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# AGENTS.md
This is the monorepo for the DeepSeek Harness group. It currently hosts the code for **DeepSeek Code ** , DeepSeek's coding agent product.
## Architecture
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This codebase is based on the **Cordis ** framework, built microkernel-style: **everything is a plugin ** . All necessary Cordis dependencies are copied into this monorepo as vendored source (under `vendor/` ) instead of being depended on via npm.
Read [docs/architecture.md ](docs/architecture.md ) before changing anything under `packages/` — it defines the service map, the event taxonomy, the session/turn/step lifecycle, and the plugin cookbook.
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## Design Documents
- [Coding Harness MVP 需求分析 ](https://trtgsjkv6r.feishu.cn/wiki/ZwK6wfBE9i91V6kzMGYcgRGanxg ) — requirement analysis for the initial MVP.
- [微内核Harness实现思路 ](https://trtgsjkv6r.feishu.cn/wiki/VS9Lw1kQki6mDJk2UHocyuphnsc ) — discussion of the microkernel plugin-style architecture ("everything is a plugin").
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## Repository Layout
```
vendor/ Vendored Cordis framework source (original npm names, private).
See vendor/README.md for the manifest, local-modification log,
and the upstream sync procedure. Do NOT edit casually — every
divergence must be logged there.
packages/ Harness packages, all named @deepseek-ai/dsh-<name>:
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llm/ abstract LLM service + content-block vocabulary
llm-deepseek/ DeepSeek API adapter (hand-rolled fetch/SSE)
llm-pi-ai/ DeepSeek adapter via @earendil-works/pi-ai (design twin)
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session/ event-sourced session log + in-memory store
system-prompt/ prompt-section + tool-schema assembly registry
tools/ tool registry + tools/execute waterfall
agent/ Agent interface, registry, agent/* event vocabulary
agent-loop/ THE concrete plugin: LoopAgent + the loop driver
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bash/ abstract bash executor seam (ctx.bash) — interface only
bash-local/ local-subprocess BashExecutor implementation
tool-bash/ model-facing bash/bash_output/bash_kill tool schemas
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examples/ Runnable demos (not workspaces). echo-agent = mock model + echo
tool + stdio UI + JSONL persistence, wired via cordis.yml.
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docs/ architecture.md — the design doc. adr/ — decision records (the
why behind vendoring, event-sourcing, the schema DSL, …).
rfc/ — proposals for substantial future work.
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scripts/ repo maintenance scripts (vendor-manifest guard, publint runner).
JS bundling is tsdown (root tsdown.config.ts + two per-package
overrides in vendor/).
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```
## Commands
``` sh
yarn install # Yarn 4 workspaces (node-modules linker), node >= 24
yarn test # vitest run (packages/*/tests/**/*.spec.ts)
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yarn test:e2e # real-API tests (packages|examples/*/tests/**/*.e2e.ts);
# self-skips without DEEPSEEK_API_KEY — see Secrets below
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yarn typecheck # tsc -b tsconfig.build.json (declarations only)
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yarn build # typecheck + tsdown JS bundles into each package's lib/
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yarn demo # run examples/echo-agent (needs --expose-internals, the
# script passes it; type "echo hi" to see a tool call)
```
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## Secrets / .env
Real-API e2e tests (`yarn test:e2e` ) read `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY` (and optionally
`DEEPSEEK_BASE_URL` ) from the environment, or from a gitignored `.env` at the
repo root loaded via Node's native `process.loadEnvFile()` :
```
DEEPSEEK_API_KEY=sk-…
DEEPSEEK_BASE_URL=https://… # optional; defaults to the public API
```
cordis.yml configs reference env vars with the `!!js` tag:
`apiKey: !!js process.env.DEEPSEEK_API_KEY` . Never commit real credentials;
CI has no secrets and e2e suites must self-skip without them.
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Dev/test/demo run **unbuilt ** via tsx + the `paths` map in the root
`tsconfig.json` (`vitest` resolves through `tsconfig.test.json` ). Building is
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only needed for publishing/consumption outside the repo — with one exception:
`yarn lint` 's type-aware rules resolve vendor packages through their built
declarations (`tsconfig.typecheck.json` → `vendor/*/lib` ), so run
`yarn typecheck` once after a fresh clone (CI does the same) or lint reports
unresolved-type `no-unsafe-*` errors.
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## Conventions
- **Package naming**: every npm package in this repo is `@deepseek-ai/dsh-<name>`
(vendored packages keep their upstream names and are `private: true` ).
- **ESM everywhere** (`"type": "module"` ); imports between workspace packages
use package names, never relative paths across package boundaries.
In-package imports use explicit `.ts` extensions (allowImportingTsExtensions).
- **`cordis` is a peerDependency** (+ devDependency) of every harness package,
mirroring upstream convention.
- **Registrations are effects**: anything a plugin contributes (adapter, tool,
section, agent, event listener) goes through `ctx.effect()` / `ctx.on()` so
disposal and HMR work. If you write a registry, `register()` must return the
disposer.
- **Typed events via declaration merging**: services declare their events in
`declare module 'cordis' { interface Events { … } }` , and their ctx key in
`interface Context` . Extensible unions use the merge-extensible-map pattern
(see `ContentBlockMap` , `MessageSourceMap` ).
- **Waterfall semantics**: `ctx.waterfall` listeners receive `(...args, next)`
and MUST call `next()` to delegate; returning without it short-circuits.
This is the veto mechanism — use deliberately.
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- **Switch exhaustiveness**: switches over CLOSED unions (e.g. `StreamChunk` )
end with `default: assertNever(value, 'context')` (from dsh-llm) so adding a
variant breaks compilation at every switch that must handle it. Switches
over MERGE-EXTENSIBLE unions (`SessionEventMap` , `ContentBlockMap` , …) must
NOT use assertNever — plugin-added variants are valid unknown values; handle
known cases and fall through with a comment (the lint rule
`switch-exhaustiveness-check` makes the choice explicit either way).
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- **Plugins, not loop changes**: new behavior goes into a plugin on the
documented extension seams (see the plugin sanity checklist in
docs/architecture.md). Changing `agent-loop` requires updating that doc.
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- **Capability seams are three packages**: when adding a swappable capability
(an execution backend, a provider integration, …), split it into
* interface * (abstract service + vocabulary types, e.g. `bash/` ),
* implementation * (a concrete subclass, e.g. `bash-local/` ), and
* consumer * (what the model/plugins see, e.g. `tool-bash/` ). Implementations
and consumers then evolve independently — a sandboxed executor replaces
`bash-local` without touching tool schemas. The LLM seam follows the same
shape (`llm/` is interface + consumer surface; adapters are implementations).
See docs/architecture.md § "Capability seams" for when NOT to split.
- **Explicit > implicit at package seams**: interface/vocabulary types spell
out every field a consumer must supply — no optional field that the
implementation silently fills with a hidden `?? default` . Put defaulting in
the owning implementation as an explicit step (a `resolve(request): Spec`
method that turns the optional-field request into the required-field spec),
not smuggled inside `run()` /`start()` . Example: `dsh-bash` splits
`BashExecRequest` (optional `workdir` /`timeoutMs` , model-facing) from
`BashExecSpec` (required, what `run` /`start` act on); the tool layer calls
`ctx.bash.resolve()` between them. The reader of a `BashExecSpec` never has
to wonder where the working directory came from.
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- **An empty `catch` must name what it swallows and why nothing else can hit
it**: a bare `catch {}` hides bugs. When you deliberately ignore a throw, the
comment must (a) name the single expected failure, (b) say why ignoring it is
correct — usually because the useful state was already captured * before * the
`try` — and (c) make clear nothing else of consequence can reach the catch
(ideally the `try` wraps a single statement). Example: the error-body
`response.json()` parse in `dsh-llm-deepseek` 's adapter sets `code` + HTTP
`status` from the status line before the `try` , so a malformed provider body
can only cost a richer message, never the real error.
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- **Tests**: vitest, colocated under `packages/<name>/tests/*.spec.ts` . Every
registry needs an HMR-safety test (dispose the contributing fiber, assert
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cleanup). **Excessive tests are welcome ** — when in doubt, write the test;
err on the side of covering edge cases, error paths, event ordering, and
concurrency races even if they seem unlikely. Review findings get regression
tests (see `packages/agent-loop/tests/review-fixes.spec.ts` ).
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## Type Safety and Documentation
This codebase aims to be **very type-safe and well documented ** for
maintainability. Code that fails to compile under `strict: true` (with
`noImplicitAny` enabled for all `packages/*` source) is not acceptable. Every
`any` that remains must have a specific justification (a comment explaining why
a narrower type is infeasible).
In the **core ** packages (`packages/llm` , `packages/tools` , `packages/agent` ,
`packages/agent-loop` , `packages/session` , `packages/system-prompt` ), **type
gymnastics are acceptable when they improve the DX of plugin authors** for
common plugin types. The `defineTool` typed schema DSL in `dsh-tools` is the
canonical example: the `SchemaSpec` to `InferArgs<S>` type-level mapping gives
tool authors zero-cast typed `execute` args, and the cost of the conditional
types stays inside the core package.
Verbose documentation is fine **as long as docs and code stay strictly in
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sync**. Out-of-sync docs are worse than no docs. **When you change code, update
its docs in the SAME change** — grep the package README and the module/JSDoc
comments for the old behavior (config keys, defaults, error codes, wire field
names, event names) and fix every hit. CI has no doc-sync gate, so this is on
the author. Every module has a module-level doc comment explaining its role.
Every exported class, interface, type, function, and non-obvious method has a
JSDoc that explains semantics (not just the name) — contracts (what events fire
when), disposal behavior, error behavior, and extension intent. Internal
helpers get docs only where non-obvious. Prefer one-liners when one line
suffices.
**Editing these instructions ** : `AGENTS.md` is the real file; `CLAUDE.md` is a
symlink to it (at the repo root and in `packages/` ). Always edit `AGENTS.md` —
never write through the `CLAUDE.md` symlink or replace it with a regular file.
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## Vendoring Policy
`vendor/` packages are pinned source copies (manifest with upstream commit
SHAs in [vendor/README.md ](vendor/README.md )). To update one, follow the sync
procedure there; re-apply (or retire) the logged local modifications and rerun
`yarn test && yarn build` .