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doctl harness-runtime validate

Generated on 1 Oct 2026 from doctl version v1.177.0

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Usage

doctl harness-runtime validate [<manifest>] [flags]

Description

Check an agents.yaml / JSON manifest client-side without creating a session.

Catches missing agent/spec.runtime.adapter, unknown adapters, reserved env keys, credentials placed in env instead of secrets, conflicting model env keys (MODEL / HARNESS_INFERENCE_MODEL / ANTHROPIC_MODEL), and egress policy shape (unrestricted, host list, or object with allow_hosts / allow_ips / vpc_uuid). The API remains the authoritative validator for the full contract.

Name the manifest as a positional path or with --spec / -f / --file (- reads stdin); with none of these, ./agents.yaml is used when it exists.

Example:

doctl harness-runtime validate            # checks ./agents.yaml
doctl harness-runtime validate agent.yaml

Example

doctl harness-runtime validate ;

Flags

Option	Description
`--help`, `-h`	Help for this command
`--spec`, `-f`	Path to an agent manifest in YAML or JSON (flat or legacy envelope), equivalently given as a positional argument or –file. Defaults to ./agents.yaml when present. Set to “-” to read from stdin.

Command	Description
doctl harness-runtime	Managed Agents Runtime Services (M.A.R.S)

Global Flags

Option	Description
`--access-token`, `-t`	API V2 access token
`--api-url`, `-u`	Override default API endpoint
`--config`, `-c`	Specify a custom config file Default:
`--context`	Specify a custom authentication context name
`--http-retry-max`	Set maximum number of retries for requests that fail with a 429 or 500-level error Default: `5`
`--http-retry-wait-max`	Set the minimum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request Default: `30`
`--http-retry-wait-min`	Set the maximum number of seconds to wait before retrying a failed request Default: `1`
`--interactive`	Enable interactive behavior. Defaults to true if the terminal supports it (default false) Default: `false`
`--output`, `-o`	Desired output format [text\|json] Default: `text`
`--trace`	Show a log of network activity while performing a command Default: `false`
`--verbose`, `-v`	Enable verbose output Default: `false`