Two polish defects from the headless verification pass: - .newSessionLabel/.footLabel declared their own transition shorthand, which replaced .wide's opacity fade entirely (shorthands do not merge) — the labels vanished instantly while everything else faded. The fade is restated alongside max-width. - The rail icons drifted off a common vertical axis: the 56px track holds a 55px content box (1px column border), and the capsule rows kept their 1px border-width in the collapsed state, shaving their content to 23px and pushing the search icon 2px right. Collapsed capsules now zero the border-width (transitioning border, not border-color), the root gives back the border pixel via asymmetric padding, and every surviving row centers its icon — five glyphs on the track's 28px center.
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 clones DeepSeek Harness to ~/.dsh/source, links dsh into ~/.local/bin, and launches it. Re-running the command updates the checkout. 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:
pnpm --dir ~/.dsh/source 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.