DeepSeek Harness plugin

dsh-freeweb is a native dsh bundle. It keeps dsh's built-in web_search tool and citation cards, and replaces only the search provider behind them with a three-engine keyless consensus fan-out (DuckDuckGo scraper + Startpage proxy + Perplexity anonymous ask).

Compatibility

Uses exactly three stable surfaces, unchanged through @deepseek-ai/dsh 0.1.1-rc.2:

• npm bundles declare dsh.bundle.patch (package.json → dsh.bundle.patch).
• The web seam accepts ctx.web.registerSearchProvider(...).
• Provider selection reads the web row's searchProvider config.

Composition check (no model, no quota):

npx -y @deepseek-ai/dsh --version
npx -y @deepseek-ai/dsh --profile web --dump-config   # expect searchProvider: freeweb

Install

npx -y @deepseek-ai/dsh plugin --profile web add dsh-freeweb@<version>   # or a local path
# restart dsh
npx -y @deepseek-ai/dsh plugin --profile web list --depth 0

The bundle contributes two patch operations:

1. Sets the web seam's searchProvider to freeweb.
2. Mounts the package root as the freeweb plugin.

Standalone smoke test

No harness needed — the orchestrator exports its search directly:

node test/integration.mjs "your query here"

Troubleshooting

Symptom	Meaning	Fix
all keyless engines failed	every engine bot-walled or offline this egress	retry later; or disable none / add a keyed provider for that network
Only perplexity answering	DDG/Startpage challenged from your IP	expected on some datacenter IPs; consensus still returns results+answer
web seam has no registerSearchProvider in log	surface moved in a newer dsh	check compatibility above