--- title: "morning-star-harness" description: "Morning Star: Agent Plugin for harness engineering workflows: a TS Harness Workflow Engine (@mstar-harness/engine) that enforces deterministic workflow gates, plus mstar-* judgment skills for multi-agent code delivery ac" canonical: https://agentpluginsdirectory.com/plugins/morning-star-harness last-updated: 2026-09-28 --- # morning-star-harness Morning Star: Agent Plugin for harness engineering workflows: a TS Harness Workflow Engine (@mstar-harness/engine) that enforces deterministic workflow gates, plus mstar-* judgment skills for multi-agent code delivery across OpenCode, Cursor, Codex, Kimi Code, ZCode, and omp. - Slug: morning-star-harness - Publisher: Bohao Tang - Repository: https://github.com/btspoony/mstar-harness - Manifest: plugin.json - Version: 3.11.2 - License: MIT - Category (editorial): agent-tooling - Skills: 24 (grill-me, mstar-artifacts, mstar-audit, mstar-branch-worktree, mstar-coding-behavior, mstar-compound-refresh, mstar-compound, mstar-conventions, mstar-design-md, mstar-dispatch-gates, mstar-e2e, mstar-engine-legacy, mstar-harness-core, mstar-host, mstar-iteration, mstar-phase-gates, mstar-project-governance, mstar-review-qc, mstar-roles, mstar-sdd, mstar-skill-authoring, mstar-strategy, mstar-use-cli, pm) - MCP servers: 0 - Stars: 62 - Repository created: 2026-03-06 - Repository last pushed: 2026-09-28 - Publisher type: User - Listing: https://agentpluginsdirectory.com/plugins/morning-star-harness - Schema: https://agent-plugins.org/schemas/1.0.0/plugin.schema.json ## What morning-star-harness does, in the publisher's words Harness Workflow Engine · Agent Plugin Morning Star is an Agent Plugin for harness engineering workflows: a TypeScript Harness Workflow Engine (@mstar-harness/engine) enforces deterministic workflow gates, while mstar-* judgment skills drive multi-agent code delivery. - Deterministic gates, enforced by a TS engine: path/status/lease/dispatch/sdd/iteration/lint gates run in @mstar-harness/engine, not as prompt suggestions - Judgment stays in mstar-* skills: skills remain the single source of truth (SSOT) for roles, gates, and workflow judgment - One engine across hosts: the same engine + skills power dsh (DeepSeek Harness), omp, OpenCode, Cursor, Kimi Code, ZCode, and Codex - Agent Plugin packaging: one-command install; portable across any Agent Plugins v1.0.0 client From the project README, punctuation lightly normalized. Full text: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/btspoony/mstar-harness/HEAD/README.md ## Skills - grill-me: Interview the user relentlessly about a plan or design until reaching shared understanding, resolving each branch of the decision tree. Use when user wants to stress-test a plan, get grilled on their design, or mentions "grill me". - mstar-artifacts: Morning Star plan harness artifacts: `{PLAN_DIR}` main plans and durable review summaries, `{SDD_DIR}/review/` ephemeral QC/QA bundles, `{KNOWLEDGE_DIR}` / `{ITERATION_DIR}` indexes, plus `{HARNESS_DIR}/status.json` (v2 root register) / `{WORKFLOW_DIR}//snapshot.json` (plan rows + leases) and… - mstar-audit: Morning Star codebase audit: survey any repository and produce prioritized, self-contained improvement plans for the normal Prepare → Execute flow. Strictly read-only on source code. Use when asked to audit or survey a codebase, find improvement opportunities (bugs, security, performance, test gap… - mstar-branch-worktree: Morning Star 业务仓 Git 功能分支、worktree 隔离（L1 跨 plan：control worktree + 每 plan feature worktree + `execution_lease`，默认 gitignore 下经 control 绝对路径读写进程产物；L2 同 plan：`references/parallel-writable-pre-dispatch.md`，N 次 invoke ≠ 隔离）、Spec 集成分支、QC/QA 检出对齐（`Review cwd` / `Working branch` / `plan_id` / `Review rang… - mstar-coding-behavior: Morning Star 跨角色通用编码行为准则, 任何实现、调试、重构、审查任务动手前必读。约束 Think Before Coding（先读懂再改、显式假设、不静默猜测）、Simplicity First（YAGNI、The Ladder、`simplify:` 标记、最小耐久切片）、Surgical Changes（改动可追溯、Bug 修根因先 grep 所有调用点、不 piggyback）、Debugging（先复现、一步一测、修前写复现测试）、Review Feedback Handling（先核实再改、证据反驳）、Goal-Driven Execution（非平凡逻辑留可运行… - mstar-compound-refresh: Morning Star 知识维护与项目知识 bootstrap, 审查 `{KNOWLEDGE_DIR}` 文档是否仍准确、去重叠合并、清理过期知识；或从代码库提炼 CONCEPTS.md、基线 knowledge 脚手架（无/残旧/空白 knowledge）。STRATEGY.md 创建委托 **`mstar-strategy`**。触发：`mstar-compound` 发现可合并文档、定期维护、项目缺 CONCEPTS.md/{KNOWLEDGE_DIR}、stale knowledge scaffolding、显式 bootstrap 请求、或显式 refresh。产出：更新/… - mstar-compound: Morning Star 知识结晶, 将已解决问题的经验沉淀为结构化知识文档，存入 `{KNOWLEDGE_DIR}`；迭代收口时从 `{ITERATION_DIR}//` package 提升 specs/guides。支持 Bug track 与 Knowledge track 双轨。含重叠检测、可发现性检查、CONCEPTS.md 协同。触发：iteration-close（`mstar-iteration` §3.2）或独立触发。产出：`{KNOWLEDGE_DIR}//.md`。 - mstar-conventions: Morning Star (启明星) harness 计划目录约定, `{HARNESS_DIR}` / `{PLAN_DIR}` / `{SDD_DIR}` / `{ITERATION_DIR}` / `{KNOWLEDGE_DIR}` / `{SPECS_DIR}` / `{WORKFLOW_DIR}` / `{PROJECT_DIR}` 发现与初始化（默认 `.mstar/`，兼容 `.agents/`）、`docs` 与 harness 子树边界、review bundle、未启用 plan 时的工作方式、Spec 集成分支与多 Plan 实现分支（显式 base / merge… - mstar-design-md: DESIGN.md design system specification for Morning Star projects. Create, audit, and maintain project-level design tokens (Colors, Typography, Spacing, Elevation, Motion, Shapes, Components, Voice & Content) using Vercel Geist as reference template. Three-level completeness checklist (MVP/Standard/P… - mstar-dispatch-gates: Morning Star 派发与委派门禁, 仅 PM 可增派 subagent、`Execute as` 与 `Delegation`、承接方反递归 NEVER 红线、SDD implement 串行派发、**SDD 路径 plan QC 强制 tri-review（N=3）**、inline 单席 QC 例外、Assignment 文案≠派发、未齐不发、**invoke 角色字段必填（漏写=静默 generic 回退=派发未完成）**。`project-manager` 派发时必读；leaf 动手前必读反递归。worktree 见 `mstar-branch-worktree`；SDD… - mstar-e2e - mstar-engine-legacy: Morning Star 条件契约档案（engine-absent fallback）。宿主无 engine 能力（无 `mstar` CLI、无 engine import、engine 约束未激活）时需要被 engine 校验接管的 contract 全文时使用：status v1→v2 字段历史、lease claim 协议全文、各宿主 QC 座次 N=3/N=1 重述、反递归完整清单、Engine-check 样板说明。engine 约束激活（或宿主含 engine 能力）时不加载；运行时 skills 的 engine-check 指针为权威契约。 - mstar-harness-core: Morning Star (启明星) harness **生命周期 / 授权语义权威与全局入口**, 信息源优先级、最小交付循环、状态机与 Done 权限、Task category 路由（含 quick 禁豁免）、@explore 边界、长任务纪律、核心研发守则、护栏不变量、Morning Star Skill 索引与宿主入口。加载**选择**权威在 **`mstar-roles`**（hub § Load Order 按 Assignment `Skill presets:` 决策；本 skill 不另设全局必读表）：PM 与标准路线仍以本 skill 为全局入口；独立直接调用专题时… - mstar-host - mstar-iteration - mstar-phase-gates - mstar-project-governance - mstar-review-qc - mstar-roles - mstar-sdd - mstar-skill-authoring - mstar-strategy - mstar-use-cli - pm Descriptions come from the frontmatter of each SKILL.md, punctuation lightly normalized.