Scenario 5: Build a reusable plugin from imported resources

Frequency: Occasional · Status: Shipped

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Use this when you want to turn a working repository setup into a named, reusable harness baseline.

Typical commands:

harnesstap plugin create my-setup --description "Shared project assistant setup"
harnesstap resource list --search auth        # find what to add
harnesstap plugin edit my-setup --add auth-helper --type skill
harnesstap plugin show my-setup

plugin edit is for local resources and plugin pins. plugin pull installs a plugin from the remote catalog instead — do not confuse the two.

This is where HarnessTap becomes useful as a setup optimizer rather than just a scanner: you can separate reusable instructions, skills, hooks, MCP config, and other resources from one project and re-apply them elsewhere in a controlled way.