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Agent Harnesses MCP Server

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Agent Harnesses runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 407 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 3 Nov 2026.

Agent-harness picks, decision guides, setup templates, and skills; live GitHub/HN discovery.

Installs per day peak 323 · avg 75 · -5% w/w
a month agotoday
407
Installs / week
pypi · agent-harnesses-mcp
1 467
Stars
8 open issues
3 Nov 2026
Last commit
from GitHub
CC-BY-SA-4.0
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 3 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

A tool parameter reaches a dangerous call

A value the model can set ends up inside a file or shell call. That is not a flaw by itself — for a terminal server it is the job — but it is where things go wrong when it is not.

A tool parameter reaches a file or shell call run.command → templates/minimal-harness/harness.py:84
            r = subprocess.run(args["command"], shell=True, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=300)
In the project's build, not in the package

Found in continuous integration, deployment or infrastructure files, or in a neighbouring package of the same monorepo. None of this is installed when you add the server: it describes how the project is built and released. We list it because a leaked key in a build pipeline is still a real problem, but it is not something this server does on your machine.

Runs an external command templates/minimal-harness/harness.py:84
            r = subprocess.run(args["command"], shell=True, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=300)
            r = subprocess.run(args["command"], shell=True, capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=300)

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A tool parameter here reaches a dangerous call

That is not a flaw by itself — but it is where things go wrong when it is not the job. We re-read this code on every release. Watch it and you hear from us the day another one appears.

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Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add agent-harnesses -- uvx agent-harnesses-mcp
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agent-harnesses": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "agent-harnesses-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.agent-harnesses]
command = "uvx"
args = ["agent-harnesses-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agent-harnesses": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "agent-harnesses-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "agent-harnesses": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "agent-harnesses-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Agent Harnesses — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Agent Harnesses?
Agent Harnesses runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package agent-harnesses-mcp was installed 407 times last week.
How do I connect Agent Harnesses?
Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls agent-harnesses-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Agent Harnesses?
The pypi package agent-harnesses-mcp was installed 407 times in the last week. Week over week that is -5%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.
Is Agent Harnesses open source?
No, and the distinction matters: its licence is declared as CC-BY-SA-4.0. That makes it source-available — you can read the code, but the terms are the author's own, not one of the recognised open-source licences. Read them before you build on it.