repo-harness vs ralph-sandbox
repo-harness is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑20.
ralph-sandbox is no longer listed on any marketplace we read: these are its last known data, as of 2026‑10‑15.
repo-harness is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Adobe AI Foundations. No marketplace we read lists it any more. ralph-sandbox is a plugin bundle for AI coding tools published by Brad. No marketplace we read lists it any more. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-19. A plugin in this pair is no longer listed on any marketplace we read, so search engines are asked not to index the page.
Where each is published
| Marketplace | ||
|---|---|---|
| Community marketplace adobe/ai-repo-harness-guide | Removed on 2026-10-20 Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 5 Stars (GitHub): 6 Not marked · First seen |
Not listed |
| Community marketplace braddenver/ralph-sandbox | Not listed | Removed on 2026-10-15 Version: 1.0.0 Forks (GitHub): 0 Stars (GitHub): 0 Not marked · First seen |
Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.
The facts side by side
| Fact | repo-harnessno longer listed · | ralph-sandboxno longer listed · |
|---|---|---|
| Marketplaces that list it | 0 | 0 |
| Stars (GitHub) (differs) | 6 | 0 |
| Forks (GitHub) (differs) | 5 | 0 |
| Last release | Not published | Not published |
| Where it runs | Installs as a plugin bundle | Installs as a plugin bundle |
| Transport | Not stated | Not stated |
| Tools it declares | Not published | Not published |
| Environment variables it asks for | Not published | Not published |
| Parts of the bundle (differs) | 2 | 41 |
| Licence (differs) | Apache-2.0 | Not stated |
| Repository (differs) | github.com/adobe/ai-repo-harness-guide | github.com/braddenver/ralph-sandbox |
| Changes in the last 7 days (differs) | 2 | 0 |
| First seen | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-14 |
Lines where the two differ have a tinted background and bold values. No value is marked better or worse: a plugin no marketplace lists any more is shown with its last known data, which we do not rank against current figures.
What to use instead of repo-harness
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Makes a repo agent-ready with AGENTS.md, boundary tests, CI pipeline, and GC scripts based on OpenAI's harness engineering methodology
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Dev-tools — scaffold repos, multi-agent QA review, templatize. Session-handover commands and agent moved to claude-hopper in 1.2.0.
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orbit io.github.constellation-works/orbit
Orbit's local-first task and workflow registry for coding agents.
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instagit io.github.instagitai/instagit
MCP server for Instagit — AI-powered Git repository analysis for coding agents
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Claude Code plugin for GitHub Actions debugging, conversation cloning/half-cloning, context handoffs, and CLAUDE.md review
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Analyze any repository and generate AI-ready configuration — AGENTS.md, copilot-instructions.md, CI workflows, issue templates, and more. Mines your PR review patterns and creates…
What to use instead of ralph-sandbox
Plugins still listed whose own names, descriptions, tools and skills are closest in meaning to it. Comparable, not endorsed.
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Spec-driven Claude Code workflow with verification pipeline. Hooks, slash commands, and verification subagents.
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Structured, artifact-driven development pipeline for Claude Code — plan, implement, review, and ship features with three ceremony tiers. 25 pipeline skills, 14 specialist agents.
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Full-stack engineering ops for Claude Code. One command (/prodmasterai) covers your entire dev lifecycle: orchestrate features into parallel tasks, run 11-phase QA with health…
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Analyze codebases and recommend tailored Claude Code automations such as hooks, skills, MCP servers, and subagents.
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enterprise-harness-engineering
Enterprise-grade AI Agent Skills for software development, DevOps, SRE, security, and product teams.
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AI Dev Kit is a complete plugin-oriented developer workspace for AI coding assistants. It ships everything needed to run professional-grade engineering workflows — TDD, code…
What each says it does
repo-harness
Build, migrate, and audit repository harnesses for AI-assisted coding.
ralph-sandbox
Ralph Sandbox - Autonomous coding loops with Docker AI Sandboxes
How to run each
repo-harness
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
ralph-sandbox
No data for an automatic command: what its marketplaces declare does not say unambiguously how to connect it.
Commands built only from what the marketplaces declare; the full set for every client is on each card.
Tools each declares
Neither one's marketplaces publish a list of tools, so there is nothing to compare.
Settings each asks for
Neither one's marketplaces publish the settings it asks for.
What it can do: repo-harness · What it can do: ralph-sandbox · Compare two other plugins
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