The gen-tool-catalog manifest note for dsh-tools still said the SDK section is TypeScript; the SDK language now follows ctx.codeRuntime.language. Reword to "a generated SDK section in the loaded runtime's language" and regenerate docs/tool-catalog.md.
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Tool Schema Catalog
Every model-facing tool a shipped plugin contributes to ctx.tools: the name, description, and JSON-Schema parameters the model receives via the system-prompt assembly. It complements the cordis events & services catalogs (the wiring a plugin listens to and calls) and core-data-structures/ (the types those signatures move) — this page is the tools the agent is offered.
This file is GENERATED and verified fresh by pnpm run verify-tool-catalog (part of doc-sync) — do not edit it by hand. Unlike the cordis catalog (a pure source-AST pass), this generator BOOTS each tool plugin on a real context and reads ctx.tools.schemas(), because a tool schema is not statically knowable (runtime-spread enums, concatenated descriptions, config-driven names, raw-JSON-Schema MCP tools). A completeness guard globs packages/*/tool-* and fails if any package is missing from the generator's boot manifest, so a new tool cannot be silently undocumented. See the tool-schema-catalog Agent Note.
Scope: shipped product tools under packages/*/tool-*, each booted with its DEFAULT config. The registered tool NAME can be a load-time config (e.g. tool-subagent's toolName), so a deployment may surface a package under a different or additional name — a per-package note records those shipped aliases where they exist. The examples/ demo tools (e.g. echo) are excluded, matching the cordis catalog's packages-only scope.
Tool Package Map
This table connects model-visible tool names to the plugin package and service seams behind them. Exact JSON Schemas follow in the package sections below.
| Tool package | Model-visible names | Requires | Writes / affects | Shipped aliases | Deployment note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-ask-user |
ask_user_question |
ctx.tools, ctx.userInteraction |
tool/call, tool/result after a UI/provider answers the question |
- | ask_user_question pauses the tool call until the active UI provider returns a human answer. |
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tools |
run_code |
ctx.tools, ctx.codeRuntime (execution time), ctx.systemPrompt |
tool/call, one tool/code-dispatch-start + tool/code-dispatch pair per bridged sub-call, tool/result |
- | Owned by the tool registry as a reserved transport outside filterable capability layers under mode: code / mode: both (see the Code Mode Agent Note). Under code it is the registry's only wire contribution; the other visible capabilities are declared in a generated SDK section in the loaded runtime's language, and a program calls them through bindings scheduled under the native concurrency contract (submission-ordered starts and policy; concurrency-safe bodies overlap up to maxParallelSubCalls) that re-enter the complete guarded tool pipeline and link each nested execution to this outer result. |
@deepseek-ai/dsh-plan-mode |
exit_plan_mode |
ctx.tools, ctx.systemPrompt, ctx.userInteraction (execution time, opportunistic) |
tool/call, plan/mode inactive on an approved review, tool/result |
- | exit_plan_mode stays in the model-facing schema while planning is inactive so transitions add no tool-catalog churn on top of the plan-policy change. Its execute path rejects calls outside plan mode; in plan mode it presents the plan over the user-interaction seam (approve / keep planning with feedback), and approval logs plan mode inactive at the step boundary. |
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-bash |
bash |
ctx.tools, ctx.bash, ctx.tasks at call time for run_in_background |
tool/call, tool/result |
- | The bash tool is the model-facing consumer of the bash executor seam. A run_in_background run registers with the generic ctx.tasks runtime and is collected/stopped through the task_* tools from @deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-tasks; the enableRunInBackground config (default true) removes the parameter entirely when disabled. |
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-cordis |
cordis_inspect, cordis_mount, cordis_unmount |
ctx.tools |
tool/call, tool/result, process-local temporary Plugin lifecycle |
- | Not in any shipped tree (a deliberate opt-in — temporary Plugin code reaches the real runtime, see .agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-08-self-referential-cordis-toolset.md). Plugins created by cordis_mount may register ADDITIONAL model-visible tools until unmounted or DSH restarts; a full changed request header logs those tool-set changes. |
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-bash-persistent |
bash |
ctx.tools, ctx.pty, an owning Agent at execution time |
tool/call, PTY shell state, tool/result |
- | One owner-isolated persistent bash tool; deployment composition supplies the PTY backend and may override the model-facing environment description. |
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-str-replace-editor |
str_replace_editor |
ctx.tools, ctx.fs |
tool/call, fs/observed after successful file operations, tool/result |
- | Standalone view/create/unique literal replace/line insert tool over the filesystem seam; it composes with any shell or terminal surface. |
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-fs |
edit, read, write |
ctx.tools, ctx.fs, ctx.systemPrompt |
tool/call, fs/write-intent or fs/edit-intent for mutations, fs/observed after successful file operations, tool/result |
- | The read-before-write/edit policy is added by @deepseek-ai/dsh-fs-policy (an fs/* event-gate plugin, no schema change); a deployment that loads these tools is expected to also load it. The tool schemas above are identical with or without the policy plugin. |
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-fs-search |
glob, grep |
ctx.tools, ctx.bash, ctx.systemPrompt |
tool/call, tool/result |
- | glob and grep are conditional bash-backed discovery tools: they register only when ctx.bash can find rg, then run fixed ripgrep commands through ctx.bash as ordinary foreground calls (never background tasks). The catalog uses sampleOverCapGlobResults: true; deployments must choose that behavior explicitly. Capped results save the complete formatted list through the optional ctx.spillStore backend; returned locators are follow-up-readable/searchable when the backend exposes local paths in co-located deployments. |
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-pty |
terminal_close, terminal_list, terminal_open, terminal_read, terminal_send, terminal_signal |
ctx.tools, ctx.pty, ctx.systemPrompt, ctx.tasks at call time for run_in_background |
tool/call, tool/result |
- | The six terminal tools are opt-in and complement one-shot bash/filesystem tools. terminal_send(run_in_background: true) registers with ctx.tasks; TUI, named key sequences, BEL, resize, auto-start, and cross-agent sharing are absent from the schema. |
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-goal |
create_goal, get_goal, update_goal |
ctx.tools, ctx.agents, ctx.goals, ctx.systemPrompt, a calling Agent in an authorized open turn |
tool/call, user/message goal snapshot for mutations, tool/result |
- | create, edit, pause, and resume require direct-human root authority; complete and blocked also accept the exact current goal round. The default blocked lower bound is three admitted rounds. |
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-lsp |
lsp |
ctx.tools, ctx.lsp, ctx.systemPrompt |
tool/call, tool/result |
- | The lsp tool keeps provider selection and language-server subprocesses behind ctx.lsp, so its model-visible schema stays stable across providers. Requires a registered provider (e.g. @deepseek-ai/dsh-lsp-local) at runtime; without one, a query returns the structured LSP_UNAVAILABLE error rather than changing the schema. |
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-ralph |
ralph |
ctx.tools, ctx.workflows, ctx.subagents, ctx.systemPrompt, a calling Agent (exec.agent parents every fresh round) |
tool/call, tool/result, workflow and child session events during execution |
- | A fixed foreground workflow starts one fresh structured child per round; the model selects only the immutable objective and an optional round cap. |
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-skill |
skill |
ctx.tools, ctx.agents, ctx.skills |
tool/call, tool/result, user/message replacement catalogs via agent.inject() |
- | - |
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-session-query |
session_event_read, session_event_search, session_event_trace, session_search, session_trace |
ctx.tools, ctx.systemPrompt, ctx.sessionQuery, a calling Agent for workspace authority |
tool/call, tool/result |
- | The five read-only tools hide provider cursors and authorize every result from the immutable calling agent session. The package is opt-in; compositions that need enforced deadlines or bounded inline output also mount the generic timeout or spill policies. |
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent |
subagent |
ctx.tools, ctx.subagents |
tool/call, tool/result, child session events through the chosen provider |
subagent, subagent_fork |
The registered tool name is the load-time toolName config (default subagent); the schema above is that default. The shipped example agents load this package once per subagent backend, so the model additionally sees subagent_fork (bound to the fork backend) with an identical schema — see apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml and examples/acp-agent/cordis.yml. |
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-tasks |
task_kill, task_list, task_output |
ctx.tools, ctx.tasks, ctx.systemPrompt |
tool/call, tool/result, user/message via agent.inject() for background completion notices |
- | The kind-agnostic background-task control surface: background bash commands, PTY sends, and subagents are read, listed, and killed through the same three tools. Loading the plugin attaches the control surface that arms producers' ctx.tasks.start(). |
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-todo |
todo_write |
ctx.tools, owning Agent session |
tool/call, todo/write, tool/result |
- | todo_write is session-owned state; UIs render the latest todo/write event as a checklist. |
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-workflow |
workflow |
ctx.tools, ctx.workflows, ctx.systemPrompt, a calling Agent (exec.agent parents the script children) |
tool/call, tool/result |
- | - |
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-web |
web_fetch, web_search |
ctx.tools, ctx.web, ctx.systemPrompt |
tool/call, tool/result |
- | web_search and web_fetch keep provider selection behind ctx.web so model-visible schemas stay stable across backend swaps. |
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-ask-user
ask_user_question
Ask the user a concise question when you need confirmation, a choice, or missing information before proceeding. Send one or more questions, each with a stable id that will be echoed in the answer.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"questions": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Questions to ask the user before continuing.",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": true,
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Stable id for this question; echoed in the answer."
},
"question": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The specific question to ask the user."
},
"header": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional short heading for the question, such as \"Confirm\" or \"Choose Mode\"."
},
"options": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Optional choices to show the user. If you recommend one, put it first and append \"(Recommended)\" to that label.",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": true,
"properties": {
"label": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Short user-facing option label."
},
"description": {
"type": "string",
"description": "One sentence explaining the tradeoff or impact."
}
},
"required": [
"label"
]
}
},
"multi_select": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Whether the user may select more than one option. Defaults to false."
}
},
"required": [
"id",
"question"
]
}
}
},
"required": [
"questions"
]
}
Source: packages/ui/tool-ask-user/src/index.ts
ask_user_question pauses the tool call until the active UI provider returns a human answer.
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tools
run_code
Execute a TypeScript program against the available tools. Write the BODY of an async function (erasable syntax only; top-level await and return work) and call tools as await tools.name(args) per the declarations in the system prompt. Only what you print or return comes back — curate it.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"code": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The program: the body of an async TypeScript function."
},
"description": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Clear, concise description of what this program does in active voice, 5-10 words (shown in the UI). Examples: \"Count TODO markers across packages\"; \"Read failing test and its fixture\"; \"Rename config key in every cordis.yml\"."
}
},
"required": [
"code",
"description"
]
}
Source: packages/core/tools/src/code-mode.ts
Owned by the tool registry as a reserved transport outside filterable capability layers under mode: code / mode: both (see the Code Mode Agent Note). Under code it is the registry's only wire contribution; the other visible capabilities are declared in a generated SDK section in the loaded runtime's language, and a program calls them through bindings scheduled under the native concurrency contract (submission-ordered starts and policy; concurrency-safe bodies overlap up to maxParallelSubCalls) that re-enter the complete guarded tool pipeline and link each nested execution to this outer result.
@deepseek-ai/dsh-plan-mode
exit_plan_mode
Use only in plan mode. Present your plan for the user's review and, on approval, leave plan mode. Send the COMPLETE plan as markdown, starting with a # heading that names it. The user may approve (carry out the plan from your next step) or keep planning — their feedback comes back in the tool result; revise and present again.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"plan": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The complete plan, as markdown, starting with a # heading that names it."
}
},
"required": [
"plan"
]
}
Source: packages/plan/plan-mode/src/index.ts
exit_plan_mode stays in the model-facing schema while planning is inactive so transitions add no tool-catalog churn on top of the plan-policy change. Its execute path rejects calls outside plan mode; in plan mode it presents the plan over the user-interaction seam (approve / keep planning with feedback), and approval logs plan mode inactive at the step boundary.
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-bash
bash
Execute a bash command (bash -c) and return its stdout/stderr. Each call runs in a fresh shell: no state (cwd, variables, functions) persists between calls — pass workdir instead of using cd. Non-zero exits are reported as [exit code: N]. Current harness environment facts are exposed through managed $DSH_* variables; inspect them when needed. Commands may run under a file sandbox; a blocked file operation is reported as [sandbox: file access denied under <mode> mode] — a policy denial, not a bug in the command; do not retry another way. Long output is truncated to its tail; the full output is saved to a file whose path is reported when available. Set run_in_background: true for long-running commands: the call returns a task id immediately; read its output with task_output and stop it with task_kill.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"command": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The bash command to execute."
},
"description": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Clear, concise description of what this command does in active voice, 5-10 words (shown in the UI). Examples: \"ls\" → \"List files in current directory\"; \"git status\" → \"Show working tree status\"; \"npm install\" → \"Install package dependencies\"."
},
"timeoutMs": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Timeout in milliseconds. The executor applies its configured default and cap, and kills the command on expiry."
},
"workdir": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Working directory for this command. Defaults to the session workspace; a relative path is resolved against it."
},
"run_in_background": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Run in the background and return a task id immediately (collect with task_output, stop with task_kill). No timeout applies."
}
},
"required": [
"command",
"description"
]
}
Source: packages/bash/tool-bash/src/index.ts
The bash tool is the model-facing consumer of the bash executor seam. A run_in_background run registers with the generic ctx.tasks runtime and is collected/stopped through the task_* tools from @deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-tasks; the enableRunInBackground config (default true) removes the parameter entirely when disabled.
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-cordis
cordis_inspect
Inspect the live Cordis runtime in the current DSH process. Read-only. Sections: services (every provided ctx service and the plugin fiber that owns it), plugins (all live plugin fibers with their lifecycle states), tools (the model-facing tools currently registered, i.e. what you can call), temporary (only temporary Plugins created by cordis_mount: id, name, state, provided services, awaited services, and lifetime), api (method signatures AND argument/return type shapes for every LIVE service — read this before writing plugin code that calls a service), events (every harness event with its dispatch mode and exact signature — pick listener targets here). Temporary Plugins exist only in memory, remain active across later turns, and disappear after cordis_unmount, toolset unload, or DSH restart; they are not restored automatically. The temporary section is a subset of plugins. Omit what to get all six sections. With what:"api" or what:"events", pass an exact name to narrow to one service/event and include its original source JSDoc.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"what": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Limit the report to one section. Omit for all sections.",
"enum": [
"services",
"plugins",
"tools",
"temporary",
"api",
"events"
]
},
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Exact service key or event name whose original JSDoc to include; valid only with what:\"api\" or what:\"events\"."
}
}
}
Source: packages/cordis/tool-cordis/src/index.ts
cordis_mount
Mount a temporary Cordis Plugin in the current DSH process. This creates an in-memory runtime Plugin, not an installed or configured Plugin. It remains active across later turns until cordis_unmount, toolset unload, or DSH restart. It does not create files, install a package, change cordis.yml or personal/project config, survive restart, or automatically become permanent. To keep it, ask the Agent to implement a normal local, project, or repository Plugin through the regular development workflow. It may affect other sessions in the same process; the sandbox is not a security boundary, and injected services reach the real runtime. code runs now as the body of an async JavaScript function in an isolated sandbox and MUST return a plugin. Two forms: FUNCTION form return (ctx) => { … } — declares no inject, so it can register tools, listen to events, and provide services, but reaching ANY service (e.g. ctx.bash) throws; use it only when you need no services. OBJECT form return { name?, inject: ['bash', 'llm', …], apply(ctx) { … } } — declares dependencies, and cordis activates the plugin only after the services exist; PREFER this form. You may reach ONLY the services you list in inject: an undeclared service throws even if it exists, because an undeclared dependency would not be cleaned up if its provider is unmounted. BEFORE calling a service from your code, read cordis_inspect what:"api" — it lists method signatures AND the type shapes of their arguments/returns (do not guess a field's type; e.g. a bash run's stdout is an object, not a string). Inside apply, use the standard cordis API: ctx.on(event, listener) to observe events (see cordis_inspect what:"events"), or call harness.registerTool(ctx, harness.defineTool({ name, description, parameters: { text: { type: 'string', required: true } }, output: { schema: { type: 'string' }, render(_args, value) { return [{ type: 'text', text: value }] } }, async execute(args) { return args.text } })) to give yourself a new tool — it becomes callable on your NEXT step. Tool parameters: each key IS a property — { type: 'string'|'number'|'integer'|'boolean'|'null'|'object'|'array'|'json', required?: true, description?, enum?, const?, items?, properties? }; every direct DSL object declares additionalProperties: true|false, and oneOf: [schema, schema, ...] replaces type for an exact-one union. A raw JSON-Schema { type: 'object', properties, required?: […] } wrapper is also accepted with open-by-default objects. A tool's execute MUST return the lossless JSON value declared by output.schema; output.render(args, value) separately returns Native/model content blocks. Temporary Plugins can COMPOSE: one Plugin may ctx.provide('name', value) a service and another may declare inject: ['name'] to consume it — the consumer stays pending until the provider exists and returns to pending when the provider is unmounted. Everything registered inside apply is cleaned up automatically by cordis_unmount. Sandbox globals: console (tagged [cordis:<id>], writes through to the harness terminal), harness.defineTool, harness.registerTool, btoa, atob, TextEncoder, TextDecoder. Node APIs are DISABLED — do filesystem/network/timer work through the cordis services, never Node built-ins: require, setTimeout/setInterval, and fetch throw redirect errors; process and Buffer are undefined. Instead use inject: ['fs'] + ctx.fs for files, inject: ['web'] + ctx.web for HTTP, inject: ['bash'] + ctx.bash for processes, and inject: ['timer'] + ctx.setTimeout/ctx.setInterval for timing (fiber effects, auto-cleaned when unmounted) — cordis_inspect what:"api" shows what THIS runtime provides. Write PLAIN JavaScript, not TypeScript (no as, no type annotations). Cautions: (1) waterfall events (e.g. tools/pre-execute) hand the listener a trailing next callback which MUST be called — returning without next() VETOES the call; prefer plain notification events unless you intend to intercept. (2) Never await something that only resolves after the current turn (your code runs INSIDE a tool call of that turn — it would deadlock). (3) Your ctx is a restricted façade: you can register tools, observe events, provide/consume services, and use timers, but framework internals (ctx.root, ctx.fiber, ctx.extend, ctx.plugin, …) are withheld. It is not a security boundary though — the services you inject (e.g. ctx.bash) reach the real runtime.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"code": {
"type": "string",
"description": "JavaScript body returning a temporary Plugin; evaluated now and saved nowhere."
}
},
"required": [
"code"
]
}
Source: packages/cordis/tool-cordis/src/index.ts
cordis_unmount
Unmount a current-process temporary Plugin created by cordis_mount. Waits for its tools, listeners, services, timers, and other owned effects to clean up completely. Only dyn-N temporary ids are accepted; this cannot remove Loader, configured, or installed Plugins.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The temporary Plugin id returned by cordis_mount (for example \"dyn-1\"); valid only in this process and invalid after unmount or restart."
}
},
"required": [
"id"
]
}
Source: packages/cordis/tool-cordis/src/index.ts
Not in any shipped tree (a deliberate opt-in — temporary Plugin code reaches the real runtime, see .agents/notes/implemented/feature/2026-07-08-self-referential-cordis-toolset.md). Plugins created by cordis_mount may register ADDITIONAL model-visible tools until unmounted or DSH restarts; a full changed request header logs those tool-set changes.
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-bash-persistent
bash
Run commands in a persistent bash shell. State, including the current directory and exported environment variables, persists across calls for this agent.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"command": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The bash command to run. Relative path is preferred in the command."
}
},
"required": [
"command"
]
}
Source: packages/pty/tool-bash-persistent/src/index.ts
One owner-isolated persistent bash tool; deployment composition supplies the PTY backend and may override the model-facing environment description.
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-str-replace-editor
str_replace_editor
Custom editing tool for viewing, creating and editing files
- State is persistent across command calls and discussions with the user
- If
pathis a file,viewdisplays the result of applyingcat -n. Ifpathis a directory,viewlists non-hidden files and directories up to 2 levels deep - The
createcommand cannot be used if the specifiedpathalready exists as a file - If a
commandgenerates a long output, it will be truncated and marked with<response clipped>
Notes for using the str_replace command:
- The
old_strparameter should match EXACTLY one or more consecutive lines from the original file. Be mindful of whitespaces! - If the
old_strparameter is not unique in the file, the replacement will not be performed. Make sure to include enough context inold_strto make it unique - The
new_strparameter should contain the edited lines that should replace theold_str
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"command": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The commands to run. Allowed options are: `view`, `create`, `str_replace`, `insert`.",
"enum": [
"view",
"create",
"str_replace",
"insert"
]
},
"path": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Absolute path to file or directory, e.g. `/repo/file.py` or `/repo`."
},
"file_text": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Required parameter of `create` command, with the content of the file to be created."
},
"insert_line": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Required parameter of `insert` command. The `new_str` will be inserted AFTER the line `insert_line` of `path`."
},
"new_str": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional parameter of `str_replace` command containing the new string (if not given, no string will be added). Required parameter of `insert` command containing the string to insert."
},
"old_str": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Required parameter of `str_replace` command containing the string in `path` to replace."
},
"view_range": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Optional parameter of `view` command when `path` points to a file. If none is given, the full file is shown. If provided, the file will be shown in the indicated line number range, e.g. [11, 12] will show lines 11 and 12. Indexing at 1 to start. Setting `[start_line, -1]` shows all lines from `start_line` to the end of the file.",
"items": {
"type": "integer"
}
}
},
"required": [
"command",
"path"
]
}
Source: packages/fs/tool-str-replace-editor/src/index.ts
Standalone view/create/unique literal replace/line insert tool over the filesystem seam; it composes with any shell or terminal surface.
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-fs
edit
Edit an existing UTF-8 text file by replacing literal text.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"file_path": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Path to edit, resolved by the filesystem backend."
},
"old_string": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Literal text to replace. Must match exactly."
},
"new_string": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Literal replacement text. Use an empty string to delete the match."
},
"replace_all": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Replace all matches. Defaults to false; when false, old_string must appear exactly once."
}
},
"required": [
"file_path",
"old_string",
"new_string"
]
}
Source: packages/fs/tool-fs/src/index.ts
read
Read a UTF-8 text file and return line-numbered content.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"file_path": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Path to read, resolved by the filesystem backend."
},
"offset": {
"type": "number",
"description": "1-based first line to return. Defaults to 1."
},
"limit": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Maximum number of lines to return. Defaults to 2000."
}
},
"required": [
"file_path"
]
}
Source: packages/fs/tool-fs/src/index.ts
write
Create or fully replace a UTF-8 text file.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"file_path": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Path to write, resolved by the filesystem backend."
},
"content": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Full UTF-8 text content to write."
}
},
"required": [
"file_path",
"content"
]
}
Source: packages/fs/tool-fs/src/index.ts
The read-before-write/edit policy is added by @deepseek-ai/dsh-fs-policy (an fs/* event-gate plugin, no schema change); a deployment that loads these tools is expected to also load it. The tool schemas above are identical with or without the policy plugin.
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-fs-search
glob
Find files whose paths match a glob pattern. Returns matching file paths — never directories — including hidden and ignored files (VCS metadata directories are excluded). Up to 100 paths come back in modification-time order; a larger result instead returns 100 paths sampled across top-level entries, says so, and reports where the complete sorted list was saved. This tool does not enumerate directory entries.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"pattern": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Glob pattern to match file paths against (e.g. \"**/*.ts\", \"src/**/*.test.js\"). A pattern with no \"/\" matches the basename at any depth, so \"*\" and \"*.ts\" both search the whole tree; include a separator to anchor the depth."
},
"path": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Directory to search in. Defaults to the session workspace; a relative path resolves against it."
}
},
"required": [
"pattern"
]
}
Source: packages/fs/tool-fs-search/src/index.ts
grep
Search file contents with a ripgrep regular expression. Returns matching lines with line numbers, grouped by file. Returns the first 250 matches inline; a capped result reports where the complete match list was saved. Use read on a matched file for surrounding context.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"pattern": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Regular expression to search for (ripgrep syntax)."
},
"path": {
"type": "string",
"description": "File or directory to search. Defaults to the session workspace; a relative path resolves against it."
},
"include": {
"type": "string",
"description": "One glob filter for which files to search (e.g. \"*.ts\", \"*.{js,jsx}\"). Not a list; negation is not supported."
}
},
"required": [
"pattern"
]
}
Source: packages/fs/tool-fs-search/src/index.ts
glob and grep are conditional bash-backed discovery tools: they register only when ctx.bash can find rg, then run fixed ripgrep commands through ctx.bash as ordinary foreground calls (never background tasks). The catalog uses sampleOverCapGlobResults: true; deployments must choose that behavior explicitly. Capped results save the complete formatted list through the optional ctx.spillStore backend; returned locators are follow-up-readable/searchable when the backend exposes local paths in co-located deployments.
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-pty
terminal_close
Close one persistent terminal and wait until its captured owned process tree is gone.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"sessionId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Terminal session id."
}
},
"required": [
"sessionId"
]
}
Source: packages/pty/tool-pty/src/index.ts
terminal_list
List persistent terminal sessions owned by the current agent.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {}
}
Source: packages/pty/tool-pty/src/index.ts
terminal_open
Create a persistent, owner-isolated terminal session from a registered backend type. Use this for shell or REPL state that must survive across tool calls.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Registered terminal backend type, usually \"shell\"."
},
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional owner-local display name such as \"main\" or \"gdb\"."
},
"cwd": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Initial working directory. Defaults to the deployment workspace root."
}
},
"required": [
"type"
]
}
Source: packages/pty/tool-pty/src/index.ts
terminal_read
Read a bounded page of retained output from a persistent terminal without sending input.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"sessionId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Terminal session id."
},
"offset": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Newest-relative line offset (default 0)."
},
"count": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Requested line count (default 500; backend caps apply)."
}
},
"required": [
"sessionId"
]
}
Source: packages/pty/tool-pty/src/index.ts
terminal_send
Send text to a persistent terminal. By default Enter is submitted and the call waits for a prompt, stdin wait, output silence, timeout, or session exit. Background mode returns a task id for task_output/task_kill.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"sessionId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Terminal session id returned by terminal_open or terminal_list."
},
"text": {
"type": "string",
"description": "UTF-8 text to write to the terminal."
},
"submit": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Submit Enter after text (default true). Set false for control characters or incomplete REPL input."
},
"run_in_background": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Return a task id immediately; collect with task_output or stop with task_kill."
}
},
"required": [
"sessionId",
"text"
]
}
Source: packages/pty/tool-pty/src/index.ts
terminal_signal
Send an allowed signal to the current foreground process group of a persistent terminal.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"sessionId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Terminal session id."
},
"signal": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Signal to deliver. Shell-targeted SIGKILL is rejected; use terminal_close.",
"enum": [
"SIGINT",
"SIGTERM",
"SIGKILL",
"SIGTSTP",
"SIGHUP"
]
}
},
"required": [
"sessionId",
"signal"
]
}
Source: packages/pty/tool-pty/src/index.ts
The six terminal tools are opt-in and complement one-shot bash/filesystem tools. terminal_send(run_in_background: true) registers with ctx.tasks; TUI, named key sequences, BEL, resize, auto-start, and cross-agent sharing are absent from the schema.
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-goal
create_goal
Create one persisted same-session completion goal when the current direct human request is a long-running objective that should continue across autonomous goal rounds. You may infer that intent without requiring the user to say "create a goal". Do not use this for trivial single-turn work. Execution rejects non-human and subagent authority.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"objective": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The concrete completion objective inferred from the direct human request."
},
"max_goal_rounds": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Optional positive safe-integer limit on automatic continuation rounds."
}
},
"required": [
"objective"
]
}
Source: packages/goal/tool-goal/src/index.ts
get_goal
Read the current same-session goal, including its exact id/revision, objective, phase, completed continuation rounds, round limit, blocker reason when present, and whether another continuation is armed. Call this before updating a goal.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {}
}
Source: packages/goal/tool-goal/src/index.ts
update_goal
Update the exact current goal revision. edit, pause, and resume require a direct top-level human request. During an automatic continuation of the current goal, complete and blocked are also allowed. blocked is rejected before the configured minimum round count; the model remains responsible for judging that the same condition persisted across those rounds and must explain it in blocked_reason.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"goal_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Exact id returned by get_goal."
},
"revision": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Exact positive revision returned by get_goal."
},
"action": {
"type": "string",
"description": "edit | pause | resume | complete | blocked",
"enum": [
"edit",
"pause",
"resume",
"complete",
"blocked"
]
},
"objective": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Replacement objective; valid only with action edit."
},
"max_goal_rounds": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Replacement cap; valid only with action edit."
},
"blocked_reason": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Concrete blocking condition; required only with action blocked."
}
},
"required": [
"goal_id",
"revision",
"action"
]
}
Source: packages/goal/tool-goal/src/index.ts
create, edit, pause, and resume require direct-human root authority; complete and blocked also accept the exact current goal round. The default blocked lower bound is three admitted rounds.
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-lsp
lsp
Query a language server for precise code navigation. operation is one of goToDefinition, findReferences, goToImplementation, hover. line and character are one-based UTF-16 cursor coordinates. findReferences includes the declaration.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"operation": {
"type": "string",
"description": "goToDefinition, findReferences, goToImplementation, or hover.",
"enum": [
"goToDefinition",
"findReferences",
"goToImplementation",
"hover"
]
},
"file_path": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The source file to query, relative to the workspace or absolute."
},
"line": {
"type": "number",
"description": "One-based line of the cursor."
},
"character": {
"type": "number",
"description": "One-based UTF-16 column of the cursor."
}
},
"required": [
"operation",
"file_path",
"line",
"character"
]
}
Source: packages/lsp/tool-lsp/src/index.ts
The lsp tool keeps provider selection and language-server subprocesses behind ctx.lsp, so its model-visible schema stays stable across providers. Requires a registered provider (e.g. @deepseek-ai/dsh-lsp-local) at runtime; without one, a query returns the structured LSP_UNAVAILABLE error rather than changing the schema.
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-ralph
ralph
Run a foreground fresh-agent Ralph loop toward one immutable objective. Use only when the direct human explicitly asks for Ralph or fresh-agent iteration. Each round opens a new child with no parent conversation or prior child session; the shared workspace is long-term memory, and only a bounded structured report crosses rounds. The call returns when a worker reports completion or a concrete blocker, or at the round limit. Ordinary long-running same-session work belongs to goal tools.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"objective": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The immutable completion objective for every fresh Ralph round."
},
"maxRounds": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Optional positive safe-integer round cap, bounded by the deployment ceiling."
}
},
"required": [
"objective"
]
}
Source: packages/workflow/tool-ralph/src/index.ts
A fixed foreground workflow starts one fresh structured child per round; the model selects only the immutable objective and an optional round cap.
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-skill
skill
Load the full instructions for an available skill. Call this with the exact skill name from the session skill catalog before acting on a task that names or clearly matches that skill.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The exact skill name from the available skills list."
}
},
"required": [
"name"
]
}
Source: packages/skill/tool-skill/src/index.ts
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-session-query
session_event_read
Read one full unabridged event and optional neighboring raw-event summaries from an authorized session.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"session_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Target session id. Omit for the current session."
},
"seq": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Target event sequence number."
},
"before": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Number of preceding raw events to summarize. Omit for none."
},
"after": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Number of following raw events to summarize. Omit for none."
}
},
"required": [
"seq"
]
}
Source: packages/session-query/tool-session-query/src/index.ts
session_event_search
Search prior events in one authorized session; the current session excludes the step performing this call.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"session_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Target session id. Omit for the current session."
},
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Literal full-text query over the target session."
},
"seq_from": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Inclusive event sequence lower bound."
},
"seq_to": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Inclusive event sequence upper bound."
},
"time_from": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Inclusive timezone-qualified ISO 8601 event-time lower bound."
},
"time_to": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Inclusive timezone-qualified ISO 8601 event-time upper bound."
},
"event_types": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Event types to include.",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"surfaces": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Event surfaces to include.",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"current",
"shadowed",
"log-only"
]
}
}
},
"required": [
"query"
]
}
Source: packages/session-query/tool-session-query/src/index.ts
session_event_trace
Read every direct replacement and provenance relationship for one event in an authorized session.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"session_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Target session id. Omit for the current session."
},
"seq": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Target event sequence number."
}
},
"required": [
"seq"
]
}
Source: packages/session-query/tool-session-query/src/index.ts
session_search
Search prior sessions in the caller workspace and return the strongest matching event from each session.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Literal full-text query over prior session history."
},
"session_ids": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Optional session ids to include.",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"created_at_from": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Inclusive timezone-qualified ISO 8601 creation-time lower bound."
},
"created_at_to": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Inclusive timezone-qualified ISO 8601 creation-time upper bound."
},
"parent_session_ids": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Optional direct parent session ids.",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"include_root_sessions": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Include sessions with no parent in the parent filter."
},
"availability": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Require at least one selected source availability.",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"live",
"persisted"
]
}
},
"event_seq_from": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Inclusive event sequence lower bound."
},
"event_seq_to": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Inclusive event sequence upper bound."
},
"event_time_from": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Inclusive timezone-qualified ISO 8601 event-time lower bound."
},
"event_time_to": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Inclusive timezone-qualified ISO 8601 event-time upper bound."
},
"event_types": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Event types to include.",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"event_surfaces": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Event surfaces to include.",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"current",
"shadowed",
"log-only"
]
}
}
},
"required": [
"query"
]
}
Source: packages/session-query/tool-session-query/src/index.ts
session_trace
Read the authorized session lineage around one session, including complete visible ancestor and descendant relationships.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"session_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Target session id. Omit for the current session."
}
}
}
Source: packages/session-query/tool-session-query/src/index.ts
The five read-only tools hide provider cursors and authorize every result from the immutable calling agent session. The package is opt-in; compositions that need enforced deadlines or bounded inline output also mount the generic timeout or spill policies.
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-subagent
subagent
Delegate a self-contained task to a subagent (a separate agent that works in its own context) and return its final result. Use this to offload focused, independent work — research, a scoped implementation, an analysis — so it does not consume this conversation's context. The subagent runs to completion and you receive only its final answer, not its intermediate steps. Give it a complete, standalone prompt: it does not see this conversation. Set run_in_background: true to return a task id; collect with task_output and stop with task_kill.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"description": {
"type": "string",
"description": "A short (3-5 word) description of the delegated task, for display."
},
"prompt": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The complete, self-contained task for the subagent. It does not share this conversation's context, so include everything it needs."
},
"run_in_background": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Run as a background task and return its id; collect with task_output or stop with task_kill."
}
},
"required": [
"description",
"prompt"
]
}
Source: packages/subagent/tool-subagent/src/index.ts
The registered tool name is the load-time toolName config (default subagent); the schema above is that default. The shipped example agents load this package once per subagent backend, so the model additionally sees subagent_fork (bound to the fork backend) with an identical schema — see apps/cli/config/base.cordis.yml and examples/acp-agent/cordis.yml.
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-tasks
task_kill
Request cancellation of a running background task by task id. Returns immediately; the task settles as killed once its work actually stops.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"task_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Task id returned by the tool that started the background work."
},
"reason": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional short reason, recorded in the log and forwarded to the task."
}
},
"required": [
"task_id"
]
}
Source: packages/tasks/tool-tasks/src/index.ts
task_list
List your background tasks (running and finished) with their ids, kinds, and statuses.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {}
}
Source: packages/tasks/tool-tasks/src/index.ts
task_output
Read a background task. Stream tasks return only output since the previous read; final-output tasks return their result after settlement. Every response ends with [status: ...]. Reads are non-blocking unless wait: true, which waits up to the configured cap.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"task_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Task id returned by the tool that started the background work."
},
"wait": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Block until the task reaches a terminal status or the timeout expires. A timed-out wait returns [status: running] and leaves the task alive."
},
"timeout_ms": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Max wait in milliseconds (only meaningful with wait: true). Defaults to the configured wait timeout; capped by the configured maximum."
}
},
"required": [
"task_id"
]
}
Source: packages/tasks/tool-tasks/src/index.ts
The kind-agnostic background-task control surface: background bash commands, PTY sends, and subagents are read, listed, and killed through the same three tools. Loading the plugin attaches the control surface that arms producers' ctx.tasks.start().
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-todo
todo_write
Record and update a structured task list for the current work. Send the ENTIRE list every call — it REPLACES the previous list (there are no partial updates, no per-item edits). Use it to plan multi-step work and show progress: add one todo per concrete step before you start. Keep AT MOST ONE todo in_progress at a time; while work remains, exactly one active task should be in_progress. Mark a todo completed the moment it is done (do not batch completions), and allow no in_progress item only once all work is complete. Skip the list for trivial single-step tasks. Statuses: pending (not started), in_progress (being worked on now), completed (finished).
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"todos": {
"type": "array",
"description": "The COMPLETE task list, replacing any previous list.",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"content": {
"type": "string",
"description": "What the task is — a short imperative line."
},
"status": {
"type": "string",
"description": "pending (not started) | in_progress (now) | completed (done).",
"enum": [
"pending",
"in_progress",
"completed"
]
}
},
"required": [
"content",
"status"
]
}
}
},
"required": [
"todos"
]
}
Source: packages/todo/tool-todo/src/index.ts
todo_write is session-owned state; UIs render the latest todo/write event as a checklist.
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-workflow
workflow
Run a JavaScript workflow script that orchestrates subagents at scale. Use this for work that fans out across many independent pieces — an audit over many files, a migration, multi-angle research, adversarial verification of findings — where you write the orchestration as a script instead of delegating turn by turn.
The workflow's identity rides the meta parameter as JSON: required name (short kebab-case) and description strings, optional whenToUse string and phases array ({title, detail?, provider?, model?}). The script parameter is the plain JavaScript body ONLY (NOT TypeScript, and NO export const meta statement — meta is a parameter, not code), running with top-level await; end with return <value> — the value must be JSON-serializable and is this tool's result.
Script-body hooks:
agent(prompt, opts?): Promise<any>— run one subagent to completion. Withoutopts.schemait resolves to the child's final text; withopts.schema(an object-rooted JSON Schema using ONLY type/properties/required/additionalProperties/items/enum/const/oneOf — no pattern/format/numeric bounds) it resolves to the validated object. Resolvesnullwhen the child fails (filter with.filter(Boolean)). Other opts:label(display),phase(progress group), and independentprovider/modelLLM target overrides (either may be provided alone). Anything else (effort/isolation/agentType) is rejected loudly.pipeline(items, ...stages): Promise<any[]>— run each item through the stages independently with NO barrier between stages (prefer this for multi-stage work). Each stage receives(prev, item, index). An ordinary stage throw drops that ITEM tonulland skips its remaining stages.parallel(thunks): Promise<any[]>— run zero-argument functions concurrently and await ALL of them (a barrier; use only when a stage genuinely needs every prior result together). A throwing thunk resolves tonull.phase(title)— start a progress phase;log(message)— narrate progress;args— the tool call'sargsinput, verbatim.
Misused hooks (bad arguments, unknown options, unsupported schemas, tripped caps) throw errors that ALWAYS kill the script — they never dissolve into a per-item null.
Constraints: concurrency and total-agent caps apply; no filesystem, network, timers, or Node.js APIs are provided — the agents do the work, the script only coordinates them. The run executes in the foreground: this call returns when the whole script finishes.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"script": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The plain-JS workflow script body (top-level await allowed; NO `export const meta` statement; end with `return <json-value>`)."
},
"meta": {
"type": "object",
"description": "The workflow identity block (plain JSON — never code).",
"additionalProperties": true,
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Short kebab-case workflow name."
},
"description": {
"type": "string",
"description": "One-line description of what the workflow does."
},
"whenToUse": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional guidance on when this workflow applies."
},
"phases": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Optional phase declarations matched by phase() calls.",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": true,
"properties": {
"title": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The phase title phase() calls match by exact string."
},
"detail": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional one-line description of the phase."
},
"provider": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional provider override this phase is expected to use."
},
"model": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional model override this phase is expected to use."
}
},
"required": [
"title"
]
}
}
},
"required": [
"name",
"description"
]
},
"args": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Optional JSON input exposed to the script as the `args` global (wrap a bare list as a field, e.g. {\"files\": [...]}).",
"additionalProperties": true
}
},
"required": [
"script",
"meta"
]
}
Source: packages/workflow/tool-workflow/src/index.ts
@deepseek-ai/dsh-tool-web
web_fetch
Fetch the content of a specific HTTP(S) URL and return it decoded to text.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The HTTP(S) URL to fetch."
}
},
"required": [
"url"
]
}
Source: packages/web/tool-web/src/index.ts
web_search
Search the web for current information. Returns an optional summary answer and a list of source URLs.
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The search query."
}
},
"required": [
"query"
]
}
Source: packages/web/tool-web/src/index.ts
web_search and web_fetch keep provider selection behind ctx.web so model-visible schemas stay stable across backend swaps.