Init Harness

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: Dev Tools · Sub-category: scaffolders

ai:agent

Creates AI agent task management structure with feature backlog (ai/tasks/), TDD enforcement, and progress tracking. Use when setting up agent-foreman, initializing feature-driven development, creating task backlog, or enabling TDD mode. Triggers on 'init harness', 'setup feature tracking', 'create feature backlog', 'enable strict TDD', 'initialize agent-foreman'.

What this skill does

Init Harness is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the scaffolders sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/init-harness/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when setting up agent-foreman, initializing feature-driven development, creating task backlog, or enabling TDD mode. Triggers on 'init harness', 'setup feature tracking', 'create feature backlog', 'enable strict TDD', 'initialize agent-foreman'.

Who uses this skill

The Init Harness skill is built for developers, power users, and teams automating repetitive workflows and improving developer experience. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/init-harness
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/init-harness/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/init-harness/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/init-harness/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/init-harness/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\init-harness\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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