Auto Routing

Auto provider routing

Choose Auto in the chat provider bar and Harness picks the best agent for each message.

Default behavior

• Starting provider: Auto (configurable via harness.defaultAgent).
• When unsure: routes to GitHub Copilot.
• When configured agents are missing: falls back along
  Copilot → Claude → Cursor → Devin → Kiro.

Routing table

Your task	Typical provider
General questions, GitHub/PR work	Copilot
Complex refactors, architecture, algorithms	Claude
API / OAuth / webhooks / integrations	Claude
Multi-file or repo-wide changes	Cursor
“Build it end-to-end” autonomous work	Devin
Spec+Agent mode, AI-DLC, Kiro steering	Kiro

What you see in chat

After you send a message, a banner appears:

Auto → Claude — Complex code, architecture, and deep reasoning → Claude Code

Then the response streams from that provider.

Configure

1. Open Harness → Configuration and set up the agents you want in the rotation.
2. Run Harness: Check getGoat (or harness check getGoat) to see which agents are ready.
3. Optional: set Default agent to auto in workspace settings.

CLI

harness agent:run --agent auto --prompt "integrate Stripe webhooks"

Learn more

Full algorithm and rule list: auto-routing.md in the repository.