDockerRegistry, K8sRollingDeploy, HarnessApproval), and explicit MCP tool calls with parameters, plus copy-paste-ready complete CI and CD examples covering the common cases.	5 / 5
Workflow Clarity	A clear 5-step numbered workflow (Analyze → Clarify → Select steps → Generate → Create) with explicit validation checkpoints (verify project exists, validate connectors, failureStrategies requirement, identifier/name regexes) and a Troubleshooting section providing error-message-to-fix feedback loops for the create operation.	5 / 5
Progressive Disclosure	SKILL.md acts as an overview with clearly signaled one-level-deep references to real files (codebase-analysis.md, native-steps.md), keeping the 300+ step catalog out of the body — but references/v0-pipeline-schema.md exists as a bundle file that is never referenced from the body, a minor organization gap.	4 / 5
	Total	18 / 20 Passed

Description

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

An exemplary description: concrete capabilities, comprehensive natural trigger phrases, explicit what-and-when guidance, and a clear disambiguation boundary against the v1 variant. No meaningful weaknesses.

Dimension	Reasoning	Score
Specificity	Lists multiple concrete actions ('Generate Harness v0 Pipeline YAML', 'create them via MCP') plus an enumerated capability set (CI/CD stages, approval gates, parallel execution, matrix strategies, failure rollback) — comprehensive coverage of what the skill does.	5 / 5
Completeness	Clearly answers 'what' (generate YAML, create via MCP, supported stage types) and 'when' (explicit 'Use when asked to create a pipeline, build pipeline...' clause) with concrete trigger phrases.	5 / 5
Trigger Term Quality	An explicit 'Trigger phrases:' clause covers natural terms users would say ('create pipeline', 'build pipeline', 'deployment pipeline', 'CI/CD', 'Harness pipeline', 'Kubernetes deploy pipeline') including synonyms.	5 / 5
Distinctiveness Conflict Risk	A clear Harness v0 niche with an explicit negative boundary ('Do NOT use for v1 simplified pipelines (use create-pipeline-v1)') keeps conflict risk minimal.	5 / 5
	Total	20 / 20 Passed

Validation

93%

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

Validation — 15 / 16 Passed

Validation for skill structure

Criteria	Description	Result
skill_md_line_count	SKILL.md is long (601 lines); consider splitting into references/ and linking	Warning

	Total	15 / 16 Passed

Repository: harness/harness-ai
Path: plugins/claude/skills/create-pipeline/SKILL.md
Commit: 23e9b8b

Reviewed: 5 days ago

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