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 "generated": "2026-10-24",
 "id": "harnessrouter-harnessrouter--run-agent-tasks-from-product-backend",
 "repo": "HarnessRouter/harnessrouter",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/HarnessRouter/harnessrouter",
 "repo_slug": "harnessrouter-harnessrouter",
 "title": "Run agent tasks from your product backend through one API",
 "page_title": "How to run agent tasks from your product backend through one API with Harnessrouter",
 "summary": "Call a self-hosted, OpenAI Responses-compatible API to run harness tasks from your own backend.",
 "who": "A developer building an AI product who needs agent tasks run by Codex or Claude Code without managing harness setup.",
 "problem": "Each agent harness has its own setup, sessions and failure handling, which slows down adding agent features to a product.",
 "outcome": "Your backend sends a task with a harness ID, gets a response from the agent, and the task appears in the Console workspace.",
 "steps": [
  "Run `docker run -d --name harnessrouter -p 127.0.0.1:3000:3000 -v harnessrouter:/data harnessrouter/harnessrouter` (inferred, check the README)",
  "Run `docker logs -f harnessrouter` and wait for the line `[harnessrouter] ready on :3000`",
  "Open http://localhost:3000, sign in, change the default password in Profile, then add a provider key under Bring Your Own Key",
  "Create an API key under API Keys in the Console and store it as HARNESSROUTER_API_KEY in your backend",
  "Send a POST to /v1/responses with metadata.harness_id set to codex and a model served by your provider"
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "Using the HarnessRouter repo at https://github.com/HarnessRouter/harnessrouter, start a local Community Edition instance and send a POST to <base-url>/v1/responses with metadata.harness_id set to codex and the input 'Reply with exactly: it works.'. Expected output: a response whose text is 'it works.' and a matching task in the Console. Verify the HTTP status is 200 before reporting success.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "45 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "The default URL only works when your backend and the CE instance run on the same computer, so other machines or containers need a reachable URL.",
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
 "tags": [
  "Software and DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "python",
 "requirements": [
  "Docker installed",
  "About 4 GB of free disk space",
  "A provider API key for at least one supported model provider",
  "Python 3 if you use the Idempotency-Key example"
 ],
 "risk": "sensitive",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [
  {
   "tag": "credentials",
   "notice": "The HARNESSROUTER_API_KEY must stay on your backend and never be exposed in browser code."
  }
 ],
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 "score": 1.0,
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