Harness launches code repository and AI review for coding agents

Reddit r/artificial 08/27/26, 07:43 PM Products

Summary

Harness launched a new code repository with AI-powered code review designed for teams using AI coding agents, featuring scoped permissions and risk-based diff grouping to integrate review policies directly into the agent workflow.

Harness launched Agent-Ready Harness Code Repository and AI Code Review on Aug 27. The company says the system is designed for teams producing more code with AI agents, with agents getting scoped permissions for repositories, branches, and environments. It also groups diffs by risk and can make required AI checks block a merge. The release can be used through Harness MCP and CLI, and Harness says the repository is free to start with 50 GB of storage. The practical change is not another code generator. It is a control layer around the code agents already generate. That makes permissions and review policy part of the agent workflow, not a cleanup step after the merge. Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/harness-launches-code-repository-with-ai-code-review-for-agent-ready-development-302861964.html

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