> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://developer.harness.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://developer.harness.io/harness-platform/use-harness-ai/harness-ai/connect-with-ai/harness-mcp-server/prompt-templates.md).

# Prompt templates

The server includes 27 pre-built prompt templates for common workflows. Clients that support MCP prompts surface these as slash commands or a prompt picker, so you can start a multi-step workflow without composing tool calls by hand.

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### DevOps <a href="#devops" id="devops"></a>

| Prompt                         | Description                                                                                          |
| ------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `build-deploy-app`             | End-to-end CI/CD: scan a repo, generate a CI pipeline, create a CD pipeline, deploy with auto-retry  |
| `debug-pipeline-failure`       | Analyze a failed execution with stage and step breakdown, failure details, and root cause analysis   |
| `create-pipeline`              | Generate a new pipeline YAML from natural language requirements                                      |
| `create-agent`                 | Create a custom AI agent definition with YAML spec, rules, skills, and MCP servers                   |
| `onboard-service`              | Walk through onboarding a new service with environments and a deployment pipeline                    |
| `dora-metrics-review`          | Review DORA metrics with Elite, High, Medium, and Low classification and improvement recommendations |
| `setup-gitops-application`     | Guide through onboarding a GitOps application                                                        |
| `chaos-resilience-test`        | Design a chaos experiment to test service resilience                                                 |
| `feature-flag-rollout`         | Plan and execute a progressive feature flag rollout with safety gates                                |
| `migrate-pipeline-to-template` | Analyze a pipeline and extract reusable stage and step templates                                     |
| `delegate-health-check`        | Check delegate connectivity, health, and token status                                                |
| `developer-portal-scorecard`   | Review IDP scorecards and identify gaps                                                              |
| `pending-approvals`            | Find executions waiting for approval and offer to approve or reject                                  |

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### FinOps <a href="#finops" id="finops"></a>

| Prompt                          | Description                                                    |
| ------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `optimize-costs`                | Analyze cloud cost data, surface recommendations and anomalies |
| `cloud-cost-breakdown`          | Deep-dive into cloud costs by service, environment, or cluster |
| `commitment-utilization-review` | Analyze reserved instance and savings plan utilization         |
| `cost-anomaly-investigation`    | Investigate cost anomalies and determine root cause            |
| `rightsizing-recommendations`   | Review and prioritize rightsizing recommendations              |

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### DevSecOps <a href="#devsecops" id="devsecops"></a>

| Prompt                      | Description                                                 |
| --------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------- |
| `security-review`           | Review security issues and suggest remediations by severity |
| `vulnerability-triage`      | Triage vulnerabilities across pipelines and artifacts       |
| `sbom-compliance-check`     | Audit SBOM and compliance posture for artifacts             |
| `supply-chain-audit`        | End-to-end software supply chain security audit             |
| `security-exemption-review` | Review pending security exemptions for batch decisions      |
| `access-control-audit`      | Audit user permissions and enforce least-privilege          |

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### Harness Code <a href="#harness-code" id="harness-code"></a>

| Prompt           | Description                                                                              |
| ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `code-review`    | Review a pull request with structured feedback on bugs, security, performance, and style |
| `pr-summary`     | Auto-generate a PR title and description from commit history and diff                    |
| `branch-cleanup` | Analyze branches and recommend stale or merged branches to delete                        |

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### Related articles <a href="#related-articles" id="related-articles"></a>

* [Tools reference](/harness-platform/use-harness-ai/harness-ai/connect-with-ai/harness-mcp-server/tools-reference.md): Review the tools these prompts orchestrate.
* [Approvals and safety](/harness-platform/use-harness-ai/harness-ai/connect-with-ai/harness-mcp-server/approvals-and-safety.md): Understand what happens when a prompt reaches a write operation.
* [Configure your AI client](/harness-platform/use-harness-ai/harness-ai/connect-with-ai/harness-mcp-server/configure-ai-clients.md): Confirm your client supports MCP prompts.