Harness MCP Server for Cline 11 tools — connect in under 2 minutes
Cline is an autonomous AI coding agent inside VS Code that plans, executes, and iterates on tasks. Wire Harness through Vinkius and Cline gains direct access to every tool. from data retrieval to workflow automation. without leaving the terminal.
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About Harness MCP Server
Connect your Harness.io platform to any AI agent and take full control of your software delivery and CI/CD pipelines through natural conversation.
Cline operates autonomously inside VS Code. it reads your codebase, plans a strategy, and executes multi-step tasks including Harness tool calls without waiting for prompts between steps. Connect 11 tools through Vinkius and Cline can fetch data, generate code, and commit changes in a single autonomous run.
What you can do
- Pipeline Management — List, inspect, and trigger pipeline executions across your projects.
- Execution Monitoring — Get real-time status updates and step details for active deployments.
- Project Oversight — Browse your organizational structure and list projects within specific organizations.
- Secrets & Infrastructure — Access lists of secrets, connectors, and environments to ensure your infrastructure is correctly configured.
- Audit & Compliance — Retrieve platform audit logs to monitor changes and ensure security standards.
- Service Insights — List microservices and environments defined in your DevOps ecosystem.
The Harness MCP Server exposes 11 tools through the Vinkius. Connect it to Cline in under two minutes — no API keys to rotate, no infrastructure to provision, no vendor lock-in. Your configuration, your data, your control.
How to Connect Harness to Cline via MCP
Follow these steps to integrate the Harness MCP Server with Cline.
Open Cline MCP Settings
Click the MCP Servers icon in the Cline sidebar panel
Add remote server
Click "Add MCP Server" and paste the configuration above
Enable the server
Toggle the server switch to ON
Start using Harness
Ask Cline: "Using Harness, help me...". 11 tools available
Why Use Cline with the Harness MCP Server
Cline provides unique advantages when paired with Harness through the Model Context Protocol.
Cline operates autonomously. it reads your codebase, plans a strategy, and executes multi-step tasks including MCP tool calls without step-by-step prompts
Runs inside VS Code, so you get MCP tool access alongside your existing extensions, terminal, and version control in a single window
Cline can create, edit, and delete files based on MCP tool responses, enabling end-to-end automation from data retrieval to code generation
Transparent execution: every tool call and file change is shown in Cline's activity log for full visibility and approval before committing
Harness + Cline Use Cases
Practical scenarios where Cline combined with the Harness MCP Server delivers measurable value.
Autonomous feature building: tell Cline to fetch data from Harness and scaffold a complete module with types, handlers, and tests
Codebase refactoring: use Harness tools to validate live data while Cline restructures your code to match updated schemas
Automated testing: Cline fetches real responses from Harness and generates snapshot tests or mocks based on actual payloads
Incident response: query Harness for real-time status and let Cline generate hotfix patches based on the findings
Harness MCP Tools for Cline (11)
These 11 tools become available when you connect Harness to Cline via MCP:
execute_pipeline
Trigger the execution of a pipeline
get_audit_logs
Retrieve platform audit logs
get_execution_status
Get status and step details for a specific pipeline execution
get_pipeline
Get details and YAML for a specific pipeline
list_connectors
List infrastructure connectors (Git, Docker, K8s, etc.)
list_environments
List environments defined in a project
list_executions
List executions for a specific pipeline
list_pipelines
List pipelines within a specific project
list_projects
List all projects in the configured Harness organization
list_secrets
List secrets configured in a project
list_services
List services (microservices) defined in a project
Example Prompts for Harness in Cline
Ready-to-use prompts you can give your Cline agent to start working with Harness immediately.
"List all pipelines in project 'E-commerce App'."
"Execute the 'Production Deploy' pipeline for project ID app_502."
"Show the status of the latest execution for pipeline deploy_v1."
Troubleshooting Harness MCP Server with Cline
Common issues when connecting Harness to Cline through the Vinkius, and how to resolve them.
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Harness + Cline FAQ
Common questions about integrating Harness MCP Server with Cline.
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Connect Harness to Cline
Get your token, paste the configuration, and start using 11 tools in under 2 minutes. No API key management needed.