Harness Pipeline Skill

Execute and monitor Harness CI/CD pipelines with automatic Jira issue linking.

Usage

/harness-pipeline <action> [options]

Actions

trigger

Trigger a pipeline execution.

/harness-pipeline trigger --pipeline <pipeline-id> --branch <branch-name> --jira <issue-key>

Steps:

1. Validate Jira issue exists (using issue-validator)
2. Execute pipeline via Harness REST API
3. Add comment to Jira issue with execution link
4. Return execution ID for monitoring

status

Check pipeline execution status.

/harness-pipeline status --execution <execution-id>

Returns:

• Pipeline name
• Current status (Running, Success, Failed, Aborted)
• Stage statuses
• Duration
• Error details (if failed)

logs

Get pipeline execution logs.

/harness-pipeline logs --execution <execution-id> --stage <stage-name>

list

List recent pipeline executions.

/harness-pipeline list --pipeline <pipeline-id> --limit 10

Jira Integration

When triggering a pipeline with --jira flag:

1. Pre-execution:

   • Validates issue exists
   • Checks issue is in appropriate status
   • Adds "Pipeline Triggered" comment

2. During execution:

   • Optionally updates issue status to "In Progress"

3. Post-execution:

   • Adds execution result comment
   • Links build artifacts
   • Transitions issue based on result (configurable)

Example Workflow

# 1. Validate the Jira issue first
/jira validate PROJ-163

# 2. Trigger pipeline with Jira link
/harness-pipeline trigger \
  --pipeline my-ci-pipeline \
  --branch feature/PROJ-163 \
  --jira PROJ-163

# 3. Monitor execution
/harness-pipeline status --execution <returned-execution-id>

# 4. View logs if needed
/harness-pipeline logs --execution <execution-id> --stage build

REST API Calls

This skill uses the Harness REST API (NOT MCP):

# Trigger pipeline
curl -X POST "${HARNESS_API_URL}/pipeline/api/pipeline/execute/${PIPELINE_ID}" \
  -H "x-api-key: ${HARNESS_API_KEY}" \
  -H "Harness-Account: ${HARNESS_ACCOUNT_ID}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data-urlencode "accountIdentifier=${HARNESS_ACCOUNT_ID}" \
  --data-urlencode "orgIdentifier=${HARNESS_ORG_ID}" \
  --data-urlencode "projectIdentifier=${HARNESS_PROJECT_ID}"

Error Handling

Error	Cause	Resolution
401 Unauthorized	Invalid or expired PAT	Regenerate PAT token
403 Forbidden	Insufficient permissions	Check PAT scope
404 Not Found	Pipeline/execution not found	Verify identifiers
429 Too Many Requests	Rate limited	Wait and retry

Security

• PAT tokens stored in .env only
• Never logged or exposed
• Minimal required permissions
• Rotate regularly