Install

npm install -g beginning-harness
bgng status

git clone https://github.com/remyjkim/beginning-harness.git
cd beginning-harness && bun install
bun run bgng -- status

export AGENTS_REPO_ROOT=/path/to/beginning-harness
bgng status

• Getting Started

  Install and configure beginning-harness in minutes.
• How Apply Works

  The five-layer config model and how bgng materializes your harness.
• CLI Reference

  Complete command catalog for bgng.
• Per-Project Config

  Repository-specific overrides for agent behavior.

What It Harnesses

• Skills — instructions that guide agent behavior
• MCP servers — tool definitions that control capability access
• Extensions — capability families like Parallel and Beads
• Defaults — machine-wide baseline for reusable capabilities
• Project overlays — repository-specific agent behavior
• Downstream state — generated configs for Claude, Codex, Cursor
• Diagnostics — drift detection before mutating files

More

• MCP Registry

  Manage MCP server definitions, toggles, and per-target configuration.
• Skill Library

  Built-in skills, curation, and package-backed skill bundles.
• Extensions

  Parallel and Beads capability families for project-level setup.
• Diagnostics & Safety

  Drift detection, the doctor command, and the safety model.
• Why Harness Engineering?

  What harness engineering is and why it determines agent reliability.