Harness has introduced a new Delegate-first approach to streamline the onboarding process and simplify deployment setup within five minutes for new users of its platform. This method involves installing a Delegate, which acts like a self-hosted runner, connecting infrastructure such as Kubernetes clusters to Harness. Delegates facilitate various tasks including integration with Git repositories, artifactories, cloud providers, and verification services, alongside managing continuous integration and delivery pipelines. The setup requires a Kubernetes cluster with specific hardware and permissions, and involves generating and applying a YAML manifest to create the necessary Kubernetes objects. Once the Delegate is operational, users can proceed to create and manage their pipelines through an intuitive visual editor, further enhancing their software development process.