design-platform.css declared four --dsw-alias-scrollbar-* tokens in both palettes that no rule read, so every scrolling region rendered the user agent's own scrollbar and the dark theme showed a light native bar against dark surfaces. The symptom that surfaced the gap was in the sidebar: the workspace browser's session list is its only scrolling region, and each row's trailing content (the relative timestamp, and the hover action buttons that replace it) is `flex: none` flush against the row's 8px right padding, so an overlaid scrollbar painted on top of the timestamp. ui-theme/styles/scrollbar.css becomes the sole consumer of the four tokens, imported by the web shell's base.css after design-platform.css because it reads that sheet's tokens. The rules sit on `body`, not `html`: the alias tokens are declared on `body`, custom properties inherit only downward, and from `html` they resolve to the guaranteed-invalid value with scrollbar-color computing to `auto`. scrollbar-width and scrollbar-color are declared on `body, body *` rather than inherited, because inheritance would carry the color already substituted at `body` and an elevated surface could not retint its own thumb; scrollbar-width does not inherit at all. Both the standard properties and the ::-webkit-scrollbar pseudo-elements read one indirection pair bound to the l1 tokens, so an elevated surface rebinds that pair to the l2 tokens once and retints both renderings. The command popup, slash menu, model-select panel, and settings panel do so, which gives the l2 tokens their first consumers. WorkspaceBrowser's `.list` declares scrollbar-gutter: stable, keeping the bar beside the rows. `stable` rather than `auto` so the reservation holds when the list is short enough not to scroll: expanding a workspace group would otherwise shift every row sideways at the moment it starts scrolling.
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.
Install
Install dsh with one command:
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/deepseek-harness/deepseek-harness/master/scripts/install.sh | sh
The installer requires git and Node ^22.19 || >=24, offers to install pnpm when it is missing, and prompts for a DeepSeek API key.
The installer keeps every checkout under ~/.dsh/source: the master clone at ~/.dsh/source/master and each install's staging checkout as a git worktree ~/.dsh/source/staging-<timestamp>. The stable symlink ~/.dsh/source/current points at the active staging worktree, and dsh in ~/.local/bin links to current/bin/dsh, so an upgrade repoints one symlink and the dsh on PATH never moves. Re-running the command adds a fresh staging worktree from an updated master and repoints current at it. See scripts/install.sh for alternate install locations and other options.
Use DeepSeek Harness
Web UI
For the recommended local interface, build the frontend after installation and after each update, then start the Web UI. Resolve the running checkout from the dsh launcher so the command holds regardless of which staging worktree is current (the launcher resolves through the stable current symlink):
dsh_bin=$(cd "$(dirname "$(command -v dsh)")" && pwd -P)/$(basename "$(command -v dsh)")
while [ -L "$dsh_bin" ]; do
link=$(readlink "$dsh_bin")
case $link in /*) dsh_bin=$link ;; *) dsh_bin=$(cd "$(dirname "$dsh_bin")" && cd "$(dirname "$link")" && pwd -P)/$(basename "$link") ;; esac
done
dsh_dir=$(cd "$(dirname "$dsh_bin")/.." && pwd -P)
pnpm --dir "$dsh_dir" run build && pnpm --dir "$dsh_dir" run build:web
dsh web
The Web UI is served at http://127.0.0.1:3080 by default.
TUI
Start the full-screen terminal interface:
dsh
Headless
Run one task, print the final answer, and exit:
dsh -p "summarize this workspace"
Why DeepSeek Harness
Built-in capabilities cover file reading, editing, and search; shell execution; reusable skills; task tracking; subagents and workflows; persistent sessions; and context compaction. The TUI also 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.
- 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
pnpm install
pnpm run test:coverage
Start with the development guide and read the architecture before changing packages.
For agents, follow AGENTS.md.
DeepSeek Harness is currently pre-release.