hoangnb24/repository-harness

Turn any repo into an agent-ready workspace for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and other coding agents.

What it solves

Coding agents often struggle with a lack of clear intent, missing authoritative documents, and a loss of decision context during long-term changes. repository-harness addresses these issues by transforming a software repository into a structured, agent-ready workspace that prioritizes the repository as the single source of truth for product documents, code, and decisions.

How it works

It installs a repository protocol and a safe updater binary into a target project. This setup provides agents with a compact entrypoint (AGENTS.md), a navigable repository map, and templates for durable plans and decisions. It avoids installing application-specific architecture or orchestration, instead providing a set of explicit-only skills for discovery, audit, and invariant encoding that only run when specifically requested.

Who it’s for

Developers who use AI coding agents and want to ensure those agents have the same context, constraints, and authoritative guidance they would have auser human engineer would have within a repository.

Highlights

  • Agent-Ready Structure: Provides a standardized entrypoint and navigation map for AI agents.
  • Safe Maintenance: Includes a binary that handles updates via three-way merges to preserve local edits and manage conflicts transactionally.
  • Explicit Execution: Skills for repository onboarding and invariant enforcement are read-only or explicit-only, preventing agents from inventing product policy.
  • Repository-Centric: Keeps product intent and rationale within the repository itself rather than in external task databases or chat logs.

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