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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. 287 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 14 Sep 2026.

Agent-harness picks and decision guides; pick_infrastructure adds live GitHub/HN discovery.

Installs per day peak 511 · avg 86 · -17% w/w
a month agotoday
287
Installs / week
pypi · agent-harnesses-mcp
897
Stars
13 open issues
14 Sep 2026
Last commit
0 releases in 90 days
CC-BY-SA-4.0
License
Python

What the code does

We read the source, 21 h ago · rules 3dff92dd89df

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

File ships in the package but is absent from the source [пакет] server.py:1
этот файл ставится пользователю, но в репозитории его нет
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.

Builds a database query by concatenation .github/workflows/update-best-of-list.yml:69
          commit_message: Update best-of list for version ${{ env.VERSION }}
          tagging_message: ${{ env.VERSION }}

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

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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": {
      "args": [
        "agent-harnesses-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.agent-harnesses]
command = "uvx"
args = ["agent-harnesses-mcp"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agent-harnesses": {
      "args": [
        "agent-harnesses-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "agent-harnesses": {
      "args": [
        "agent-harnesses-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

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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 287 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 with the file path 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 287 times in the last week. Week over week that is -17%. 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.