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harness-similarity

Compare two JSON records describing agent setups and their scores. Receive an overall similarity score with component details to help assess reuse, compare template candidates, identify overlapping work, or check how much a setup has changed.

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ADR-152 — weighted similarity between two harness fingerprints (genome + score JSON). Returns overall score in [0,1] plus per-component breakdown (cosine over 9 numerics, categorical agreement over 4 enums, jaccard over agent_topology). Unblocks ADR-151 §3.2 Recommender, §3.3 Drift Detection, §3.5 Plugin Compat. Pure-TS, no `@metaharness/*` dep — preserves ADR-150's four architectural constraints.

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Good for

  • Deciding whether to reuse an existing agent setup
  • Ranking template candidates for a target repository
  • Finding duplicate work across teams
  • Flagging setup changes below a similarity threshold

Overview

What it does

harness-similarity compares feature data and evaluation scores for two harnesses, which describe how agents are set up to run. It returns a similarity score from 0 to 1. The calculation combines nine numerical fields, four categorical fields, and shared elements of the agent setup, weighted at 60%, 25%, and 15%, respectively. You can inspect both the overall score and its component breakdown.

When it helps

The comparison provides information for deciding whether to adapt an existing setup or create a new one. It also helps rank template candidates for a target repository and identify overlapping work in setups created by different teams. An alert when similarity falls below a specified threshold helps you check changes to a setup.

Example requests

  • “Compare these two JSON records and show the similarity score and component breakdown.”
  • “Compare these two saved setups and alert me if similarity is below 0.5.”

Notes

Inputs must be JSON containing harness features and evaluations, rather than arbitrary text. You can specify files or saved record keys. Use the ruflo CLI or its corresponding MCP tool. Malformed inputs return a degraded result with a reason and exit code 2. No additional packages or @metaharness/* imports are required.

This overview was written by AI (OpenAI Codex) from the public SKILL.md. Check the original below for the exact behavior.

Objective evaluation

AI rated this skill on four points using only the contents of its SKILL.md. Stars and popularity are not taken into account.

Clear instructionsIs it clear when to use it and what it does?
AGoodThe documentation specifies reuse and overlap checks as use cases and defines comparison of two harness fingerprints.
Concrete stepsAre steps, inputs, outputs, and examples spelled out?
AGoodA weighted formula, input commands, sample component results, and malformed-input behavior are provided.
SafetyAre sending data, deleting files, and running commands disclosed?
AGoodThe documented operations compare JSON or saved records and do not include deletion or external transmission.
Easy setupDoes it need few tools or API keys, and are they documented?
BPartly lackingThe documentation shows ruflo CLI and MCP usage, but not installation or steps for preparing saved records.

The total counts each point as A = 25, B = 15, C = 5. Rated by AI (OpenAI Codex) as of Oct 21, 2026. Treat it as a guide and read the original before installing.

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Review the instructions the agent will receive before you install.

Surfaces the production similarity function from scripts/_similarity.mjs as a callable skill. Use when an agent needs to:

  • decide whether to fork an existing harness vs scaffold a new one
  • rank candidate templates against a target repo's genome
  • diff two harnesses produced by different teams to find duplicate work
  • generate the confidence number that ADR-151 §3.2's Recommender wraps

Algorithm (from ADR-152 §Decision)

overall = 0.60·cosine + 0.25·categorical + 0.15·jaccard
  • cosine — over a 9-dim numerical vector of normalized scorecard + genome dims
  • categorical — fraction of 4 enum fields that match (repo_type, archetype, template, recommendedMode)
  • jaccard — |A ∩ B| / |A ∪ B| over the agent_topology[] array

The 3-component design is load-bearing: numerical cosine alone is too coarse (the iter-35 spike showed LEGAL vs DEVOPS at cosine=0.97 despite being unrelated verticals). Categorical + jaccard pull the composite to the correct ordering.

Reference outputs (iter-35 spike fixtures)

Pairoverallcosinecategoricaljaccard
LEGAL × LEGAL (self)1.00001.00001.00001.0000
LEGAL × SUPPORT0.82960.99870.75000.2857
LEGAL × DEVOPS0.58400.97340.00000.0000

Both invariants from ADR-152 §"Smallest demonstrable spike" hold:

  1. similarity(X, X) === 1 exactly
  2. similarity(LEGAL, DEVOPS) < similarity(LEGAL, SUPPORT) (vertical affinity)

Architectural constraint inheritance (ADR-150)

  • Removable — pure-TS function, zero static @metaharness/* imports.
  • Optional — no new dep in package.json.
  • Graceful — malformed inputs emit { degraded: true, reason } with exit code 2; never throws.
  • CI-gate — smoke step 17y locks the contract: module exports, spike fixtures reproduce, CLI dispatcher entry registered, MCP tool registered.

Usage

# File inputs
npx ruflo metaharness similarity --a a.json --b b.json

# Memory inputs (records persisted by oia-audit.mjs)
npx ruflo metaharness similarity --a-key harness-X --b-key harness-Y

# Per-dimension breakdown (used by ADR-151 §3.2 Recommender)
npx ruflo metaharness similarity --a a.json --b b.json --per-dimension

# Alert when too-dissimilar (used by ADR-151 §3.3 Drift Detection)
npx ruflo metaharness similarity --a a.json --b b.json --alert-below 0.5

Implementation

Production module: scripts/_similarity.mjs CLI skill: scripts/similarity.mjs MCP tool: mcp__plugin_ruflo-core_ruflo__metaharness_similarity (registered in v3/@claude-flow/cli/src/mcp-tools/metaharness-tools.ts) Spike anchor: scripts/_spike-similarity.mjs (regression suite — invariants locked here)

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