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August 16, 2026 · View on GitHub

DeepSeek Harness (dsh) is an open-source agent harness by DeepSeek AI where every part is a plugin, built on the Cordis meta-framework.

Quick start

npx @deepseek-ai/dsh web

Requires Node.js. Starts the Web UI at http://127.0.0.1:3080.

To run from source:

git clone https://github.com/deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness.git
cd deepseek-harness
pnpm install
pnpm run build
pnpm dsh web

Paths are relative to docs/ in the main repository. Most files have a .zh.md counterpart.

Architecture - Plugin tree, profiles and bundles, turn flow, session log, and capability seams.
Cordis primer - Introduction to the underlying plugin framework.
Cordis tutorial - Step-by-step Cordis tutorial.
Development guide - How to develop against the repository.
Web UI guide - Using the Web UI.
Python SDK guide - Bundled Python SDK.
Agent lifecycle - Turn and step sequence.
Tool execution pipeline - How tool calls run.
Capability seams - Swappable capability model.
Event producer/consumer map - Every event and its producers and consumers.
Config catalog - Configuration fields.
Tool catalog - Built-in tools.
Persistence catalog - Storage layout.
Extension cookbook - Recipes for extending dsh.
Testing - Test practices.
Glossary - Terminology.

Everything is a plugin: the model adapter, tool registry, session log, sandbox and approval policy, agent loop, and Web UI are all plugins on Cordis.
Profiles, bundles, and patch layers compose the boot tree; dsh --profile web --dump-config prints the tree a machine actually boots.
Event-sourced session log: an append-only SessionEvent stream with a runtime invariant that anything model-visible is reconstructable from the log. Replay, fork, resume, transcripts, and telemetry derive from it.
Capability seams have three roles: service definition, provider, and consumer. Swapping a provider moves a whole capability, for example Bash, PTY, and LSP to a remote sandbox together.
Agent presets are per-session compositions. Built-in presets: minimal, standard, code, and cordis.

dhicoc/dsh-reverse-skill - Complete reverse-skill pack (85 SKILL.md) as a DeepSeek Harness Cordis plugin: reverse engineering, authorized pentesting and security-research skill router.
zhu1090093659/dsh-web-ui - Web UI skins and panels: task board, Git graph, side panels, mobile UI, and token stats.
bowenliang123/dsh-context - Context insight panel: see what the model's context window is made of and how it evolves: composition vs. window size, per-request history, compression/injection events, and per-message token stats.
Anionex/dsh-vision-toolkit - Vision features for text-only models: image Q&A, long-screenshot OCR, and UI grounding.
ccch1mneyyy/dsh-cc-tui - Fullscreen terminal UI in Claude Code style.
huiliyi37/dsh-tianshu-tui - Terminal UI for DeepSeek Harness.
Nwflower/dsh-chat-import - Import full-fidelity conversation histories from 13 coding agents (Claude Code / Codex / ChatGPT / Cursor / Gemini / Reasonix / opencode / ZCode / Grok Build / OpenClaw / Pi / Hermes / Kimi) as resumable DeepSeek Harness sessions, with reverse export/sync back to Claude Code.
slywalker2006/dsh-passwords - Login gateway for the DSH web UI: first-run setup, multi-user accounts, bcrypt encryption, brute-force lockout, audit log, and automatic HTTPS.

Unofficial community list, not affiliated with DeepSeek.
DeepSeek Harness is in developer preview with compatibility-breaking changes; links point at the master branch.
Community plugin snapshot collected on 2026-08-13.