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HarnessRouter Starter Kit

Starter kits and demos for running agent harnesses like Codex and Claude Code as your product backend.

  • Rating

    4.3 / 5

  • Pricing

    Freemium

  • Difficulty

    Intermediate

  • Works on

    Cross-Platform

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What is HarnessRouter Starter Kit?

The HarnessRouter starter kit is a catalogue of working agent products and readable demos showing how to run agent harnesses such as Codex and Claude Code as a product backend through one API, including streaming, sessions, follow-up turns, cancellation and file downloads.

Third-party open-source projects. We are not affiliated with their authors; repositories are provided as-is by their maintainers. Review each project's license, code and security before installing. See our Disclaimer.

Pros: what HarnessRouter Starter Kit does well

  • Five complete products to adapt
  • Small demos you can read in an afternoon
  • Shows streaming, sessions and cancellation

Cons: where it falls short

  • Built around the HarnessRouter service, which may be paid
  • Kit licence is not a standard one GitHub recognises

Who HarnessRouter Starter Kit is for

Founders and developers building products on top of coding-agent harnesses.

Who can skip it

People not building agent products.

HarnessRouter Starter Kit alternatives

Not sold on HarnessRouter Starter Kit? These do a similar job, and each card says what it has in common.

Google Artemis

Focus: android, automation and ai agents. Shares claude code and codex with HarnessRouter Starter Kit. A website, not a template. Free (HarnessRouter Starter Kit: Freemium). Adds Web. Rated 4.8 (HarnessRouter Starter Kit: 4.3).

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Agent Skills Workflow Template

Focus: agent skills, agents.md and cursor. Shares claude code and codex with HarnessRouter Starter Kit. A website, not a template. Free (HarnessRouter Starter Kit: Freemium). Adds Web. Rated 4.7 (HarnessRouter Starter Kit: 4.3).

WebsiteFreeWeb, Cross-Platform

Agentfiles

Focus: obsidian, obsidian plugin and ai agents. Shares claude code and codex with HarnessRouter Starter Kit. A website, not a template. Free (HarnessRouter Starter Kit: Freemium). Adds Web, macOS and Windows. Rated 4.7 (HarnessRouter Starter Kit: 4.3).

WebsiteFreeWeb, macOS

Ego Lite

Focus: ai browser, browser automation and ai agents. Shares codex and claude code with HarnessRouter Starter Kit. A website, not a template. Free (HarnessRouter Starter Kit: Freemium). Adds Web, macOS and Windows. Rated 4.7 (HarnessRouter Starter Kit: 4.3).

WebsiteFreeWeb, macOS

Vibe Coding CN

Focus: vibe coding, ai coding and pair programming. Shares codex and claude code with HarnessRouter Starter Kit. A course, not a template. Free (HarnessRouter Starter Kit: Freemium). Adds Web. Rated 4.7 (HarnessRouter Starter Kit: 4.3).

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OpenHarness

Focus: agent harness, coding agents and open source. Shares claude code and codex with HarnessRouter Starter Kit. An AI tool, not a template. Free (HarnessRouter Starter Kit: Freemium). Adds Linux. Rated 4.6 (HarnessRouter Starter Kit: 4.3).

AI ToolFreeCross-Platform, Linux

Free alternatives to HarnessRouter Starter Kit

Want to spend nothing? These free picks cover similar ground.

skillshare

Focus: agent skills, mcp and sync. Shares claude code and codex with HarnessRouter Starter Kit. An AI tool, not a template. Free (HarnessRouter Starter Kit: Freemium). Adds macOS, Windows and Linux. Rated 4.6 (HarnessRouter Starter Kit: 4.3).

AI ToolFreemacOS, Windows

agtx

Focus: coding agents, cursor and rust. Shares claude code and codex with HarnessRouter Starter Kit. A desktop app, not a template. Free (HarnessRouter Starter Kit: Freemium). Adds macOS, Linux and Windows. Rated 4.5 (HarnessRouter Starter Kit: 4.3).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Linux

Self-Media Compliance Review

Focus: compliance, content moderation and social media. Shares claude code and codex with HarnessRouter Starter Kit. An automation tool, not a template. Free (HarnessRouter Starter Kit: Freemium). Adds macOS, Windows and Linux. Rated 4.5 (HarnessRouter Starter Kit: 4.3).

Automation ToolFreeCross-Platform, macOS

Whiteboard

Focus: software design, code review and diagrams. Shares claude code and codex with HarnessRouter Starter Kit. A desktop app, not a template. Free (HarnessRouter Starter Kit: Freemium). Adds macOS, Windows and Linux. Rated 4.5 (HarnessRouter Starter Kit: 4.3).

Desktop AppFreemacOS, Windows

Agent Dispatcher

Focus: retrieval and context. Shares claude code and codex with HarnessRouter Starter Kit. A framework, not a template. Free (HarnessRouter Starter Kit: Freemium). Rated 4.4 (HarnessRouter Starter Kit: 4.3).

FrameworkFreeCross-Platform

Agent Native Video Graphics

Focus: motion graphics, video editing and prompts. Shares claude code and codex with HarnessRouter Starter Kit. A website, not a template. Free (HarnessRouter Starter Kit: Freemium). Adds Web. Rated 4.4 (HarnessRouter Starter Kit: 4.3).

WebsiteFreeWeb
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