CLI tool to initialize Harness Engineering projects
We found this by crawling public sources and nobody has attested to it. That is how most of the registry gets here, and it is not a mark against the artifact — it only means no authenticated act of publication is on record. An artifact can be the vendor's own and still appear here.
This artifact ships from 3 sources and their verdicts differ. The worst is github_release (Caution). Installing from a cleaner source does not mean the others are safe — check the source you actually install from. Some sources have no verdict at all; that is not a pass.
github_release: https://github.com/renjianguojinqianfan/project-bootstrap-harness, 5 findings
Choose your runtime: the CLI writes the mcpServers config entry for that target.
nerlo install --target claude-code -- harness-init
Install respects the composite badge: Clean proceeds, Caution prompts for confirmation, and Flagged is refused. Write operations require an API token.
5 of 11 scanners examined this package. The rest do not apply to it — language, ecosystem and packaging decide which analyzers can say anything, and a scanner that cannot examine an artifact reports nothing rather than passing it.
v2.0.11
49 findings · 8.5s
v0.3.74
4 findings · 2.2s
v0.1.0
0 findings · 3.4s
v0.1.0
0 findings · 3.4s
v0.1.0
6 findings · 12.3s
v1.4.0
None of the entry points this scanner reads were found in this artifact. What each scanner covers
0 findings · 0.2s
vv0.3.2
No Go packages were found in this artifact. What each scanner covers
0 findings · 0.1s
v0.71.0
No dependency manifest or lockfile was found in this artifact. What each scanner covers
0 findings · 0.2s
v2.3.8
No dependency manifest or lockfile was found in this artifact. What each scanner covers
0 findings · 0.2s
v0.71.0
No container image was published for this artifact. What each scanner covers
0 findings · 0.0s
vv1.6.0
No Go modules were found in this artifact. What each scanner covers
0 findings · 0.1s
1 scan on record. Every scan's full results are retained immutably for 24 months.
| Completed | Composite | Change | Scanners | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2026 | Caution88 | — | agentshield ·n/a: not applicablecisco-skill-scanner: completeagent-audit-kit: completenerlo-behavioral: completenerlo-install-instruction: completecapslock ·n/a: not applicablenerlo-multi-source: completetrivy ·n/a: not applicableosv-scanner ·n/a: not applicabletrivy_image ·n/a: not applicablegovulncheck ·n/a: not applicable | completed |
Findings in files this artifact installs stand as reported; a model re-read the rest and said which ones it believes are false positives. This is a second opinion published beside the evidence, not a correction to it: the per-scanner reports above are unchanged, every dismissed finding is still listed there at its original severity, and the score and the Caution badge are computed from those raw severities alone. Nothing below moved them.
Out of 59 findings across every scanner that examined this package.
Two keys had to turn. The model had to name a reason from a fixed list of six, and a deterministic check of ours — over which files this artifact actually installs — had to independently agree. Anything it could not corroborate is in “not reviewed” above, at full severity.
18 Agent instruction file — The match is in a file that instructs an AI coding agent — a CLAUDE.md or similar. It is documentation of intent, and our own check confirmed it is not part of what gets installed.
Rules: SOCIAL_ENG_VAGUE_DESCRIPTION, MANIFEST_MISSING_LICENSE, MANIFEST_INVALID_NAME · Files: /repo/.github/SKILL.md, /repo/docs/SKILL.md, /repo/src/harness_init/templates/common/.github/SKILL.md and 5 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
3 CI or editor configuration — The match is in build, CI or editor configuration, confirmed by our own check to be outside the installed artifact.
Rules: AAK-GHA-IMMUTABLE-001 · Files: .github/workflows/publish.yml, .github/workflows/ci.yml · reported by agent-audit-kit
3 Documentation or example — The match is in documentation or sample code, confirmed by our own check to be outside the installed artifact.
Rules: YARA_prompt_injection_unicode_steganography · Files: /repo/docs/experiments/screenshots/屏幕截图 2026-04-20 174118.png · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
These findings are in files this artifact installs and are not placeholder values. No false-positive basis can be corroborated for such a finding, so this review never dismisses one; they were not sent to the model and stand at their scanner's severity.
9 MANIFEST_MISSING_LICENSE
Files: /repo/SKILL.md, /repo/src/harness_init/templates/common/SKILL.md, /repo/src/harness_init/templates/lib/SKILL.md and 6 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
9 SOCIAL_ENG_VAGUE_DESCRIPTION
Files: /repo/SKILL.md, /repo/src/harness_init/templates/common/SKILL.md, /repo/src/harness_init/templates/lib/SKILL.md and 6 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
8 HIDDEN_DATA_FILE
Files: /repo/src/harness_init/templates/common/.harness/known_pitfalls.md, /repo/src/harness_init/templates/common/.pre-commit-config.yaml, /repo/src/harness_init/templates/common/.trae/rules/rules.md and 1 more · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
6 nerlo-malware-obfuscated_blob
Files: github_release:harness_init-2.0.4.tar.gz.extracted/harness_init-2.0.4/PKG-INFO, github_release:harness_init-2.0.4.tar.gz.extracted/harness_init-2.0.4/src/harness_init.egg-info/PKG-INFO, github_release:harness_init-2.0.4-py3-none-any.whl.extracted/harness_init-2.0.4.dist-info/METADATA and 3 more · reported by nerlo-malware
1 AAK-SUPPLY-004
Obfuscated code and supply chain risks detected
The artifact contains obfuscated code, which warrants attention due to its potential to conceal functionality. Additionally, a supply chain risk indicator was identified. Several hidden data files are present within the artifact, which may contain sensitive information.
Concern level assessed by the review: Medium. This is the review's scale, not the registry badge.
Reviewed by gemini-2.5-flash. The model sees the findings, not your code, and cannot change a score.
1 EXCESSIVE_FILE_COUNT
Files: /repo/. · reported by cisco-skill-scanner
1 MANIFEST_INVALID_NAME
Files: /repo/src/harness_init/templates/common/.harness/SKILL.md · reported by cisco-skill-scanner