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Agent Harness Doctor

v1.0.0

Automated audit and fix for OpenClaw agent harnesses. Scans your setup, scores on 8 dimensions (Session Bridge, Startup Sequence, Smoke Test, Atomic Checkpoi...

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Purpose & Capability
Name/description align with behavior: the skill scans repository files (AGENTS.md, memory/*) and can create agent-progress.json and update AGENTS.md. The actions performed (diagnose and apply fixes to harness files) are coherent with the stated purpose.
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Instruction Scope
SKILL.md declares a tool 'harness_check' with permission 'read_only' but the implementation accepts a 'fix_apply' list and will call apply_fix to write files (create agent-progress.json, modify AGENTS.md). SKILL.md also lists fixes like 'inject self-check prompt into system instructions' that are not implemented in the provided code, indicating inconsistency between described and actual behavior. The skill will modify workspace files without prompting for backups — this is expected for an auto-fixer but should be explicit and safeguarded.
Install Mechanism
Instruction-only skill with a small included script and no install spec — nothing is downloaded or installed system-wide.
Credentials
No environment variables, credentials, or external endpoints are requested. The code operates only on local workspace files.
Persistence & Privilege
The skill does not request persistent 'always' inclusion. It does write and edit files in the repository (workspace root and AGENTS.md). This is normal for a repair tool but means it can alter your agent harness and documentation — run on a copy or ensure backups.
What to consider before installing
This skill appears to do what it says (diagnose and auto-fix harness files) but has two important surprises: 1) the 'harness_check' tool is advertised as read-only yet can apply fixes when given fix IDs, and 2) it will create/modify files in your workspace (agent-progress.json, AGENTS.md) without making backups. Before installing or running: (a) run it in a disposable/sandbox copy of your repo, (b) review the created/changed files (agent-progress.json, AGENTS.md) after a diagnostic run and before allowing any auto-fix, (c) prefer invoking apply_fix explicitly rather than relying on harness_check's fix_apply to avoid accidental writes, and (d) if you accept it, ensure you have a VCS snapshot or other backup so changes can be reviewed/reverted. If you need higher assurance, ask the publisher for: explicit backup behavior, a dry-run mode for apply_fix, and correction of the metadata so 'harness_check' is not labeled read-only when it can modify files.

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License

MIT-0
Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.

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