Every harness package declares cordis as a peer dependency, so publishing the harness publishes the vendored framework layer too; under the upstream names that publication would squat them on the registry. scripts/rescope-vendor.ts owns the rename: the nine-package mapping, a delimited-token rule that leaves cordis.yml, the Loader's cordis: builtins and vendor directory names alone, per-file exemptions where a name is a directory or an upstream runtime identifier, and the exact edits for sites a token rule cannot express — dot-notation lookups, unquoted manifest keys, a regex literal whose failure would make every Context-merge scan silently find nothing, the vendored-manifest table, and the contracts that told readers vendored packages keep their upstream names. Markdown follows the rename inside every fence, because a fence is code a reader copies or configuration they mount, and in `docs/` prose as well, where a sentence quoting a name teaches something this repository no longer resolves. Prose elsewhere records what was true when it was written, and the same spelling can mean something else: the Python SDK's `cordis` option, or the unvendored `@cordisjs/plugin-http`. `docs/rescope.md` states both names on purpose and is exempt. exactEditState() classifies every exact edit as pending, applied, or invalid. An insertion keeps its anchor and a deletion keeps its remainder, so each side counts the form that survives: a duplicated insertion, a half-applied replacement, and a deletion whose remainder moved are all invalid. The run classifies every edit before writing anything and aborts on the first invalid one, so a disagreement between the mapping and the tree cannot leave a half-rescoped checkout; each write re-reads its file, because two edits can target one. rescope-vendor.spec.ts pins those rejections, and --check asserts the whole post-state from the hygiene gate, so CI owns the invariant. --reverse restores the upstream names, verified as a round trip: reverse, then apply, reproduces this tree byte for byte. docs/rescope.md is the consumer-facing reference: the old-name/new-name table with each package's role, what the rename deliberately leaves alone, the sites callers must change, and the commands to apply, verify, and revert. The Agent Note carries the decision and its consequences. The rename itself lands in the next commit, produced by running the script.
DeepSeek Harness
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DeepSeek Harness (dsh) is an open-source coding agent built on the DeepSeek Harness SDK.
It uses an architecture where everything is a plugin.
Internal testing notice
DeepSeek Harness is under internal testing. Features and interfaces may change.
The internal build uploads all Session Logs by default to help diagnose reported problems. Set DSH_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=1 to disable telemetry. Send feedback through the internal WeChat group.
Install
Clone the repository, then run the installer:
git clone <repo-url>
cd deepseek-harness
scripts/install.sh
The installer requires git and Node ^22.19 || >=24, offers to install pnpm when it is missing, prompts for a DeepSeek API key, builds the required repository artifacts, and launches the Web UI.
The default active checkout is ~/.dsh/source/current, and the launcher is linked into ~/.local/bin. Re-run the installer to update. scripts/install.sh owns alternate locations, update mechanics, and recovery options.
Use DeepSeek Harness
Web UI
For the recommended local interface, choose Web UI when the installer finishes. To start it later, or after updating the active checkout, build the repository and run:
(cd ~/.dsh/source/current && pnpm run build)
dsh web
The path above is the installer's default. If you set DSH_SOURCE or DSH_CURRENT, or reused an existing checkout, replace ~/.dsh/source/current with that checkout path; see scripts/install.sh for details. The Web UI is served at http://127.0.0.1:3080 by default.
Profiles
dsh boots profiles — ordered stacks of plugin-bundle patch layers under your own overrides in $DSH_HOME/profiles/<name>:
dsh --profile web # the browser UI (same as: dsh web)
dsh plugin --profile tui add <package> # install a plugin into a custom profile
dsh --profile tui # boot it
The CLI reference describes profile layout, layer semantics, and config dump commands.
Headless
Run one task, print the final answer, and exit:
dsh run "summarize this workspace"
Automation and SDKs
From a source checkout with DEEPSEEK_API_KEY in the environment or its root .env, start the ACP automation server:
pnpm run demo:acp
The Python SDK drives a bundled JSON-RPC runtime. The examples cover the runnable headless, ACP, JSON-RPC, Code Mode, and self-referential compositions.
Why DeepSeek Harness
Built-in capabilities cover file reading, editing, and search; shell and persistent PTY execution; reusable skills; task tracking, goals, plans, todos, and background tasks; subagents and workflows; sandboxing and approvals; settings and credentials; persistent, resumable, forkable, and queryable sessions; LSP and web access; context compaction; and telemetry. Each composition selects the subset appropriate to its surface. The Web UI includes Plan Mode.
- Everything is a plugin. Models, tools, policies, storage, context management, and interfaces are composable Cordis plugins, so deployments can extend or replace behavior without forking the agent loop. See the architecture for the underlying design.
- Runs are reconstructable. Anything visible to the model is logged in the authoritative session stream; persistence, resume/fork/query, replay, telemetry, and UIs derive from the same events. See the session-log architecture.
- Code Mode (opt-in). It exposes a
run_codetool and a generated TypeScript SDK; only program output re-enters model context. See Code Mode. - Self-referential Cordis tools are opt-in. They let the agent inspect its live runtime and mount or unmount plugins while it runs. See the Cordis tools.
Community
Follow DeepSeek Harness on Twitter for project updates.
Development
Start with the development guide and read the architecture before changing packages.
For agents, follow AGENTS.md.
DeepSeek Harness is currently in internal testing.
License
Third-party dependencies and their licenses are disclosed in THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES.md.