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Harness MCP

by Harness

Harness official MCP server. CI/CD pipelines, deployments, feature flags, and chaos engineering exposed to agents. 52 GitHub stars and 74 commits on main in the last 30 days.

52·7 tools·Released AUG 2025·MIT
go install github.com/harness/mcp-server@latest
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Harness official MCP server. CI/CD pipelines, deployments, feature flags, and chaos engineering exposed to agents. 52 stars and 74 commits on main in the last 30 days.

Reviewed by M. Nouriel · MAY 2026

INSTALL THIS SERVER

Requires authenticationHARNESS_API_KEY environment variable plus HARNESS_ACCOUNT_ID. Generate at https://app.harness.io/account-settings/api-keys.
{ "mcpServers": { "harness": { "command": "harness-mcp-server", "args": [ "serve", "--stdio" ], "env": { "HARNESS_API_KEY": "YOUR_HARNESS_KEY", "HARNESS_ACCOUNT_ID": "YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID" } } } }
PrereqInstall via `go install github.com/harness/mcp-server@latest`. Generate API key at https://app.harness.io/account-settings/api-keys. Path: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS).
{ "mcpServers": { "harness": { "command": "harness-mcp-server", "args": [ "serve", "--stdio" ], "env": { "HARNESS_API_KEY": "YOUR_HARNESS_KEY", "HARNESS_ACCOUNT_ID": "YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID" } } } }
{ "mcpServers": { "harness": { "command": "harness-mcp-server", "args": [ "serve", "--stdio" ], "env": { "HARNESS_API_KEY": "YOUR_HARNESS_KEY", "HARNESS_ACCOUNT_ID": "YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID" } } } }
{ "mcpServers": { "harness": { "command": "harness-mcp-server", "args": [ "serve", "--stdio" ], "env": { "HARNESS_API_KEY": "YOUR_HARNESS_KEY", "HARNESS_ACCOUNT_ID": "YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID" } } } }
{ "mcpServers": { "harness": { "command": "harness-mcp-server", "args": [ "serve", "--stdio" ], "env": { "HARNESS_API_KEY": "YOUR_HARNESS_KEY", "HARNESS_ACCOUNT_ID": "YOUR_ACCOUNT_ID" } } } }

7 TOOLS AVAILABLE

list_pipelines
List Harness CI/CD pipelines
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execute_pipeline
Trigger a Harness pipeline execution
Admin
get_execution
Retrieve a pipeline execution with stage statuses
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list_feature_flags
List Harness feature flags
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toggle_feature_flag
Enable or disable a Harness feature flag
Admin
list_environments
List Harness environments and infrastructure definitions
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OUR ASSESSMENT

Strengths
  • Harness official maintenance.
  • 74 commits on main in the last 30 days. Very high cadence.
  • MIT license.
  • Covers CI/CD plus feature flags plus chaos in one MCP.
  • Go binary; no runtime dependencies.
Weaknesses
  • 52 GitHub stars indicates limited adoption to date.
  • Harness account required.
  • toggle_feature_flag is destructive; agent prompt path needs review.
  • execute_pipeline can deploy to production environments; gate carefully.
Security Notes

HARNESS_API_KEY is account-scoped. Use a service-account key with the minimum role required for the agent flow. toggle_feature_flag in production environments can affect live traffic; restrict to non-production accounts for agent loops or require explicit operator confirmation in the agent prompt path.

Best For

Harness customers adopting agent-driven CI/CD; SREs managing pipelines and feature flags from inside agents; platform teams that want one MCP for the Harness suite.

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Language
go
Transport
stdio
Clients
Claude DesktopClaude CodeCursorVS CodeWindsurf
License
MIT
GitHub
npm
harness-mcp-server
Last Release
harness-mcp-server (Go release)MAY 7, 2026
First Released
AUG 1, 2025

ADOPTION METRICS

// GitHub Stars
52

// Reading this52 stars on harness/mcp-server. 74 commits on main in the last 30 days. Top cadence among CI/CD MCPs.

// Popularity Rank
#12
Globally · #12 in Infrastructure

// Reading thisPairs with CircleCI, Argo CD, Buildkite, Azure DevOps, Azure AKS, GKE, Kubernetes MCPs in infrastructure. Harness covers integrated CI/CD plus feature flags uniquely.

SOURCES & VERIFICATION

We don't take any single directory's word for it. Before scoring, we cross-reference 5 public MCP sources, install the server ourselves against the clients we cover, and record when we last re-verified.

01
Discovered
Manual submission
First indexed MAY 7, 2026
02
Cross-referenced
5 directories
PulseMCP, MCP.so, Glama, Smithery, Official MCP Registry
03
Verified against
Claude Desktop, Cursor
Installed and tested across clients
04
Last re-checked
MAY 7, 2026
Weekly re-verification
// How other directories see it

The same server, 5 different lenses. We reconcile these signals into our editorial score, which is why our number sometimes diverges from a directory-aggregate star count.

SourceTheir ratingTheir star countTheir downloadsLast synced
AutomationSwitch This page4.4editorial52MAY 7, 2026
PulseMCP— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 7, 2026
MCP.so— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 7, 2026
Glama— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 7, 2026
Smithery— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 7, 2026
Official MCP Registry— unratedunavailableunavailableMAY 7, 2026

// Counts are directory-reported; we don't adjust them. Discrepancies usually come from different snapshot times or star-caching.

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