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Harnessed coding-assistant starter. Produces a unified-diff artifact and a file-list preview under patches/.

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How to use this skill

Bring this guide into your coding agent with a prompt tailored to the tool you use.

  1. Open your project in Codex.
  2. Copy the prompt below and paste it into your agent.
  3. Review the proposed files and risks before you approve installation.
Prompt to paste
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Source SKILL.md: https://github.com/octos-org/octos/blob/HEAD/crates/app-skills/harness-starter-coding/SKILL.md

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First, summarize what it does, its dependencies, license status if identifiable, and any risks. Show the exact files you propose to add under .agents/skills/harness-starter-coding/. Do not write files or run scripts until I approve.

After I approve, install the complete skill folder, including required referenced files, into that project location. Verify it is discoverable, then tell me its actual invocation name and how to use it. Do not claim it is installed until you have verified it.

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Harness Starter: Coding

A coding-assistant starter. Produces a unified-diff file as its primary deliverable plus a preview artifact listing the changed files. Copy this crate when you want to build an app that ships a patch/diff/changeset.

What this starter demonstrates

  • primary = "patches/*.diff" — the canonical deliverable.
  • preview = "patches/*.files.txt" — a secondary artifact the operator surface may use to summarize the change.
  • file_size_min:$primary:64 — validator rejects empty patches.
  • Multi-artifact spawn task binding (artifacts = ["primary", "preview"]) so the runtime delivers both files.

See docs/OCTOS_HARNESS_DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md for the full contract.

Tools

propose_patch

Render a patch as a unified-diff file plus a preview file list.

{
  "title": "Fix typo in hello",
  "hunks": [
    {
      "file": "src/lib.rs",
      "new_content": "pub fn hello() -> &'static str {\n    \"hi\"\n}\n"
    }
  ]
}

Parameters:

  • title (required): short title; derives the filename (patches/fix-typo-in-hello.diff).
  • hunks (required, non-empty): list of {file, new_content} hunks. Each hunk becomes a full-file replacement hunk in the diff.

Artifacts:

  • patches/<slug>.diff — primary unified-diff file.
  • patches/<slug>.files.txt — preview list of changed files.

Replace this stub

The starter generates full-file replacement hunks. A real coding assistant should use similar or diff to compute minimized unified diffs, and consider running the patch through git apply --check in a validator before delivery.